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Anna MlasowskyView profile

Professor

• Glass Art
• Ceramics
• Contemporary Art
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Anna Mlasowsky is a Professor in Glass and Ceramics at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, where she serves as Area Coordinator and supervisor for Master's level students (Master 1 & 2) in the Department of Crafts. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, she maintains an active dual practice as both an academic and exhibiting artist. Her artistic research focuses on glass art, ceramics, and contemporary artistic expression, with numerous projects exploring perception, materiality, and spatial relationships. Notable works include Things that Talk , Book of Breath (Noon) , 4 Feet Apart , and Heimat , which demonstrate her interest in how objects communicate and how space shapes experience. Mlasowsky has initiated two significant art projects: Das Schaufenster , an experimental window space in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood created during the pandemic to provide exhibition opportunities for artists, and Das Fernglas , a digital subscription-based project featuring monthly glass art delivered via email. These initiatives reflect her commitment to creating platforms for artistic expression beyond traditional gallery settings. Her work has been presented internationally, with projects spanning topics from private geographies to wind resonance and metamorphosis, often exploring the intersection of material practice and conceptual inquiry. Mlasowsky actively supports emerging artists through her projects, particularly focusing on immigrant artists, activist artists, and recent MFA graduates who lost exhibition opportunities during the pandemic. She has received grants including a SmArt Venture Grant from the Office of Arts and Culture and a Mini Grant from the Awesome Foundation to support these initiatives.

Morten BreinbjergView profile

Associate Professor

• Sound Studies
• Media Architecture
• Digital Design
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Morten Breinbjerg serves as Associate Professor at the Department of Digital Design and Information Studies within Aarhus University's School of Communication and Culture. His academic work bridges sound studies, digital design, and urban informatics with a focus on public space dynamics and sonic citizenship. His research centers on the ecological and political dimensions of sound in urban environments. He investigates how sonic practices shape citizenship through messy and fragile negotiations in public spaces, examining media architecture aesthetics, participatory sound art, and dynamic sound atmospheres. His methodological approach emphasizes ecological frameworks for understanding sound's role in civic engagement, combining fieldwork with theoretical analysis of sound's political potential. Analysis of his publication trends reveals consistent interdisciplinary work spanning sound studies, urban sociology, and digital design. Recent outputs focus on pandemic-era soundscapes and sonic citizenship frameworks, while earlier work established foundations in media architecture participation and ecological sound methods. His research demonstrates longitudinal commitment to understanding sound as a civic medium across evolving technological and social contexts. Breinbjerg has secured significant research funding through major projects including Sonic Citizenship (2021-present), Objects humans and the Rift (2014-2016), PIT: Participatory IT Center (2012-2017), Ekkomaten (2012-2014), Atmosphere (2009), DUL: Digital Urban Living (2008-2012), and Interface Aesthetics projects (2004-2007). These initiatives involved cross-institutional collaborations examining digital-physical urban interactions. He contributes to research collectives focused on sonic citizenship methodologies and media architecture evaluation, developing ecological approaches for sound art in public spaces and advancing theoretical frameworks for understanding sound's role in contemporary civic life.

• Sound Studies
• Spatial Theory
• Urban Design
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Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn is a Researcher at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts at Leiden University. His work bridges sound studies , spatial theory , and artistic practice , focusing on how sound can challenge spatial enclosure and compartmentalization, particularly during the 2020-2021 lockdowns. Research Focus: Examines relationships between sound , space , and homelessness through artistic experimentation with self-built sorna instruments (deconstructed trumpet bells). Engages with theoretical frameworks from Henri Lefebvre (corporeal space), Rosi Braidotti (nomadic thought), and Tim Ingold (weaving as knowledge production). Proposes sonic recorporealization as a counter to visuality-driven spatial control in urban environments. Key Contributions: 2021 article Space, Sound, and the Home(less) in Journal of Sonic Studies documents domestic sound experiments during lockdown. Develops acoustic spatiality through instrument-building and performance practices.

