Office Hours
Autumn 2020 (virtual via Zoom):
Tuesdays, 10:00-12:00 and by appointment
Areas of Expertise
- Music
- Cultural Studies
- Improvisation Studies
Education
- PhD, Ohio State University
- MA, California Institute of the Arts
- MFA, California Institute of the Arts
- BM, Capital University
Dan's primary research areas include music (popular, jazz, experimental), cultural studies, and improvisation, with a particular focus on the affective connections between aesthetics and politics. He has taught courses in music history, popular culture, and the humanities, in addition private percussion lessons, improvising ensembles, and workshops. His first monograph, Contingent Encounters: Improvisation in Music and Everyday Life is under contract with University of Michigan Press.
Pronoun preference
He/him/his