Professor Spotlight: The Maue, The Myth, The Legend
PITTSBURGH -- “Someone referred to him once as a ‘ Swiss Army knife, ’ ” said Mike Clark, a colleague of Don Maue, “and I’m like, ‘H e’s more than that. He’s the guy that designed the Swiss Army knife. ’ ” Although the comparison is metaphorical, Duquesne professor Don Maue has a resume that earns him the association with the versatile tool. “I’ve almost never had to produce a resume,” said Maue. “Everybody’s hired me for me.” This was the case for one of his current jobs. On top of being an adjunct professor who teaches sound design and production classes , Maue is also the director of the Center for Emerging and Innovative Media (CEIM) at Duquesne. Maue has taught at Duquesne since 1996, and he worked in the university’ s Computing and Technology Services department from 1998 to 2019, when he became the director of CEIM. Don Maue's desk in the Union Broadcast Center. Photo taken by Keira Kusmaul. According to the...