Matt Garite

Matt Garite serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Literature at Wake Forest University, teaching courses such as ENG 150: Literature Interprets the World from his office in Tribble Hall (C5E). Contact details include phone (336) 758-7243 and email garitema@wfu.edu.

Education

• PhD, University at Buffalo (Dissertation: "Green Futures: A Cultural History of Ecotopia from the Cold War to the Present")
• MA, Syracuse University
• BA, Syracuse University

Research Interests

Garite's scholarship centers on post-WWII American literature, science fiction, film, Marxism, ecocriticism, critical theory, and cultural studies. His work critically examines utopian/dystopian narratives through intersections of environmental crises, corporate power structures, and media ideologies, consistently applying Marxist and ecocritical frameworks to analyze cultural production.

Publication Trends

His publications demonstrate evolving engagement with cultural artifacts—from contemporary art exhibitions to digital games—revealing persistent analysis of transparency, ritual, and interactivity as ideological constructs. The corpus reflects methodological consistency in deconstructing power dynamics within media forms while bridging literary analysis with political economy.

Scientific Awards

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Advising and Grants

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Research Infrastructure

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