Matthew Bellinger’s teaching and research draw from both the humanistic and the social scientific branches of the field of communication, and he brings both perspectives to his courses on interpersonal communication, communication theory, and media technologies. He has previously taught at Northwest University and the University of Washington, and he remains an affiliated faculty member in the latter’s Communication Leadership graduate program.
Dr. Bellinger’s research focuses on the intersection of technology and communication, with a special emphasis on emerging monetary technologies. In particular, he is interested in the processes by which new technologies move from being strange and anxiety-inducing to familiar and routinized. His dissertation, The Rhetoric of Bitcoin: Money, Politics, and the Construction of Blockchain Communities, explores these themes by developing a rhetorical analysis of cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, and decentralized autonomous organizations.