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Mona Eikel-PohenView profile

Academic

• Foreign Language Education
• Educational Neuroscience
• Literary Translation
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Mona Eikel-Pohen is an Associate Teaching Professor of German and Modern Foreign Language Coordinator at Syracuse University's Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (College of Arts and Sciences). Her research focuses on participatory pedagogies, creative language teaching methods (e.g., improvisation), and the intersection of self-translation and identity. She holds a doctoral degree in Modern German Literature from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2009) and additional teaching certifications in Germany. Education : Doctoral degree, Modern German Literature, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2009) Applied Teaching Degrees (Zweites Staatsexamen) in Performing Arts and German/English (2004–2002) Erstes Staatsexamen in German/English Language and Culture, Ruhr University Bochum (1999) Research Interests : Eikel-Pohen explores innovative teaching strategies rooted in neuroscience, such as improvisation and creative writing, to enhance language acquisition and cultural understanding. Her work emphasizes democracy and agency in education, with projects like Fluchtpunkt Magdeburg (integrating theater and language learning) and transatlantic online tandem initiatives. She also examines German literature of the 20th/21st century, including translation studies and post-Wall cultural policy. Awards : Anthony J. Papalia Award (2021) Gerlinde Ulm Sanford Award (2021) Innovative Teaching Initiative Award (2020) Grants & Projects : Recent grants include DAAD funding for ACTFL travel (2024) and Syracuse's SOURCE grants for research on ecofascism and commemorative culture (2024–2022). Labs/Teams : Collaborates on projects like Fluchtpunkt Magdeburg and transatlantic online language tandems, emphasizing interdisciplinary and community-focused learning.

Cason W MurphyView profile

Assistant Professor

• Theatre Studies
• Digital Media and Performance
• Audience Engagement
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Cason W Murphy is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Iowa State University, specializing in Theatre Education. He teaches acting, musical theatre, and introduction to performing arts. His research explores new media intersections with theatre, focusing on cultivating contemporary audiences. He has received prestigious awards including the 2021 LAS Cassling Family Faculty Award for Early Achievement in Teaching and the 2023 ATHE/KCACTF Prize for Innovative Teaching. Education: M.F.A., Theatre Directing - Baylor University B.A., Theatre Arts - UCLA A.A., Theatre - Los Angeles City College His research interests include digital media's impact on performance, audience engagement strategies, and Shakespearean adaptation. He has published in Theatre Topics , Theatre Journal , and authored The World at Play: Performance from the Audience’s Perspective . His work bridges traditional theatre practices with modern technological and social contexts. Professionally, he has directed notable productions like The Crucible (2024) and BABA: A New Musical (2022). He also serves as husband to Tiffany Antone (Assistant Teaching Professor of Theatre at ISU) and father to children and cats. Key Awards: 2021 ISU Early Achievement in Teaching Award 2022 Ames Community Arts Council Arts Educator Award His scholarly articles emphasize interdisciplinary approaches, blending performance studies with media theory and audience psychology. He actively collaborates with students through festival productions like On the Horizon: Festival of Student-Produced Work (2021).

Michael GilesView profile

Teaching Professor

• Jazz Studies
• Saxophone Performance
• Improvisation
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Michael Giles is a Teaching Professor of Music at Iowa State University (ISU), where he leads the ISU Saxophone Studio and serves as Director of Jazz Studies. He is based at Simon Estes Music Hall, Room 255. A native Iowan, Giles is a sought-after performer, clinician, and educator with a focus on improvisation and original music. Education background includes studies under vocal jazz guru Phil Mattson, avant-garde artist John Rapson, and contemporary saxophonist Matt Sintchak. His teaching portfolio includes courses in Improvisation and leadership of jazz ensembles. Research interests emphasize creative music practices, blending avant-garde techniques with traditional performance. He actively composes and performs with eclectic ensembles, advocating inventive approaches to music-making. His work reflects a commitment to both pedagogy and experimental performance. Performance activities span domestic and international engagements, with a focus on collaborative projects. He maintains an online presence at www.creativemusicstuff.com .

