PHANTOM POWER PODCAST
You can now listen to my Sounding Out! essay, “Voice as Ecology,” on Phantom Power podcast’s “Sound and AI” episode. Thanks to Mack Hagood and Ravi Krishnaswami for their work on this!
sounding out! top ten
Honored that my post, “Voice as Ecology: Voice Donation, Materiality, Identity,” made the top 10 Sounding Out! Blog posts of 2020-2022.
sonic scenes of writing
“Sonic Scenes of Writing”—a study of writers’ relationships with sound—was published in the March 2022 issue of College English. It is available to read for free on the journal’s website.
pedagogue podcast
In Episode 84, I talked with Pedagogue podcast creator Shane A. Wood about sensory rhetorics and sound studies, multimodality and multimodal listening, and why sonic education matters.
book interview in uva today
UVA Today published a soundful article about UVA’s soundscape, Sounding Composition, and my teaching on grounds. Listen/read here!
LEARNING AS COORDINATION
Along with my co-author Matt Pavesich, I had the pleasure of working with designer Jeremy Boggs at the Scholars’ Lab to collaboratively develop a multimedia article titled “Learning as Coordination: Postpedagogy and Design” (enculturation May 2019). This multi-faceted digital project explores pedagogical practices in studio-based learning environments, from STEM programs to art and architecture schools. By documenting experiences from university classrooms in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia—via recordings of class sessions, interviews with faculty and students, and an array of photographs and artifacts—the project imagines possibilities for a more design-oriented humanities education.
2018 Symposium on sound, rhetoric, & writing
In collaboration with Eric Detweiler, Jon Stone, and Joel Overall, I co-organized the first Symposium on Sound, Rhetoric, & Writing in September 2018. The symposium took place in the musical cities of Nashville and Murfreesboro TN and featured keynotes by Julie Shapiro, executive producer of PRX’s Radiotopia, and Damon Krukowski, author of The New Analog and host of Ways of Hearing podcast. We are so grateful to all of the participants and presenters for making this such a fun and unique experience.
"WRITING WITH SOUND" at UVA
UVA Today published a story about my advanced composition course, "Writing with Sound." The article touches on the significance of audio storytelling and also features student interviews and an example podcast project.
rsa summer institute
In May 2017 I co-taught a seminar in Bloomington, IN with Jim Brown and Casey Boyle called Digital Rhetoric Behind & Beyond the Screen. From smart homes to smart cities, digital processes now underlie our everyday lives in ways that are difficult to see. While the computer screen has long served as a way to understand the demarcation between digital and non-digital, online and offline, we have entered a situation in which the line is fuzzier than ever. In response, this seminar asked: What does the rhetorician do now that digital rhetorics can no longer be confined to screens?
Rhetoricity Interview
In April 2016 I was interviewed by Eric Detweiler, host of Rhetoricity podcast. We talked sound, pedagogy, accessibility, food, senses, design, space, earbuds, and more. You can download this episode and many others via Rhetoricity's main site. You can also read a transcript of the interview.
R-CADE Symposium
I had a blast participating in the 2016 R-CADE Symposium at Rutgers-Camden's Digital Studies Center. The R-CADE gathers together people from across disciplines and fields to discuss and remake digital objects. This year's object was John McDaid's Uncle Buddy's Phantom Funhouse, a work of electronic literature published in 1992. McDaid's book, written with Apple's Hypercard software, includes 3.5 inch disks, print material, and audio cassettes. For my contribution to the symposium, I created a fake fan archive for Uncle Buddy's band, The Reptiles. You can view my full talk below, and see/listen to the entire archive on the R-CADE website.
Richard Ohmann Award
My article on sonic pedagogy, "(Re)Educating the Senses," was selected for the 2015 Richard Ohmann Award, which "recognizes the outstanding refereed article in the past volume year of College English that makes a significant contribution to the field of English studies." More info about the article and award is available on the NCTE Website.
Sound never tasted so good
UMBC News published a story about my Fall 2015 Sound, Composition, & Culture seminar and our "multisensory dining experiment." This collaborative project required students to create original sonic compositions that complimented the visual design, smell, texture and taste of a prepared meal. The theme of the meal was “Comfort Food” and the goal of the event was for students to compose sound designs that—along with other design elements—would enhance and amplify feelings of comfort for our participants.
Provoke! Digital Sound Studies
My audio-visual piece, "A Tale of Two Soundscapes: The Story of My Listening Body," was included in the 2015 digital sound studies collection Provoke!
guardian interview about serial
In December 2014 I was interviewed by a reporter from the Guardian about teaching the hit podcast "Serial" at UMBC. Read the full article.
OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE IN CE
My article, "(Re)Educating the Senses," was the open access feature of the November 2014 issue of College English. The article features my interview with deaf percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, as well as some of her public lectures on listening (like this TED talk).
mitH digital dialogue
In 2014 I gave a Digital Dialogue at UMD College Park’s Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH). In this presentation I discussed how multimodal listening practices allow students to become thoughtful, savvy consumers and producers of sound in digital composing environments and their everyday lives. A transcript of the talk is also available.
Harlot's Sonic Rhetorics issue
Along with Jon Stone, I coedited the April 2013 “Sonic Rhetorics” issue of Harlot. To get a taste of the issue, check out our "Mashed Up" Intro.
Bridge: a duet
This is an oral history piece I produced with my grandmother about music as a connective force. It was published in Fembot Collective’s June 2012 Laundry Day Issue on feminist media production. Listen below or read the transcript.