Faculty
Joan Schuman
Part-Time Assistant Professor
MFA, Digital Media Arts, San Jose State University
Independent producer of narrative radio broadcasts and sound art in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Canada via broadcasts, gallery installations, online venues, virtual appearances, festivals and CD compilations; curator of sound art exhibits/presentations including HyperAcousia.
Courses Taught
- Sound Culture
- Audio Experiments
- Radio Narratives
- Media, Nature & Apocalypse
- Creative Radio
- Listening In; Radio Rebels
Research Interests
- sound art
- creative radio
- narrative design
- environmental themes
- disaster and the media
- relationships among listener
- maker and audience across media
Professional Affiliations
- World Listening Project
- Public Radio Exchange
Recent Presentations/Exhibits
- Trickhouse Live Integrative Arts & Performance, Casa Libre en la Solana, Tucson (virtual guest), 2013
- Guest sound curator, Trickhouse, online interdisciplinary exhibits, Tucson, 2013
- Guest curator, Third Coast International Audio Festival, Chicago, 2012
- Public Radio Remix, 2011
- The Curious Ear, RTE Ireland, 2010
- -curator, Nexus Radio, Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, 2009
- Radio Ephemera, Third Coast International Audio Festival, Chicago, 2008
- Deep Wireless, New Adventures in Sound Art, Toronto, 2005
- Curator, The Sound Lounge, Dinnerware Arts, Tucson, 2004
Awards and Honors
Sloan Foundation Development Grant, online technologies and pedagogy, 2010