Newhouse School of Communications

Douglas Quin
Associate Professor, TRF
Television, Radio, and Film

Ph.D. Union Institute (Acoustic Ecology)
M.F.A. Tufts University (Sculpture and Media Arts)
B.A. Oberlin College (Art)

Office: Newhouse 2 Rm. 347
Telephone: (315) 443-7398
Email: dhquin@syr.edu

Douglas Quin is a sound designer, naturalist, public radio commentator, and music composer. He is the owner of dqmedia and consults on film and television sound design, audio and multimedia, museum exhibit design, production, post-production, creative development and project management. Dr. Quin has traveled widely documenting the natural soundscape—from Antarctic ice to Arctic tundra and from African savannah to Amazon rainforest. His recordings of endangered and disappearing habitats represent one of the most unique and extensive collections anywhere.

Recent clients and projects include: sound design and mixing for Werner Herzog's Academy Award nominated film, Encounters At the End of the World; sound design for Spore, a new game from Maxis/Electronic Arts; and media exhibit design and project management for the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine.  He has also worked on projects for the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, American Museum of Natural History and the Polish Academy of Sciences, among others.

His writings have appeared in diverse publications, including Polar Biology, Musicworks, Soundscape: The Journal of Acoustic Ecology and The Journal of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States.

Quin serves on the board of directors of the World Sound Foundation and previously served on the board of directors for the Washington Project for the Arts and the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts. He is the recipient of numerous awards and grants including the Ars Acustica International prize, Meet the Composer, multiple fellowships in music composition from the National Endowment for the Arts, an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Maryland State Arts Council, and support from the National Science Foundation.

Expertise:

• Sound
• Music Recording
• Audio Production
• Documentary
• Public Understanding of Science
• Internet Design
• Visual Language
• Music Underscoring
• New Technology (relating to Web design and use)