
CLIR Staff
Meet the team behind CLIR — dedicated faculty and staff committed to supporting research,
fostering innovation, and guiding projects from ideas to impact.

Matt Tolbert
He is the founder/director of the Center for Learning Innovation and Research (CLIR)
in 2023, a laboratory where undergraduate and graduate students collaborate with faculty
on academic and psychological research.
He is a professor in the School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling. Joined the faculty at Southern Adventist University in 2017.

Renee Hanson
Graduate research assistant from Southern Adventist University