is a candidate for the Masters of Arts degree in performance studies at New York University. His research interests include biopolitical performance; sideshow, medicine, technology, and the body; abjection, collective joy, and the politics of play; and architectures of participation. A graduate of Vassar College, Matthew became a clown doctor with the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Program, the first professional hospital clown program of its kind in the United States. He won an Emmy award for his contribution to the PBS Kids family favourite math mystery television series Cyberchase.