Jeppe Just ChristensenView profile

Associate Professor

• Music Composition
• Experimental Music
• Instrument Design
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Jeppe Just Christensen is an Associate Professor at Royal Danish Academy of Music (DKDM) since 2011, serving as a Study Lecturer since 2019. He teaches composition and leads artistic initiatives like the Pulsar Festival. His practice integrates DIY instrument design with contemporary composition, often involving personal performance with ensembles like Jeppe Just Instituttet. Royal Danish Academy of Music (DKDM): Study Lecturer (2019-present) Royal Music Conservatory (RMC): Part-time teacher His research focuses on amateurism , folk music reinterpretation , and street music , using self-built or repurposed instruments. Works like Geteilten Saiten (2022) demonstrate advanced motorized string instrument integration, while Neko (2009) explores translational semiotics through flexatone inversion techniques. Notable awards include the Wilhelm Hansen Award and grants from the Danish Arts Foundation . His pedagogical work spans formal institutions (DKDM, RMC) and community workshops with children aged 3-6, emphasizing instrument-building and sound exploration. Collaborations with SCENATET and Klang Festival highlight his interdisciplinary approach.

Johannes M. ArendView profile

Assistant Professor

• Virtual Acoustics
• Spatial Audio
• Psychoacoustics
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Johannes M. Arend serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information and Communications Engineering at Aalto University, Finland. His research centers on virtual acoustics, spatial audio processing, and psychoacoustics, with significant contributions to audio engineering and hearing science applications. His primary research domains include Virtual Acoustics, Spatial Audio, Psychoacoustics, Hearing Science, Acoustics, and Audio Engineering. Leading the Technical Psychoacoustics research group, he investigates sound perception in virtual environments and develops advanced spatial audio techniques. Key methodologies involve spherical microphone array processing, head-related transfer function (HRTF) interpolation, and voice directivity analysis, with applications spanning virtual reality, hearing diagnostics, and audio reproduction systems. Analysis of his 15 most recent publications (2021-2025) reveals consistent focus on spatial audio processing and perceptual validation. Dominant themes include spatial upsampling techniques for microphone arrays (33% of articles), voice directivity modeling with phoneme-level analysis (27%), and HRTF processing for binaural rendering (20%). His work demonstrates strong interdisciplinary integration between audio signal processing, speech science, and virtual reality applications, particularly in developing perceptually validated tools for hearing assessment and spatial audio reproduction. Dr. Arend actively leads the Technical Psychoacoustics research group, directing projects on virtual acoustic environments, spatial hearing assessment, and audio reproduction technologies. His team develops innovative methods for binaural rendering and conducts perceptual studies to validate technical solutions, with recent work focusing on VR-based hearing diagnostics and spatial audio evaluation frameworks.

• Philosophy
• Phenomenology
• Hermeneutics
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Jeff Malpas is an Honorary Professor at the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland. His academic work bridges philosophy, hermeneutics, and interdisciplinary studies involving sound and architecture. University: University of Queensland School: School of Languages and Cultures Academic Rank: Professor Malpas's research focuses on phenomenology and hermeneutics, particularly the influence of Hans-Georg Gadamer in the English-speaking world. Additionally, his work explores the interplay between place, sound, and architectural design, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to spatial and auditory experiences. Recent publications highlight his engagement with Gadamerian thought and the theoretical connections between sound studies and architectural practice. His 2025 article in the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology and 2024 book chapter in The Routledge Companion to the Sound of Space exemplify these themes. Contact: j.malpas@uq.edu.au

