Dr. Matthew Boedy
Dr. Matthew Boedy
University of North Georgia
Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition, University of South Carolina, 2015 M.F.A., Fiction, University of South Carolina, 2010 B.S., Journalism, University of Florida, 2001
Dr. Matthew Boedy is a scholar and writer who studies the intersection of religion, politics, and public life. His work focuses on contemporary Christian nationalism and the ways religious rhetoric shapes democratic discourse.
Through research, teaching, and public engagement, Dr. Boedy brings historical insight and analytical clarity to urgent cultural questions. His work has been recognized for its careful scholarship and its ability to explain complex movements in accessible terms.
Matthew Boedy was targeted by Turning Point USA in 2016 and listed on its “professor watchlist” after speaking up against allowing concealed guns on college campuses. As one of the foremost experts on Turning Point USA and its founder and CEO Charlie Kirk, Boedy exposes their role in perpetuating Christian nationalism in the United States and the threat to democracy they pose. With a background in journalism, an MFA in creative writing, and a PhD in rhetoric, he is a dynamic and experienced scholar whose first book, Speaking of Evil, explored the evolving rhetoric surrounding evil. Boedy currently teaches rhetoric and composition courses at the University of North Georgia and lives in Gainesville, Georgia, with his wife and two daughters.
