Matt began his medical career in 1970 in the Army Medical Corps as a medic. He served in Vietnam 1971-72. After his discharge, he returned to school at Indiana University where he studied philosophy and biology. He received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1979. He specialized in child & adolescent psychiatry. From 1984 until 1998, he was full-time faculty at I.U. School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. He retired from clinical practice in 2019. Since 1998, he has continued to be active as a clinical associate professor, voluntary faculty for the Indiana University School of Medicine and, since 1982 has devoted his time and efforts to the I.U. Conscience Project. One of the divisions of the Conscience Project is conscience sensitive creative works. In this division, Matt expanded upon his earlier work helping to create books for children with special needs (published by Magination Press, now an imprint of the American Psychological Association). Leaving aside pursuit of traditional publication, he began contributing titles based on research about the experience of personal conscience development across the lifespan. These are available under creative common licensure and can be found at Conscience Works digital library of enduring materials. The Permanent URI for this community is: https://hdl.handle.net/1805/484

Most recently Matt has collaborated with Angeline Larimer and other artists in bringing to life adaptations of some of this work for performative readings in humanities courses and concentrations, thereby reviving an interest in theatre that began with his first dramatic efforts in college 1969. The offerings for this Veterans Writing event are separated by over fifty-five years.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Fred