EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Musicology, The Ohio State University, 2004.

• Dissertation: Prosody and Rhythm in the Post-Tridentine Reform of Plainchant (Committee: Graeme Boone, advisor; Charles Atkinson and David Huron, readers).

M.A. in Musicology, The Ohio State University, 2001.

• Thesis: Textual Accent and Mensural Rhythm in Sixteenth-Century Settings of the "Pater noster" (Committee: Graeme Boone, advisor; Charles Atkinson and David Huron, readers).

B.A. in Music History, Calvin College, 1996.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Music History and Literature, Union University, 2010 to present.

Assistant Professor of Music History and Literature, Union University, 2004 to 2010.

Courses taught:

• Music History I
• Music History II
• Survey of Music Literature
• Music of the World's Cultures
• Listening to Jazz
• Technology for Musicians
  
• Handbell Ensemble
  
• The Arts in Western Civilization
• Gateway Preceptor
  

Graduate Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University, 1998 to 2003.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

A. RESEARCH INTERESTS

• 16th-century polyphony
• chant and chant reform
• Navajo music
• systematic musicology
• music cognition

B. PUBLICATIONS

1. Peer-reviewed journal articles

"A Cognitive Approach to Medieval Mode: Evidence for an Historical Antecedent to the Major/Minor System." Empirical Musicology Review 1/1 (2006): 33-55. With David Huron.

"Syllable Placement and Metrical Hierarchy in Sixteenth-Century Motets." Computing in Musicology 14 (2006): 73-89.

2. Contributions to a book

"Notation and Rhythm in the Medicean Gradual" in Performance Practice: Issues and Approaches, ed. Tim Watkins. Ann Arbor:  Steglein, 2009.


3. Conference proceedings

"Rhythm, Accent, and Hierarchy in Renaissance Motets." Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sydney, 2002. Ed. C. Stevens et al. Adelaide: Causal Productions, 2002.

"A Cognitive Approach to the Medieval Modes." Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sydney, 2002. Ed. C. Stevens et al. Adelaide: Causal Productions, 2002. With David Huron.

C. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES

"Prosody and Rhythm in Two Seminal Post-Tridentine Chant Publications."  Fourth Annual Colloquium of the Gregorian Institute of Canada:  Traditions in Western Plainchant.  McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario), August 2009.


"Case Studies in Culture, Identity, and Music." Town & Gown Lecture Series, Union University, October 2008.

"The Science of Art and the Art of Science." Town & Gown Lecture Series, Union University, July 2007.


"Notation and Rhythm in the Medicean Gradual." Performance Practice: Issues and Approaches, Rhodes College, March 2007.


"Dynamic Symmetry and Holistic Asymmetry in Navajo Yeibichai Songs."

• Lectures in Musicology, The Ohio State University. October 20, 2003.
• Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, October 3, 2003.
• University of Western Ontario Graduate Student Symposium in Music, June 7, 2003.

"Nightway Yeibichai Songs and the Navajo Worldview." Guest lecture, Kenyon College, March 21, 2003.

"Textual and Melodic Accent in Gregorian Chant."

• An Interdisciplinary Conference: Words and Music, University of Missouri at Columbia, March 14, 2003.

"Mensural Rhythm, Syllable Placement, and Metrical Hierarchy in Sixteenth-Century Polyphony."

• National Meeting of the American Musicological Society. October 31, 2002.
• Lectures in Musicology, The Ohio State University. October 28, 2002.

"Rhythm, Accent, and Hierarchy in Renaissance Motets." 7th International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition. July 2002.

"A Cognitive Approach to the Medieval Modes." 7th International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition. July 2002. With David Huron.
D. SERVICE

American Musicological Society, South-Central Chapter:  Vice-President and Program Committee Chair, 2010-2011.

AWARDS

Newell Innovative Teaching Award (Honorable Mention), Union University, 2007-08.


Graduate Study:

Jack and Zoe Johnstone Graduate Award for Excellence in Musicology, The Ohio State University, June 2, 2004.

Presidential Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 2003-04. In recognition of excellence in graduate research; for support of dissertation writing in final year of study.

Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Winter and Spring 2003. In recognition of potential for teaching excellence in a liberal arts environment; to facilitate a mentorship with a faculty member in one's field at a liberal arts college. I participated in a mentorship with Dr. Dane Heuchemer at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Associate, Musicology Area of The Ohio State University, 2000-01.

Graduate Teaching Associateship, The Ohio State University, 1998 to 2003.

University Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 1997-98. In recognition of potential for excellence in graduate research; for support of first year of graduate study.

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