• Music Technology
• Educational Environment
• Blended Learning
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Vesa Tuisku is a Lecturer in Music Technology at the Faculty of Education, University of Lapland. His email is vesa.tuisku@ulapland.fi . He focuses on music education, blended learning environments, and student teacher experiences in music technology. Key research areas include the integration of mobile music tools in primary education and collaborative artistic practices. He has led projects like Minä Musisoin (2018-2019) exploring music education completeness and ArkTOP (2017-2020) addressing Arctic teaching reforms. His work bridges educational theory with creative performance, emphasizing community engagement through music. Notable activities include organizing the International Conference on Education and Educational Psychology (2017-2018) and presenting on topics like blended learning models for guitar education (2016). His artistic outputs include digital music compositions and live performances with groups like Gältzy.

Alberto de CampoView profile

Professor

• Computer Music
• Generative Art
• Sonification
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Prof. Dr. Alberto de Campo is Professor for Generative Art/Computational Art at University of the Arts Berlin's Institute for Time-Based Media. His research explores computer music systems, generative art practices, and scientific sonification methods. De Campo has led research projects including 3DMIN (new instrument design) and SonEnvir (scientific data sonification). His creative practice develops novel interfaces like the nUFO movement instrument and SlowQin hybrid guqin, bridging cultural heritage with technological innovation. Publications examine collaborative live coding, metacontrol frameworks, and interdisciplinary approaches to computational art. De Campo's work consistently explores emergent behaviors in complex audiovisual systems.

Marguerite van den BergView profile

Associate Professor

• Work and Precarization
• Gender Studies
• Urban Sociology
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Dr. Marguerite van den Berg is an Associate Professor of Organization Science at Utrecht University School of Governance (USBO). Her research focuses on work precarization, gender studies, urban sociology, and improvisation in security practices. She leads the NWO-funded Vidi project, 'Improvising security: subsistence in contemporary urban Europe,' examining how urban dwellers in Rotterdam and Dublin navigate financial and social insecurity through improvisation. She holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam (2013) and previously taught at the University of Amsterdam (2008–2022), Erasmus University Rotterdam, and held visiting positions at CUNY and Humboldt University Berlin. Her 2021 book Werk is geen oplossing critiques work-centric solutions to societal problems, arguing for systemic alternatives to precarity. Her awards include the NWO Vidi Grant (2022) and a fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS, 2021). She actively engages in public discourse through lectures and media appearances on topics like gendered cities, welfare critique, and post-work imaginaries.

Annie Hui-Hsin HsiehView profile

Academic

• Music Composition
• Electroacoustic Music
• Acoustic Music
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Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh is an Associate Teaching Professor of electronic music and composition at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Music in Pittsburgh, USA. She holds a doctorate from the University of California, San Diego, and prior degrees from the University of Melbourne. Her work focuses on creating visceral physical experiences through acoustic and electroacoustic mediums, emphasizing spatial gestures and relational sociality in sound. Her music has been performed internationally by ensembles such as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, JACK Quartet, and ELISION Ensemble. Notable commissions include works for Symphony Services Australia, Lucerne Festival, and Wien Modern. She has received prestigious awards including the Belegura Composer Award (2022 Melbourne Prize) and the 2023 Monash Performance Art Centre Commission. Recent projects include collaborations with video artist Johannes DeYoung and roboticist Jean Oh, showcased at festivals like MaerzMusik Berlin and Digerati Emergent Media Festival. Her research explores intersections of sound, technology, and interdisciplinary art.

Brian RiordanView profile

Lecturer

• Electronic Music
• Composition
• Sound Art
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Brian Riordan is an Artist Lecturer in Electronic Music at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Music, where he teaches a course he designed titled Programming Environments in Music: An Introduction to Max/MSP . He holds a PhD in Music Composition and Theory from the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on temporal discontinuity, delay-based performance, real-time digital signal processing, and laptop performance aesthetics. Riordan is an active performer, improviser, and collaborator, having worked across rock, jazz, classical, and experimental genres in North America, Central America, Europe, and Asia. He has composed works for ensembles including The JACK Quartet, Wet Ink Ensemble, and Kamraton, with performances at venues like STEIM and festivals such as SICPP and New Music On The Point, which he also serves as technical director. Notably, he arranged string parts for Grammy-nominated band Code Orange’s album The Above (2023). As a member of the Pittsburgh ensemble How Things Are Made , he has produced and performed on over 70 recordings and commissioned 52 compositions. His creative output bridges academic and experimental music practices, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration and technological innovation.

