Dr. Suzanne Thorpe is Assistant Professor of
Sound Studies in the
Music & Theater Department at Manhattan College. She is an electroacoustic flutist, sound artist and scholar whose interdisciplinary research intertwines electronic music, feminist and ecological theory. She couples critical listening practices with acoustic ecology, improvisation and technology to craft immersive sound engagements that question circulations of power within human and nonhuman systems. Dr. Thorpe has presented her work and scholarship internationally in a variety of forms, including performance venues, exhibitions and journals. In addition she has been granted several residencies and awards for her research, such as the Frog Peak Collective Award for innovative research in technology, as well as grants from NYSCA, New Music USA, the MAP Fund, and Harvestworks Digital Media Foundation. She's been a recording artist with releases on Columbia Records, Beggars Banquet, Geffin, V2 Records and was awarded a Gold Record from the Recording Industry Association of America for her work with the critically acclaimed American band Mercury Rev. Dr. Thorpe is a member of the Society of Fellows at Columbia University, and remains Co-Founder and Co-Director of TECHNE, a nonprofit arts-education organization dedicated to dismantling social and cultural barriers in technical learning environments.