Based in Durham, NC, he designs sound, lighting, and video for live performance. Recent credits at Duke University include lighting design for Fury and broadcast video direction for Fuller, Medea, and Citizen: An American Lyric. He has also worked with Carolina Ballet, as projection engineer for Orpheus and Eurydice, Sleepy Hollow, Frankenstein, and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Austin is a staff designer and supervising technician at Duke, where he graduated from the Department of Theater Studies and works frequently with the American Dance Festival.