George KentrosView profile

Lecturer

• Contemporary Music
• Experimental Music
• Musicology
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George Kentros serves as a project manager and artistic researcher at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH), affiliated with the Department of Composition, Conducting & Music Theory. He teaches in the international master's program CoPeCo while leading the Swedish Research Council (VR) project Back to the Future! His research investigates interpretive methods for historical versus contemporary musical works through artistic experimentation. The Back to the Future! project applies contemporary art theory, philosophy, and musicology to reinterpret historical compositions, stemming from his ensemble work with Mattias Petersson in There are no more four seasons . His practice integrates experimental performance techniques across electronic, improvisational, and score-based traditions. Kentros maintains an active performance career as a violinist, having founded experimental ensembles including Pärlor för svin, There are no more four seasons, and GAHLMM. His 25-year international trajectory spans solo and chamber performances across North/Central America, Europe, Japan, and Oceania. He contributes to cultural policy development and serves on the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) executive committee since 2018.

• Generative AI
• Dance Improvisation
• Decolonial Thought
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Marlon Barrios Solano is an interdisciplinary artist, creative technologist, and researcher at the University of Florida's Center for Arts, Migration and Entrepreneurship (CAME) since 2024. With an MFA in Dance and Technology from Ohio State University and software engineering training, he merges generative AI, machine learning, and queer theory to create epistemic infrastructures. Current roles: Maker-in-Residence at CAME, Lake Studios Berlin co-founder Education: MFA in Dance and Technology (2004), General Assembly Software Engineering Immersive (2021) His work interrogates latent space as a metaphor for diasporic memory and synthetic cognition. Through live AI collaborations , he constructs knowledge labs that challenge Silicon Valley's extractive AI paradigms, focusing on Decolonial AI frameworks Queer techno-intimacy Embodied computational ethics Somatic machine learning Scientific achievements include 2017 Hombroich Fellowship Residencies at Radiona (Croatia), ICK Amsterdam (Netherlands) fal.ai Research Grant for real-time AI development He has published in Transmission in Motion and Dance in the Head , while pioneering open-source platforms like dance-tech.net (2007) and movimiento.org (2011). Currently developing the Born in Latent Space five-year research arc (2024-2029).

Silvina MilsteinView profile

Professor

• Music Composition
• Twentieth-Century Music History
• Arnold Schoenberg Studies
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Silvina Milstein is an Emerita Professor of Music at King's College London, based in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities' Department of Music. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she studied under Alexander Goehr after completing degrees at Glasgow University. Her research focuses on composition, twentieth-century music history, and Arnold Schoenberg's legacy, with particular attention to the Second Viennese School. She has composed works performed by leading ensembles like the London Sinfonietta and Lontano, championed by conductors Odaline de la Martinez and Oliver Knussen. Her 2018 composition 'Shan Shui' was a Royal Philharmonic Society Award finalist. Education: PhD (Cambridge, 1988), MPhil (Cambridge, 1984), BMus (Glasgow, 1983) Key Research Areas: Schoenberg studies, twelve-tone techniques, contemporary analysis Teaching: Leads composition programs at King’s, emphasizing interdisciplinary seminars on form and time Her analytical work bridges compositional practice, notably reconstructing Schoenberg’s methods in twelve-tone music. Recent projects explore time’s philosophical dimensions in early 20th-century music, intersecting with psychoanalysis and mysticism. She pioneered King’s innovative doctoral composition training program, fostering collaborative artistic discourse. Notable Compositions: fire dressed in black , Tigres Azules , Of Gold and Shadows Awards: 2018 Royal Philharmonic Society Award Nominee Milstein’s music merges Buenos Aires vernacular rhythms with Viennese modernism, exemplified in works like música de la ciudad . She actively engages with spiritual and literary themes, as seen in her meditative chamber works inspired by St. John of the Cross and Sergei Paradjanov’s cinematic style.