• Interactive Media
• Virtual Reality
• Installation Art
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Dr. Gregory Ferris is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Design and Society at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). His academic work bridges media art practice and research, with a focus on interactive and immersive media environments. He is affiliated with the Faculty Visualisation Institute (VI) Research Network and The Trustworthy Digital Society at UTS. Dr. Ferris completed his PhD at the College of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia in 2013 with a thesis entitled "Every time I leave the room: image, time and metadata in off-screen space." His academic journey reflects a unique blend of artistic practice and scholarly research in contemporary media. Dr. Ferris's research interests span multiple domains of contemporary media practice. As a "media 'construct-ant'", he works across interactive media, installation art, virtual reality, and traditional moving image production. His creative practice has evolved from experimental films that screened on the ABC in the mid-eighties to pioneering work in panoramic interactive narratives and 360-degree virtual reality. His research focuses on microbudget feature filmmaking, immersive and interactive narrative structures, and emerging media technologies including virtual reality. His work explores the intersection of media production, post-production technologies, and experimental media making, with particular attention to aesthetic considerations in contemporary digital environments. Dr. Ferris's creative outputs demonstrate a consistent trajectory of innovation in media art. His work shows increasing sophistication in immersive technologies, with a focus on VR, 360-degree media, and interactive installations. His scholarly contributions connect media practice with educational applications, particularly in how immersive media can be integrated into teaching contexts. The themes across his work include explorations of narrative structures beyond traditional frames, spatial relationships in media, and the evolving relationship between creators, technologies, and audiences in digital environments. Dr. Ferris has received research funding from significant sources including the City of Sydney, UTS Chancellor's Research Fellowship, and Create NSW. His current projects include "Spirit of the Hoey" (2023-2024), "Envisaging and enacting just climate futures through immersive media" (2022-2027), and "Sympathetic Threads" (2017-2018). As an educator, Dr. Ferris teaches "Experimental Media" and is available for Masters Research and PhD student supervision. His teaching focuses on media arts exploration, production and post-production techniques, experimental media making, and aesthetics. He has organized academic conferences including microWAVE 2011 and microWAVE 2013, demonstrating leadership in his field.

Megan S. BallardView profile

Researcher

• Underwater Acoustics
• Acoustic Propagation Modeling
• Geoacoustic Inversion
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Megan S. Ballard serves as a Senior Research Scientist at the Applied Research Laboratories (ARL), University of Texas at Austin. With a Ph.D. in Acoustics from Penn State (2009) and a B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Florida Atlantic University (2005), she has established herself as a leading researcher in underwater acoustics. Her work bridges theoretical modeling and experimental field studies to advance understanding of sound propagation in complex marine environments. Her educational background includes: B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Florida Atlantic University (2005) Ph.D. in Acoustics from Pennsylvania State University (2009) Dr. Ballard's primary research areas encompass underwater acoustic propagation modeling, geoacoustic inversion, and direct measurement of marine sediment properties. She has pioneered studies on out-of-plane propagation effects, arctic acoustics in ice-covered regions, and the acoustic behavior of seagrass ecosystems. Her methodologies integrate advanced instrumentation, field experiments, and computational modeling to address challenges in ocean acoustics, with applications in environmental monitoring and naval operations. Analysis of her recent publications (2020-2022) reveals a consistent emphasis on acoustic propagation in biologically and geologically complex marine habitats. Key contributions include investigations of seagrass meadows, arctic fjords with brash ice, and mud-dominated seabeds. Her work frequently employs innovative measurement techniques and modeling approaches to characterize sediment properties and sound-speed profiles, enhancing predictive capabilities for underwater sound transmission. Dr. Ballard has been recognized with several prestigious awards: A.B. Wood Medal and Prize from the UK Institute of Acoustics (2021) R. Bruce Lindsay Award from the Acoustical Society of America (2016) Postdoctoral Special Research Award from the Office of Naval Research (2011) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Award (2006) Elected Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America Information about Dr. Ballard's advising activities and grant funding is not provided in the available text, though her extensive publication record indicates active research leadership through collaborations with interdisciplinary teams. Dr. Ballard is affiliated with the Applied Research Laboratories at UT Austin, where she conducts research in underwater acoustics. She has held leadership roles in the Acoustical Society of America, including past-chair of the Technical Committee on Underwater Acoustics, and serves as Editor for the Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. Her collaborative research involves interdisciplinary teams focusing on marine acoustics and ocean engineering.

