About Jeff Jacoby

Phone:

(415) 338-2772

Title: 

Professor

Department: 

Broadcast Communication ArtsCollege of Liberal and Creative Arts

Building: 

351

 

Website(s):

At SF State Since:

2006

Bio:

Jeff practices sound and radio art, sound design, directing, producing, writing, and performing, and happily serves as Professor of Media Arts in the Department of Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University. Jeff is a Lynda.com author, founder of Living Sound Productions (in 1980), and has worked at Quinnipiac University, Real Art Ways, The Media Arts Center, and the National Radio Project. Current projects include Into Sonic Space (sound art installations), The Traveling Radio Show (creative radio program), and collaborations with artists working in a variety of mediums. Jacoby has been recognized for his work with an Emmy award and two Emmy nominations, two Crystal Radios, five Broadcast Education Association Best of Competition Awards, and two Ciné Golden Eagles, among other honors. His work has been heard on PBS, NPR, and other venues, including art festivals such as South by Southwest, Black Maria, Festival du Cinéma de Paris, ASIFA East, and in galleries across the country. Jeff lives in San Francisco with the brilliant visual artist Sharon Steuer <www.sharonsteuer.com>. For more information about Jeff visit www.jeffjacoby.net. He also has Facebook & LinkedIn pages, and follow him on Twitter: @professornoize.