CV - Nic Matthews 6_17.pdf
Ph.D., Mass Communication, Indiana University
M.A., Telecommunications, Indiana University
B.A., Telecommunications, University of Georgia
CV/Website: https://nic-matthews.com/cv-2/
Most broadly, I am interested in how communication affects cooperation and conflict. One branch of my research focuses on theory construction in moral psychology by investigating how individuals and groups form and maintain their systems of morality via communication. The other branch investigates how individual differences and message characteristics affect how people process interactive violence. Theories from communication, moral psychology, metaethics, evolutionary psychology, and social psychology inform both branches. My investigations rely on experimental, content analytic, and survey methodologies. I also build virtual environments to investigate various social scientific phenomena.
