Owen Chapman / Opositive is an Assistant Professor in Sound Production and Scholarship in the department of Communication Studies at Concordia University . He is also an audio artist who's work ranges from intermedia performance (incorporating original music, video projection and live scratch DJing) to studio-based composition. He has written on audio sampling for a variety of academic publications. His audio work has been commissioned internationally for radio, video and contemporary dance. His research and production projects have been funded by the FQRSC, Hexagram and the Canada Council. Dr. Chapman's PhD dissertation was the first research-creation project to be successfully defended in his domain in Canada (2007) and was completed through Concordia, UQAM and UdM's Joint PhD Program in Communication.