Welcome to my online digs.

My given name is Matthew Edward Morain, though I go by the much more manageable Matt. I am currently a doctoral candidate at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, finishing up my fourth year of pursuing a degree in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media. My research is broadly concerned with digital rhetoric and meme culture, the rhetoric and philosophy of technology, and network theory and culture.

I serve the NCSU English Department as a graduate instructor and research assistant, teaching courses in writing for the web, technical writing, first-year composition, and digital technologies for text production. I otherwise keep myself busy writing my dissertation, preparing for conferences and publications, tackling the non-academic job market, and, when there's time, my personal hobbies and interests. You will find information on this site regarding all of these areas of my life. However, you won't find information about clowns (I'm a coulrophobe).