David Madden

Biography

Dr. David Madden is Associate Professor and Chair of Screen Arts, and Seaver Fellow in Communication at Pepperdine University. He earned a PhD in Communication Studies from Concordia University and has held a FRQSC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Music and Sound Studies at Carleton University, as well as a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship with Aging + Communication + Technologies (ACT) at Concordia University. His research engages the cultural politics of sound and electronic music, with particular attention to their intersections with history, aging, gender, and practice. This work mobilizes both critical theory and practice-based modes of knowledge production and is grounded in his experience as a multi-instrumentalist, electronic music producer, composer, and sound artist.

Dr. Madden is currently completing a historical book on electronic music for the University of California Press and pursuing research-creation projects in sound art, soundscape composition, and electronic dance music. His previous scholarship includes a microhistory of performers of the ondes Martenot (an early electronic musical instrument) and the development of digital literacy programs for older adults.

Education

• Postdoc, SSHRC – ACT, Concordia University
• Postdoc, Music and Sound Studies, Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture – FRQSC, Carleton University
• PhD, Communication Studies, Concordia University
• MA, Media Studies, Concordia University
• GrDip, Communication Studies, Concordia University
• BA, Political Science, McGill University