College of the Atlantic, Coastal Community Engagement Lead + Researcher

In this role at COA in Bar Harbor, Maine I teach audio, sound, and community engagement courses while mentoring and leading the Mapping Ocean Stories project. My courses rotate each academic year and include Within Living Memory (an intro to audio storytelling class), Audiocraft: Longform Narrative Audio, Sound Studies Practicum, Mapping Ocean Stories, and Navigating Change. Student participants in the Mapping Ocean Stories project work on various community exhibits, radio shows, and independent audio projects under my supervision. Many of those exhibits can be listened to at Maine Sound + Story’s website.

Workshops

Original workshops and teaching experiences include:

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, “Session 6: Telling Stories with Sound,” Summer 2023

SALT at MECA&D, “Working with Archives: Oral History to Audio Short,” Winter 2022 + 2023

Consulting

I’ve spent the past decade working with high school students, colleges, and teachers to develop day-long workshops or materials related to oral history and audio production courses. The most recent project in Blue Hill, Maine was at George Stevens Academy: “Blue Hill Peninsula Stories: Stories of the Mountain.”