Dr. Matthew Hale

Dr. Hale is currently an Associate Professor and MPA Program Chair for the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at Seton Hall University. His research focuses on the intersection of media and technology and the public and nonprofit sectors. His articles have appeared in Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, The International Journal of Press Politics, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Mass Communication Society, and the Stanford Law Policy Review. 
 
Dr. Hale is always working with several students on a number of different research project. Most recently, he received a grant from the John Logan Family Foundation for a project entitled “Nonprofit Investigative Journalism: A Snap Shot of Content and Reach”. This project will examine the types of investigation conducted by nonprofit news organization like, Pro Publica and New Jersey’s own NJ Spotlight. This research will also examine how those investigations become part of public policy conversations and debates. 
 
Dr. Hale is a frequent media commentator and pundit on New Jersey and national politics. He is a regular guest on a number of New Jersey television shows including NJTV’s For the Record and News 12 New Jersey’s Power and Politics. He has also appeared on CNN, Fox News, CNBC and number of local broadcast television stations in the New York and New Jersey area. Dr. Hale’s op-ed articles appear in many newspapers including the Record and New Jersey Star-Ledger. In addition, he has a regular column for InsiderNJ called “A View from the Middle” 
 
At Seton Hall, Dr. Hale has taught many courses in the M.P.A. program including the Ethics of Big Data, Environment of Public Service, Public Policy Analysis, Public Sector Leadership, Public Sector Ethics, Financial Management and Budgeting, Research Methods, and Strategic Management and Governance. His interest in politics precedes his academic life. Dr. Hale worked as an aide to California Senator Barbara Boxer and in the press and candidate advance operations for several local, state and national political campaigns. 
 
Dr. Hale recently served as president of the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC). In that capacity he successfully led an effort to develop and international accreditation process for programs in Nonprofit Management, increased the size of the organization by 10% and oversaw the implementation of 2 successful academic conferences. Hale is currently the Vice-President of the New Jersey Big Data Alliance (NJBDA). This coalition of over 15 college and universities in New Jersey, works to develop New Jersey’s cyber infrastructure and make sure that state can be competitive in the new “big data” economy.