Matthew is a cultural anthropologist who focuses on studying how new media tools alter the way groups communicate, and, in turn, how those changes affect the evolution of said tools.  Prior to joining RIT's School of Print Media as a visiting professor, he completed a Masters in the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. Before that, Matthew spent eight years in a variety of internet production, community management, and content strategy roles at Eastman Kodak's kodak.com, during which time he earned one patent.

In addition to his work with the OPL, he is member of RIT’s Lab for Social Computing, a cross disciplinary center focusing on the use of computing tools to facilitate these social and collaborative interactions.

Matthew is currently conducting research on citizen journalism, social computing, and data driven print and will be beginning his PhD studies at Cornell University in the fall of 2008, working in both the Anthropology and Information Systems programs. You can view his personal blog at http://www.waking-dream.com and follow him on twitter.