• Computational Medicine
• Speech and Language Processing
• Health Assessment Systems
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Mary Pietrowicz is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Translational Sciences at the University of Illinois and a Senior Research Scientist at the Illinois Applied Research Institute. Her interdisciplinary research integrates computational methods with health sciences, focusing on acoustic and behavioral signal analysis for conditions like ALS, schizophrenia, and depression. She earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, an M.S. in Computer Science from Florida Atlantic University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. Her research explores computational modeling of human expression through speech, movement, and creativity to develop scalable health assessment tools. Key areas include: Machine learning for disease state detection via vocal and kinetic biomarkers Deployable telehealth systems using ubiquitous devices (phones, sensors) Cross-disciplinary applications in neurology, psychiatry, and addiction science Cultural computing through interactive art and sonic installations Her publications reveal a consistent focus on acoustic signal processing applied to neurodegenerative/psychiatric disorders, with innovations in laughter analysis, verbal fluency testing, and real-time health monitoring. Trends include machine learning refinement for clinical diagnostics and multimodal data fusion. She contributes to patented technologies in sensor security, geolocation systems, and speech characterization. At the Illinois Applied Research Institute, she develops deployable health-assessment frameworks and collaborates on interdisciplinary projects bridging engineering, medicine, and digital art.

Chris MyhrView profile

Associate Professor

• Media Arts
• Ecology
• Philosophy
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Chris Myhr is an Associate Professor in Communication Studies & Media Arts at McMaster University. His practice spans photography, moving image, sound, and media installation, focusing on intersections of art, science, philosophy, and ecology. His decade-long project Point-Line-Intersection examines human-hydrosphere relationships through themes like water's duality as life-sustaining and destructive force. His exhibitions include solo shows at Decode Gallery (Arizona), Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art (Toronto), and Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Ontario). Recent audio/video works have been featured in international festivals such as the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival and Changwon Sculpture Biennale (South Korea). Myhr received the 2021 Prefix Prize in Photography for his environmental research. His teaching includes courses like Cultural Production and the Environment (2025) and Senior Thesis Research (2025). Collaborations with institutions like the Canada Centre for Inland Waters and support from the Ontario Arts Council highlight his interdisciplinary approach. Myhr's work interrogates materiality and non-human agency, often addressing mercury contamination, hydrocarbon pollution, and climate change impacts. Prefix Prize in Photography (2021) Contact: myhrch@mcmaster.ca | chrismyhr.com

Marina PetersonView profile

Associate Professor

• sonic ethnography
• elemental anthropology
• atmospheric studies
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Marina Peterson is an Associate Professor of Anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and specializes in sonic ethnography, elemental and atmospheric studies, urbanism, and multimodal ethnographic methods, with a regional focus on Los Angeles and North America. Her research attends to elemental forces and shifting modalities of matter, with an emphasis on sound and urbanism. She explores diverse and innovative ways of encountering and presenting the ethnographic through writing, sound, and image. Her work is deeply engaged with experimental and multimodal approaches to anthropology. Dr. Peterson's research interests include: Sonic ethnography and sound studies Elemental and atmospheric anthropology Urban studies, particularly Los Angeles Multimodal and experimental ethnographic methods Environmental and material culture studies Her publications demonstrate a consistent focus on the intersections of atmosphere, sound, urban space, and materiality. She has developed an approach she terms 'indefinite urbanism' to address the porous boundaries between hard and airy elements in urban environments, particularly examining noise pollution legislation and airport noise politics in Los Angeles from the 1960s to the present, as detailed in her book 'Atmospheric Noise: The Indefinite Urbanism of Los Angeles' (2021). Dr. Peterson has received recognition for her scholarly contributions through numerous publications, including co-edited volumes 'Anthropology of the Arts: A Reader' (2016) and 'Between Matter and Method: Encounters In Anthropology and Art' (2017). She is actively involved in the academic community as a member of the Society for Cultural Anthropology's Digital Curatorial Collective and as co-director of the Bureau for Experimental Ethnography with Drs. Craig Campbell and Casey Boyle. She is also co-editing 'Errant Elements,' a chapbook project organized around the Periodic Table of the Elements. Dr. Peterson teaches graduate and undergraduate courses including Experimental Ethnography, Elemental Anthropology, Introduction to Graduate Social Anthropology, Anthropology of Infrastructure, and Sonic Ethnography, demonstrating her commitment to innovative pedagogical approaches that mirror her research interests.