Terumi NarushimaView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Microtonality
• Music Composition
• Alternative Tuning Systems
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Terumi Narushima is a Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Wollongong, specializing in microtonality and alternative tuning systems. She holds a PhD from the University of Wollongong, MMus from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and teaching qualifications from the University of Sydney. Her work bridges composition, performance, and sound design, with notable projects including the development of microtonal flutes using 3D printing and collaborations with ensembles like Clocks and Clouds. Research & Projects Primary focus on microtonal tuning systems, inspired by Erv Wilson's theories 3D-printed instrument design (funded by University of Wollongong grants) Interdisciplinary collaborations in theater, film, and environmental art Teaching & Supervision Supervises PhD/Masters students in microtonal theory, intercultural music, and performance practices Current projects explore spatial microtonality and Persian rhythmic cycles Awards & Recognition Published monograph Microtonality and the Tuning Systems of Erv Wilson (2018) Artist-in-Residence at University of Wollongong (2018) Key Collaborations Ensemble Offspring Synergy Percussion Clocks and Clouds microtonal ensemble

Carol Kyles FinleyView profile

Professor

• Dance
• Choreography
• Dance Cinema
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Carol Kyles Finley is a Professor of Dance, Chair of the Department of Dance and Theatre, and Artistic Director of Meredith Dance Theatre at Meredith College. She is an award-winning dancer, choreographer, and educator with a focus on stage and camera-based dance works. Her choreography has been performed at venues including The Ohio State University, Center for Performance Research (Brooklyn), and American College Dance Association (ACDA) national conferences. Her dance films have screened at Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Moving Pictures Festival, and ODC Theatre. MFA in Dance Choreography from The Ohio State University Bachelor of Environmental Design in Graphic Design from North Carolina State University Finley received the Laura Harrill Presidential Award (2025), Pauline Davis Perry Award, and an Independent Artist Grant. She teaches courses in ballet, dance history, composition, technical production, and improvisation.

Luigi ProserpioView profile

Associate Professor

• Technological start-ups
• Hypergrowth (Scale-ups)
• Digital Business Transformation
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Luigi Proserpio serves as Associate Professor of Management and Technology at Bocconi University, where he founded BETA (Bocconi Education and Teaching Alliance), the university's dedicated lab for teaching and learning methodologies. He previously held significant leadership roles including Delegate Rector for teaching and learning innovation until 2016 and director of the SDA learning lab. His academic credentials include a PhD in Management from Università Bocconi and a visiting scholar position at Carnegie Mellon University. Proserpio's research spans technological start-ups, hypergrowth (scale-ups), digital business transformation, technology-mediated communication, people management, and organizational design , with particular emphasis on how digital tools reshape organizational behavior and educational practices. His publication record in premier journals like Research Policy and Academy of Management Learning & Education reveals consistent focus on teamwork dynamics in dispersed environments, improvisation in innovation processes, and technology's impact on learning. A recurring theme examines how geographical dispersion affects team cohesion, performance, and knowledge transfer across virtual settings. As an educational innovator, Proserpio develops technology-based learning methodologies, simulations, and business games. He contributes to academic discourse through editorial board memberships at the Academy of Management Learning & Education , Journal of Management Education , and Journal of Management Inquiry , while teaching master-level courses including Digital Business Transformation, Building and Scaling Tech-Based Startups, and The Challenges of Hypergrowth.

Brendon ClarkView profile

Associate Professor

• Design Anthropology
• Participatory Design
• Decolonial Design
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Brendon Clark is an Associate Professor in design anthropology at the Umeå Institute of Design (UID), part of Umeå University in Sweden. His work bridges design practice, anthropology, and participatory methodologies to address complex societal challenges. Prior to UID, he spent eight years as a senior researcher at the Interactive Institute (now RISE), leading design teams in Stockholm. Clark holds a PhD in User-Centered Design from the University of Southern Denmark, following an MA in Anthropology and BA in Social Sciences. His research focuses on how designers collaboratively engage people and materials to reshape daily life through improvisational and relational practices. Key areas include decolonial design ethics, language learning pedagogies, and participatory frameworks that dismantle oppressive systems. Notable projects include the Walking Decolonially through Design for Sustainabilities initiative (2017-2022), exploring anti-oppressive design directions. Publications highlight his exploration of hybrid design education models, narrative-based collaborative practices, and tangible future scenario-building. His work frequently intersects with performance theory and critical design activism, advocating for more equitable and contextually responsive design processes. Clark’s career reflects a commitment to applied research with societal impact, spanning academic, corporate, and community development contexts. His current role at UID emphasizes fostering innovative design education that integrates interdisciplinary methods and ethical considerations.