Dr. Brian M. Knoth

Education

• B.A. (summa cum laude), State University of New York at Geneseo
• M.A., Emerson College
• Ph.D., Brown University

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Knoth, Brian M. (2018) “Music and Dancing at the ‘Queen of Resorts’: The Impact of the Germania Musical Society on Newport’s Hotel Period,” Newport History: Vol. 89: Issue 278, 1-35.
• Brian M. Knoth & Emily Beattie (2018). “Movement signals and narrative noise: the development and performance of Antennae (v.2),” International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 14:1, 84-106, DOI
• Knoth, B. (2023). Developing a Digital History Project for Newport, Rhode Island: A Case Study of a Multimedia Tour and Place-Based Audio Storytelling. Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture, 52(1), 31-46.

Book Chapter

Knoth, Brian (2012). “Interactive Multimedia Performance and the Audience’s Experience of Kinesthetic Empathy.” In Kinesthetic Empathy in Creative and Cultural Practices. ed. Dee Reynolds and Matthew Reason. UK: Intellect, Ltd.

Courses

• COMM 243W Writing for Media
• COMM 244 Digital Media Lab
• COMM 341 Music Video Production
• COMM 343 Audio Production for Multimedia
• COMM 345 Digital Video Production
• COMM 450 Special Topics - Documenting Digital Histories
• COMM 462 Media and Advertising Portfolio
• ARTM 524 Digital Portfolio II

Expertise, Research Interests & Grants

Areas of Expertise

• Digital Audio Production
• Digital Video and Motion Graphics Production
• Interactive Digital Multimedia Production

Research/Creative Interests

• Music and Sound in Media (Film, TV, Radio/Podcasting, Gaming, Web, Mobile, etc.)
• Interactive Digital Media Technologies
• Multimodal Communication and Digital Media Experiences
• Multimodal/Multisensory Perceptual Integration in Digital Media Experiences
• Nonfiction Storytelling and Documentary Production
• Digital History/Humanities Projects

Selected Grants/Fellowships

• Make Art Grant, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Funding for Original Music Composition and Production Project - Dec. 2022
• Preservation Society of Newport County Research Fellowship ($24,000 and accommodations/expenses) – 2015-16
• MacColl Johnson Artist/Composer Fellowship ($25,000) – 2011