02 / Research, Pedagogy & Acoustic Ecology

Academics, Ethnomusicology & Sound Design

Exploring the intersection of acoustic ecology, spatial phonography, community broadcast systems, and transnational oral history across New York City and Southeast Asia.

01 / Academic Credentials & University Pedagogy

2011 · New York, NY

Master of Arts in Media Studies — The New School

Concentrations in Media Theory, Sound Design, and Media Production. Research focused on acoustic ecology, location-aware phonography, spatial audio architecture, and decentralized community media systems.

2006 · Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & History of Science — Harvard University

Interdisciplinary coursework and research examining cross-cultural cognition, auditory perception, ethnography of knowledge systems, and the social history of communication technologies.

2009–2011 · The New School

Graduate Teaching Assistant & Journal Editor (Immediacy)

Served as Editor, Lead Developer, and Designer for Immediacy: Online Multimedia Journal of the Media Studies Graduate Program. Taught and assisted graduate and undergraduate courses including Critical Internet Theory, Mashup Culture, Collaboration in Networked Environments, and Virtual Learning Environments.

02 / Institutional Commissions, Phonography & Grants

Third Sight: Gowanus — Cabinet Gallery Commission

Brooklyn, NY · 2010

Co-created (with Nick Heling) a 40-minute environmental phonography and augmented-reality sound composition commissioned for Cabinet Magazine’s exhibition space in Gowanus, Brooklyn, as part of the Postcards from Gowanus exhibition and featured at the Megapolis Audio Festival. The project utilized geolocated audio and subterranean/surface field recordings to sonify the industrial, ecological, and acoustic history of the Gowanus Canal.

Creative Director & Grant Lead — Megapolis Audio Festival

New York, NY · 2012–2013

Directed curatorial programming, institutional partnerships, and community outreach for New York City’s premier festival dedicated to experimental audio, independent radio makers, field recordists, and sound artists. Secured institutional arts grant funding from the Lower East Side Arts Committee to commission public sound installations, community listening walks, and educational audio workshops.

03 / Ethnomusicology & Southeast Asian Archival Fieldwork

Transnational Myanmar Creative Diaspora Inquiry

Multi-sited curatorial and ethnomusicological research across Phnom Penh, Bangkok, the maritime borderlands of Ranong Province (Ko Phayam), Chiang Mai, and Yangon. Examines how displaced and domestic Burmese sound artists sustain creative identity through decentralized micro-broadcasting, interdisciplinary culinary-sonic "third spaces," and the reinterpretation of traditional Burmese acoustic systems (Hsaing Waing percussion and Saung Gauk tuning scales).

Community Radio as Living Oral History

Co-founder and Lead Archivist of Đà Nẵng Community Radio (2024) and Cambodia Community Radio (2025). Designing non-commercial, open-access studio frameworks and mobile field-broadcasting blueprints that empower emerging Southeast Asian practitioners to document indigenous and contemporary sonic practices.

04 / Audio Engineering, Pedagogy & Contemplative Training