Dr. Christopher Dahlie, PhD

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I am a native of Chautauqua County and a scholar/practitioner in audio production. I have been Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater's Head of Audio for over twenty years, and have worked as a resident audio engineer in New York City, Los Angeles, Auckland (New Zealand) and Chapel Hill (North Carolina). My dissertation at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill was a technological and cultural history of live audio engineering from the mid-1960's to the recent past.

Teaching Interests

Audio Production
Sound Design
Radio News
Rhetoric
Popular Culture Practice and Criticism

Research Interests

Sound Studies
Cultural Studies
Political Economy
Phenomenology
Media Studies

Awards and Honors

• Chancellor’s Fellowship, Royster Society of Fellows, University of North Carolina, Chancellor Chapel Hill (Chan).

Intellectual Contributions

• ""Live Sound Matters." In Chris Anderton and Sergio Pisfil (Eds.), Researching Live Sound: Gigs, Tours, Concerts, & Festivals (Chapter 6).," Routledge (2021).