Matthew D. Pistilli

Dr. Matthew D. Pistilli works in the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Effectiveness at Purdue University. For over fifteen years, Matt has focused on creating and assessing conditions and environments that positively affect college student success. Over his career, he has worked with learning analytics, the intersection of technology and learning, summer bridge programs, residence life, learning communities, orientation programming, supplemental instruction, and low-income student scholarship and support programming.

Currently, Dr. Pistilli is the principal investigator for an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The initiative examines the process for building and scaling capacity for using analytics at eight institutions around the United States in an effort to impact student success. His current research addresses building contextual predictive analytic algorithms and determining the components necessary for campuses to successfully implement learning analytics.