Clay Motley, Ph.D.
Expert in higher education, digital learning and music history | Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, FL, UNITED STATES
Clay Motley is dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.
Areas of Expertise (9)
Rock n’ Roll Music History
Blues Music
Higher Education in the US
Honors Education
Micro-credentials and Digital Badges
Country Music
History and Culture of the American South
19th Century American Literature
William Faulkner
Accomplishments (2)
Excellence in Service to Students Award, FGCU Chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success (professional)
2018
Florida Collegiate Honors Council (professional)
Served as President
Education (3)
University of South Carolina: Ph.D., English 2002
Major Area: American Literature, Colonial to 1900 Minor Area: Southern Literature
Eastern Kentucky University: M.A., English 1997
Major Area: American Literature Minor Area: Rhetoric and Composition
University of Kentucky: B.A., English 1996
Departmental Honors in English
Affiliations (4)
- National Collegiate Honors Council
- The Honors Society of Phi Kappa Phi
- Sigma Tau Delta (English Honors Society)
- Society for the Study of Southern Literature
Selected Media Appearances (1)
"Three Song Stories" - Episode 154
WGCU-FM & NPR radio
2021-02-04
This weekly podcast produced in Fort Myers invites guests to share life experiences influenced by three songs that were important to them.
Selected Event Appearances (2)
Blues Music in the Age of COVID
Clarksdale Film Festival Clarksdale, MS
2021-01-30
"Growing Your Honors Program or College"
Academic Impressions Conference New Orleans, LA
2020-03-02