Bruno GasView profile

Professor

• Robotics
• Artificial Intelligence
• Sensorimotor Learning
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Bruno Gas serves as a Professor at Sorbonne University, affiliated with the ASIMOV research team within the Intelligent Systems and Robotics Institute (ISIR). His academic work bridges robotics, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science through innovative investigations into sensorimotor learning frameworks for embodied agents. Gas's research centers on how naive robotic agents develop spatial and bodily representations through sensorimotor interactions, with particular emphasis on multimodal sensory integration (audition, vision, and touch). His work demonstrates how robots can autonomously construct internal models of their environment through active exploration, utilizing principles from developmental psychology and neuroscience. Key methodologies include neural network modeling, predictive processing architectures, and bio-inspired sensorimotor contingency frameworks that enable agents to learn without pre-programmed spatial knowledge. Analysis of Gas's recent publications (2013-2020) reveals consistent thematic progression in developmental robotics, focusing on the emergence of topological spatial representations, active exploration strategies, and multimodal sensor fusion. His research demonstrates how sensorimotor flow generates internal spatial models, with notable contributions including the Head Turning Modulation System for environment exploration and tactile space representation models. This work establishes critical links between robotics, cognitive science, and neuroscience through experimentally validated frameworks for embodied learning. No explicit information regarding student supervision or research grants appears in the source material, though extensive collaborative publications with researchers like Sylvain Argentieri and J. Kevin O'Regan suggest active mentorship and project leadership within the ISIR ecosystem. His publication record shows sustained interdisciplinary collaboration across European robotics institutions. Gas operates within the ASIMOV team at ISIR (Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique), a premier robotics research unit jointly operated by Sorbonne University and CNRS. The team specializes in adaptive systems and intelligent machines, with research spanning embodied cognition, developmental robotics, and human-robot interaction. ASIMOV's experimental platforms focus on sensorimotor learning paradigms for autonomous exploration, positioning Gas at the forefront of bio-inspired robotics research in France.

• Choreography
• Contemporary Dance
• Dance Studies
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Eric Handman is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah's Department of Modern Dance since 2014, with prior academic positions at the same institution from 2003-2014. He holds an MFA from the University of Utah (2003) and BA in English from Skidmore College (1991). As a choreographer and educator, he has created works for companies across the United States and performed internationally with New York-based dance groups including Doug Varone and Dancers, Nicholas Leichter Dance, and Joy Kellman and Company. His research focuses on Choreographic thinking and mobile technology integration Contemporary dance criticism and theory Contact improvisation pedagogy Interdisciplinary performance systems Eric's choreographic works from 2016-2024 demonstrate Exploration of ecological themes through 'greenland' (2023) Philosophical inquiry in 'The Cause of Itself' (2024) Archival experimentation in 'The Weight of Dust' (2018) Mythological reinterpretation in 'Galatea Prime' (2018) Academic recognition includes Fulbright Specialist designation (2013) Pretty Creatives International Choreography Competition winner (2014) New Visions Choreography Competition winner (2014) Professional leadership roles encompass Board membership at American College Dance Association Previous directorship at Congress on Research in Dance His teaching extends to international venues in technique, composition, and improvisation.

