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John Shiga

Associate Dean, Graduate Education & International, Professor
EducationPh.D., Communication, Carleton University; M.A., Communication, McGill University; B.A., Mass Communication and Creative Writing, York University

Biography

John Shiga is a Professor in the School of Professional Communication at The Creative School. He teaches courses on multimodal communication, qualitative research methods, knowledge translation, science communication, information and control, and communication for social change. He has published widely in the fields of media studies, legal studies, sound studies and environmental humanities. His current research and creative projects focus on the politics of underwater sound and nuclear imperialism in the context of the Cold War.

Creative work:

John has published work on a wide range of topics, including the history of sound technologies, sound and law, sonic cartography, sound in media theory, underwater sound in military and scientific contexts, sound in interspecies communication, sound in nuclear history, and sonic media in the context of the environmental crisis.

Research Interests:  

  • Sound studies

  • Sonic media

  • Sonic cartography

  • Sonification

  • Media archaeology

  • Interspecies communication

  • Sound and law

  • Sonar

  • Environmental media

  • Environmental humanities

  • Underwater sound

  • Cold War studies

  • Nuclear imperialism

  • Media theory

  • Science communication

  • Critical infrastructure studies

  • Shiga, J. (2026, June 28鈥揓uly 2). Un-monument: Cold War legacy sites and the mediation of nuclear violence [Short film]. International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference, Galway, Ireland.
  • Shiga, J. (2026, May 5). Music for Weather Station 19 [Sound artwork]. Great Lakes Listening Series, UWM Union Cinema, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, United States. https://expcinema.org/site/en/events/great-lakes-listening-series
  • Shiga, J. (2025). Review of the book A resonant ecology by M. Ritts (2024). ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, 32(4), 1214-1216. https://doi.org/10.1093/isle/isaf073 
  • Shiga, J. (2025). Review of Echo by A. Pinchevski (2023). Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies, 9(1鈥�2), 151鈥�154.
  • Citarella, J., Gruber, D., Jonas, J., Muka, S., & Shiga, J. (2024, June 16). The aquatic brain. Co-hosted by the Museum of Modern Art and the Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment, Museum of Modern Art, New York City. https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9768
  • Anderman, N., & Shiga, J. (2024). Deep-sea sound system: Scientific listening, ocean heat, colonial power. Journal of Environmental Media, 5(1), 61鈥�85. 
  • Shiga, J. (2023, June 21). Refractions: Making Cold War archives audible [Audiovisual installation]. International Association for Media and History Conference, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al (UQAM), Montr茅al, Canada.
  • Sibo C., Shiga, J. & Sher, C. (2023). Understanding anti-Asian racism from communication perspectives: Insights from a rapid literature review. Canadian Journal of Communication, 48(1), 163-174. 
  • Shiga, J. (2022). Audible oceans: Sonar through the lens of Ursula Franklin鈥檚 鈥淭echnological Society鈥� [Short film]. In K. Sikri, K. Mackinnon, & L. R. Shade (Eds.), What would Ursula Franklin say? (The McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology Research Working Group: Reprising the Real World of Technology). Humanities Commons. https://reprisingtherealworld.hcommons.org/what-would-ursula-franklin-say-collection/
  • Shiga, J. (2022, October 28鈥�30). The Dolphin House: A sound map of Cold War vertical space [Audiovisual installation]. Sonic Cartographies: Soundscape, Simulation and Re-enactment, University of Kent.
  • Shiga, J. (2021). Sonic Saturation and Militarized Subjectivity in Cold War Submarine Films. In Melody Jue & Rafico Ruiz (eds.), Saturation: An Elemental Politics (pp. 105-122). Duke University Press. 

  • 2022-2027. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant, 鈥淎mbient Governance: Socio-Environmental Legacies of Cold War Undersea Acoustic Surveillance in Atlantic Canada.鈥�
  • 2016-2017. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant, 鈥淎udible Oceans: Sonar and the Politics of Ocean Noise.鈥