Matthew J. Wilson is an American academic who served as the president and dean of

Temple University, Japan Campus Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) is an international campus of Temple University (located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States). TUJ is located in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo and Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is the oldest and largest fore ...

since 2020. Between 2003-09, Wilson served as senior associate dean, general counsel, and law professor at Temple's Japan campus. Wilson served as the fifth president of

Missouri Western State University Missouri Western State University (MWSU or MoWest) is a public university in St. Joseph, Missouri. As of 2023, it enrolled 3,815 students. History Missouri Western State University was founded in 1915 as St. Joseph Junior College and held cours ...

from July 2019 to August 2020. Prior to being at Missouri Western, Wilson served as president of the

University of Akron The University of Akron is a public university, public research university in Akron, Ohio, United States. It is part of the University System of Ohio. As a STEM fields, STEM-focused institution, it focuses on industries such as polymers, advance ...

from 2016 to 2018, serving as dean of its law school before that. Wilson earned a bachelor's degree in Asian studies and political science with a minor in Japanese from the

University of Utah The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...

. He earned his J.D. degree from

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist ministe ...

. Prior to his start in academia, Wilson practiced law in Florida. He also for a time practiced law in New Jersey. From 2009 to 2014 Wilson was a professor of law at the University of Wyoming. He also served as associate dean of student affairs and associate dean of academic affairs in the law school there. From 2014 to 2016 Wilson served as dean of the University of Akron college of law. Wilson began the process to bring back baseball as an inter-collegiate sport at the University of Akron, as well as academic approaches to esports and a varsity esports program. Wilson was named the fifth president of

in March 2019.

References

* https://en-news.tuj.ac.jp/2024/10/23/2700-students-in-japan/ * https://news.temple.edu/news/2024-02-12/temple-university-japan-tuj-announces-expansion-kyoto * https://en-news.tuj.ac.jp/2024/09/19/tuj-expands-partnership-with-top-tier-univ-in-india-mexico/

External links

Temple University, Japan bio
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