Erin Anderson
- Assistant Professor
Erin Anderson is an audio producer, documentary artist, and Assistant Professor in the Writing Program, where she teaches courses in narrative audio production and multimedia nonfiction for the undergraduate and MFA programs.
Erin is the producer of Our Time Is Up, winner of a Sarah Lawrence College International Audio Fiction Award. Her audio stories have been featured on KCRW’s UnFictional, WHYY’s The Pulse, and Serendipity. She is currently at work on her first documentary podcast series.
Erin’s multimedia and installation-based artworks have appeared in a variety of venues, including the Jack Straw New Media Gallery in Seattle and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Her public art commission, To Heaven and Back, launched in 2019, featuring an app-based narrative audio walk and temporary light and sound installation in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood.
Erin has also published scholarly essays and multimedia works in journals of writing, performance, and digital culture. She is currently serving as Executive Producer for the Swanson School of Engineering’s 175th Anniversary Oral History Project. She earned her PhD in Critical and Cultural studies from the University of Pittsburgh.
Links
Listen to “Being Siri” on KCRW’s UnFictional
Listen to Our Time Is Up on PRX
Download To Heaven and Back audio walk