Meet the Team

Matthew Creasy

Matthew Creasy

Associate Director, University Student Centers

Mathew Creasy is the license-holder and head curator of TEDxUniversityofDelaware, and has held this role since 2017. He has a passion for new ideas that can change the world and for sharing those ideas far and wide. In his professional role at the University, he serves as Assistant Director of University Student Centers for Leadership Development and coordinates various aspects of Creative Leadership, Learning, Innovation and Service.

Cole Galloway

Cole Galloway

Cole is a professor emeritusat the University of Delaware in physical therapy and psychology. A TED, MED and TEDx alumna, Cole has a long-time interest in storytelling, scientific communication and performance. He has worked with the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation on elevating the connection bewteen scientific discoveries and the daily lives of the community.

Nicholas Gadino

Nicholas Gadino

Nick is the Associate Director for Communication Studies at the University of Delaware Writing Center as well as a Course Instructor for the Department of Communication. In his role within the Writing Center, he supervises the Oral Communication Consultants program. These consultants are undergraduate peer tutors who can assist students in all aspects of public presentation preparation. His academic interests include: communication center scholarship, the effects of binge-watching on the consumer, and how sharing media affects romantic dyads. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in Media Communication from the University of Delaware and is working towards the completion of his Media Communication Ph.D. dissertation from the University of Delaware. As an undergraduate, he served as an Oral Communication Consultant at UD. In addition to his academic and professional career at UD, Nick previously worked for the National Association of Broadcasters, Washington D.C.’s premier advocacy group for America’s television and radio broadcast stations.