Douglass Fugan Dineen

Part-Time Faculty

Douglass Fugan Dineen

Contact

Lyons Hall 428

Email: douglass.dineen@bc.edu

Education

B.A., Brandeis University
M.A., Wesleyan University
Ph.D., Wesleyan University

Courses

Introduction to Musics of the World

Afro-Brazilian Musical Worlds

Musics of India

Musics of Asia

Research Interests

South Asian music and dance, deaf studies, rhythm studies, Buddhism

Curriculum Vitae

Department

Music

Biography

Douglass Fugan Dineen is an ethnomusicologist and an active drummer and percussionist who has performed, recorded, and toured with artists on four continents. His main academic work in on South Indian music and Fugan is a specialist on mṛdaṅgam (a drum used in Indian art and dance music) and the spoken syllable system for rhythm known as solkaṭṭu. In addition to Indian music, Fugan studies, teaches, and performs musics from Brazil, West Africa, and the Arab world. Fugan also conducts research in Deaf studies and has recently been exploring Deaf expressions and experiences of liturgy and ritual, especially in Buddhist settings. This work stems from Fugan’s role as a Zen Buddhist priest and teacher. In addition to Boston College, Fugan has taught at Wesleyan, Yale, and Berklee College of Music.