michelleleannetemple@gmail.com
Michelle Temple received her PhD at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in December 2022, and holds a master’s degree from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunication Program wherein she taught an electronic fabrication course and helped facilitate a circuit production lab. She specializes in producing sound-based projects and DIY hardware. Her audio work specifies the materials that transduce sound to illuminate psychoacoustic and physics-related phenomena. Temple is an advocate for the Deaf community and inclusivity in the disciplines of Acoustics, Sound Studies, and Experimental Music and Art. Temple is a collaborator, who’s work spans RPI’s Acoustic Architecture, Engineering, and BioTechnology disciplines, NYU’s Music Technology, Center for Urban Science, and Langone Center. Most recently, as Associate Professor and Researcher, Temple has been the recipient of the Loretta C. Duckworth Fellowship program, Makerspace Grant, and featured guest composer for the BEEP Ensemble at Temple University.