Áine MangaoangView profile

Associate Professor

• Popular Music
• Musicology
• Cultural Citizenship
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Áine Mangaoang is an Associate Professor in Popular Music at the Department of Musicology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo. Her research focuses on the intersections of music, cultural citizenship, and identity, with particular attention to how music is used, experienced, and mediated in everyday life by those on the margins of society. Dr. Mangaoang's research interests span popular music studies, ethnomusicology, postcolonial studies, and music in detention contexts. She investigates how music functions in prison settings, digital media platforms, and diasporic communities, often examining power dynamics, cultural representation, and social justice implications. Her work combines ethnographic fieldwork with critical analysis of digital media phenomena, with particular focus on sonic citizenship and how music creates spaces for expression and resistance in constrained environments. Her scholarly output demonstrates consistent engagement with questions of music in penal institutions, digital media, and cultural representation. Recent projects have focused on music in Norwegian and Irish prisons, Irish musical diaspora in Oslo, and accessibility of music for Deaf audiences through Irish Sign Language. Her research shows particular interest in how marginalized communities use music for cultural expression and resistance. Dr. Mangaoang received the prestigious 2021 International Association for the Study of Popular Music-US Branch (IASPM-US) Woody Guthrie Prize for her monograph Dangerous Mediations: Pop Music in a Philippine Prison Video , which examines the viral YouTube phenomenon of Filipino prisoners dancing to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and its implications for understanding music, power, and postcolonial relations. As Principal Investigator, she leads the four-year 'Prisons of Note' project funded by the Norwegian Research Council's Young Researcher Talent Award, which examines music use in prison systems in Norway and Ireland. She has supervised numerous graduate students working on ethnomusicology, popular music and media, music and disability, folk music, and music heritage topics. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on popular music studies, music history, music and cultural studies, and research methodology. Dr. Mangaoang is an active participant in the Nordic Sounds: Critical Music Research Group and serves on the advisory board for the 'Sounding the Feminists' project, which addresses gender balance in composer opportunities in Ireland. Her work has been featured in major media outlets including The Irish Times, Radio Nova, and Forskning.no.

Y. David ChungView profile

Professor

• Visual Arts
• Filmmaking
• Korean American Studies
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Y. David Chung is a Professor at the Stamps School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan, where he also serves as Director of the MFA Graduate Program. He is additionally Core Faculty at the Nam Center for Korean Studies and was a Michigan Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities in 2009-10. In 2013, he held the position of Kim Koo Visiting Professor at Harvard University. Chung received his M.F.A. from George Mason University in 2002 and his B.F.A. from the University of Virginia, the Corcoran College of Art and Design in 1988. As a visual artist and filmmaker, Chung's work explores Korean American identity, cultural memory, and diaspora experiences through various mediums including film, multimedia installations, drawings, prints, and public artworks. His artistic practice combines traditional techniques with new digital imaging technologies, creating works that bridge cultural divides and examine historical narratives. His research particularly focuses on the Korean diaspora experience, with significant attention to the Koryo Saram (Koreans of Central Asia) who were forcibly deported by Stalin in 1937. Chung's artistic output over the past two decades demonstrates a consistent engagement with themes of cultural identity, memory, and displacement. His work has evolved from traditional printmaking and drawing to incorporate video, digital media, and large-scale installations, often addressing the Korean American experience and broader issues of migration and cultural adaptation. His documentary film work, particularly 'Koryo Saram, The Unreliable People,' represents a significant contribution to understanding the historical experiences of Koreans in the former Soviet Union. National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund-Artist at Giverny Fellowship Best Documentary Award from the National Film Board of Canada (2007) Washington Mayor's Art Award Helmut K. Stern Professorship, Institute for the Humanities Korean American Alliance Artist Award Professor Chung has received significant grant support for his artistic work, including funding from the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at the University of Michigan for projects like 'Pyongyang' and the 'Koryo Saram Project.' He has also been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the MidAtlantic Arts Foundation, and the Artslink Foundation for collaborative projects in Kazakhstan. His work has been commissioned for public art installations including the Rosslyn Metro Station in Virginia and the New York City Public Art Program. Chung has served as Artist-in-Residence at numerous institutions including Duke University, Williams College, Wellesley College, and the University of California Berkeley.