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Matthew Reesor

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Matt Reesor is a communications expert who has helped hundreds of leaders at top organizations to sharpen their messaging and is an Adjunct Lecturer at Smith School of Business.

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Matt Reesor is a communications expert who has helped hundreds of leaders at top organizations to sharpen their messaging. Since 2013, he has held a professor appointment at Smith School of Business, Queen’s University and designed numerous Masters and MBA level business communication courses. In addition, Matt was approached to design the highly successful Communicating With Impact program within Queen’s Executive Education (QEE) which he continues to deliver multiple times throughout the year. Matt has created custom communications programs for a growing list of clients including, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada Life, Canada Post, The Canadian Olympic Committee, CIBC Asset Management, Homestead Land Holdings, EY (Consulting), Kellogg’s Canada, the NHL Alumni Association and various government departments and ministries. Prior to teaching at Smith, he spent his early career in Japan as a junior faculty member at Nagoya University of Business and Commerce where he conducted academic research and published the bestselling textbook, Tell Me More: Effective Communication Strategies for the Japanese Student with MacMillan Publishers. In addition to his teaching and consulting duties, Matt served as the Director of the Full-time MBA program at Smith School of Business from 2016-2023.

Academic Degrees

Master of Arts, Applied Linguistics
Carleton University (2001)

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Political Studies
Queen's University (1996)

Academic Experience

Smith School of Business, Queen’s University
Director, Full-time MBA (2016 - Present)
Acting Director (Secondment), Early Careers Office (2015)
Director, Strategic Planning and New Initiatives (2014-2016)
Adjunct Lecturer (2013 – Present)
Associate Director, Full-time MBA (2011-2014) 

Queen’s University
Manager, Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME) (2009-2011)
Admission Manager, Bader College and International (2007-2009)
Recruitment and Admission Manager, Bader College (2005-2007) 

Acadia University
Manager, International Programs (2004-2005) 

Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
Lecturer (2003-2004)
Instructor (2001-2003) 

Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
Teaching Assistant (2000-01)

Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme
Assistant Senior High School English Teacher (1996-1999)

Publications

Refereed Academic Journal Articles

Reesor, M. (2003). Japanese attitudes towards English: An explanation for poor performance. NUCB Journal of Language, Culture and Communication 5, 2.

Reesor, M.  (2002). The bear and the honeycomb: the history of English language policy in Japan.  NUCB Journal of Language, Culture and Communication 4, 1.

Reesor, M.  (2002). A critical review of issues in written teacher feedback. The English Teacher 5, 3.

Textbooks

Reesor, M. (2004). Tell Me More: Effective Communication Strategies for the Japanese Student. MacMillan Language House: Tokyo. (20,000+ copies sold)

Teaching

Adjunct Lecturer, Smith School of Business

Full-Time MBA (2013-present)

  • Design and deliver all Business Communications content for the required core course Communications and Professional Skills and have consistently received student assessment of teaching (USAT) ratings above the departmental mean

Graduate Diploma in Business (2014-present)

  • Design and deliver all Business Communications content for the required course Communications and Professional Skills and have consistently received USAT ratings above the departmental mean

Masters of Finance (2016-2020)

  • Designed and delivered all content for the required course Communications in Finance and have consistently received USAT ratings above the departmental mean

Masters of International Business (2014-present)

  • Design and deliver a nine-hour three part compulsory workshop series in business communications

Queen’s Executive Education (2018 – present)

  • Designed and delivered a new 14-hour open enrolment program called Communicating with Impact and was congratulated by the QEE Executive Director for receiving ratings and feedback described as “unprecedented”. (2020 – present)
  • Designed and delivered a 9-hour custom business communications program for a global Consumer Packaged Goods company (2021)
  • Designed and delivered a 3-hour custom business communications program for a global insurance company

Masters of Management of Artificial Intelligence (2019)

  • Designed and delivered a 12-hour four part workshop series in business communications

Masters of Finance – Renmin (2017 and 2018)

  • Designed and delivered all content for the required course Communications in Finance and received the highest USAT evaluations possible (5.0)

Masters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2015)

  • Designed and delivered business communications content for MMEI 883 and received and received the highest USAT evaluations possible (5.0)

Venture for Canada Bootcamp (2015- Present)

  • Volunteer to provide a 2-hour public speaking workshop to all Venture for Canada fellows

Instructor (2001-03)/Lecturer (2003-04), Nagoya University of Commerce and Business

  • Awarded 20% salary bonus in 2004 for having received the highest student evaluations within the Faculty
  • Received Outstanding Teacher Award in 2002
    • Acted as 1st year Communications Course Director from 2002-2004

Teaching Assistant, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies (2000-01)

  • Provided academic assistance (grading, guest lecturing) in two foundational undergraduate courses 

Service

Academic Service

Venture for Canada Bootcamp (2015- Present)
  • Annually volunteer to provide a 2-hour Public Speaking workshop to all Venture for Canada fellows
Queen’s University Alternative Asset Fund (2016-present)
  • Board Member
Academic Integrity Workshops (2014-2020)
  • Designed and delivered 90-minute Academic Integrity workshops within the FTMBA, MIB and GDB programs
Athlete365 Career+ Forum Workshop (2019)
  • As part of the Smith partnership with the Canadian Olympic Committee, I was invited to design and deliver a 2-hour Effective Communication & Public Speaking workshop to approximately 75 US and Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes at a forum held in Lake Placid, New York, USA

Queen’s University Governance

  • Member: Senate Creative Arts & Public Lectures Committee (2010-2013)
  • Member: Queen’s University International Programs Committee (2007-2012)
  • Member: Senate Educational Equity Committee (September 2008-2010)
  • Member: Senate Internal Academic Review Committee (2007-2008)