Matt Fuss View All Faculty
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Disciplines/Field of Instruction

  • Human Resource Management
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Business Management
  • Ethics
  • Business Communication
  • Compensation
  • Benefits
  • Labor and Employee Relations
  • Staffing

Degrees Received

  • Ph.D., Communication and Rhetorical Studies, 2016, Duquesne University
  • M.B.A., 2004, Geneva College
  • B.S.B.A. Business Administration, 1994, Geneva College
  • B.A. Spanish, 1994, Geneva College

Courses Taught

  • BUS 110, Foundations of Business
  • BUS 115, Business Communication
  • BUS 310 Management
  • BUS 320 Supervision
  • BUS 350, Human Resource Management
  • BUS 400, Biblical Management and Business Ethics
  • BUS 453, Employee & Labor Relations
  • BUS 454, Total Rewards; Compensation & Benefits
  • BUS 455, Strategic Human Resources
  • BUS 456, Strategic Staffing
  • BUS 620, Management Thought and Application
  • BUS 650/550, Human Resource Systems/ Organizational Behavior
  • BUS 660, Biblical Management and Ethics
  • I have also taught courses in Business & Professional Communication as well as Public Speaking at another institution.

Presentations/Publications

  • Teacher-scholar column: Faith-learning Integration in Organizations: Helping Students Develop a Theology of Management/HR, Christianity & Communication Studies Network, cssn.com, November 2022
  • Concurrent Session Co-Facilitated: Shaping Future Shapers, Christian Business Faculty Conference, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK, October 2022
  • "A Theology of HR management", Christian Business Faculty Conference, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, October 2021
  • Themselves, Christian Business Faculty Conference, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, October 2021 Received Best Paper Award
  • Concurrent Session Co-Facilitated: The Temptations of Leadership: How Faith Protects Leaders
  • Co-authored article, "Four Models for Conducting the Introductory Business Course," CBAR, 2021.
  • "HR by the Numbers", Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology Conference, Days Inn, State College, PA, November 2019
  • "Influencer Based Marketing; The New IBM", Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology Conference, Days Inn, State College, PA, November 2018
  • Concurrent Session Co-Facilitated: The Value of the Introductory Business Course, Christian Business Faculty Conference, Covenant College, Chattanooga, TN, October 2018.
  • Concurrent Session Co-Facilitated: The Value of the Introductory Business Course, Christian Business Faculty Conference, Covenant College, Chattanooga, TN, October 2018
  • "Reciprocity as the New (Old) Paradigm in Business", Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology Conference, Days Inn, State College, PA, October 2017
  • An Aristotelean Workplace, Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology Conference, Days Inn, State College, PA, October 2016
  • Concurrent Session Co-Facilitated: Christian Eliminating Division in the Academy: A discussion of Hugh Whelchel's book "How then Should we Work: Rediscovering the Biblical Doctrine of Work.", Christian Business Faculty Conference, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, October 2015
  • Business as the "Good Life" Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology Conference, Days Inn, State College, PA, October 2015
  • Eudiamonia: Using Aristotle to Inform Organizational Communication to Reimagine Human Resource Management", Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology Conference, Days Inn, State College, PA, October 2014
  • "Business Communication: The Emergence of Two Disciplines as a Communicative Orientation for Graduating Seniors into Their Professional Lives", Short Course Co-Presented at Eastern Communication Association Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2013
  • "Buber: An Ethic born out of Responsibility", Presented at Duquesne University's Communication Ethics Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2012
  • "An Ongian Perspective: The rhetoric of technology and the practice of integrated marketing communication", Presented at the 97th Annual National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 2011
  • "An Augustinian perspective on Public Relations", Presented at the IMC/CMM Conference at UNC Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, June 2011
  • "The Role of Distance in Communication philosophy and practice", Presented at Duquesne University's Communication and Rhetorical Studies Department Colloquia Series, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2010
  • "Is there a current use of alienation for/in IMC and, is there a place for "alienation" as a strategy or part of a strategy in branding; A Ricoeurian Perspective of Alienation", Presented at the 2010 Communication Ethics Conference, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2010

Professional Experience

Prior to joining the faculty at Geneva I spent over 13 years working as a professional in the Human Resource and Management fields. I started out at a small trucking company as their very first HR Manager. This provided me with invaluable experience doing everything as a department of one. Following trucking I moved to financial services where I was the Site HR Manager for an operations center in downtown Pittsburgh with of over 850 employees where I managed a staff of 4 HR professionals. I ended my professional career as a Territory HR Manager in the telecommunications industry with responsibility for 5 operations centers in 3 different states. I have worked in both union and non-union environments. My areas of specialty include employee relations, management consulting, employment law compliance and conflict resolution.

Awards & Distinctions Received

  • Awarded Membership in Golden Key National Honor Society, 2009
  • Honorary Member Delta Mu Delta Honor Society, 2012
  • Club Advisor of the Year (SHRM Club), 2014-15
  • PHR certified professional, 2002-2008
  • SPHR Certified Professional, 2011-2024
  • SHRM–Senior Certified Professional, 2015-2024

Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.

  • Faculty Co-Advisor, Business/HR Club
  • Faculty Advisor, Firearms Safety Club
  • Member Society of Human Resource Management, 2011-Present
  • Member Christian Business Faculty Association, 2011-Present

Miscellaneous, e.g., hobbies, sports, personal info, etc.

  • My hobbies include all things outdoors including camping, hiking, boating, hunting & fishing. I am a firearms enthusiast, a NRA certified handgun instructor, a PA State Hunter Safety instructor, and an amateur gun collector.
  • Married (Chelle) with 2 children (Zane & Logan)
  • We reside in Grove City

Academic Distinctives

In 2022, Dr. Fuss published a teacher-scholar column titled, “Faith-learning Integration in Organizational Communication:Helping Students Develop a Theology of Management/HR,” for the Christianity & Communication Studies Network.

Dr. Fuss has been a member of the Society of Human Resource Management and a member of the Christian Business Faculty Association, since 2011.

Dr. Fuss co-facilitated a Concurrent Session titled, "Shaping Future Shapers," for the Christian Business Faculty Conference at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, OK in 2022