Ph.D. in music theory from the University at Buffalo (SUNY); research interests include chromatic harmony, transformational theory 和 history of theory; articles have appeared in 音乐理论谱, Theoria 和 音乐理论与教育学杂志 and in collections published by University of Rochester Press and Stockholm University Press; has presented papers at meetings of the Society for Music 理论, 学院音乐协会, 美国数学学会, 音乐理论, 纽约音乐理论学会, the International Musicological Society 和 European Society for the Cognition of Music and at colloquia at Indiana University 和 University of Iowa; 2003 fellow at The Mannes Institute on Transformational 理论; has served as a member of the Society for Music 理论’s Networking and Publications Committees as a member of the program committees for the 2006 meeting of the Society of Music 理论 和 2007 meeting of 音乐理论 and as chair of the MTMW nominating committee; and has served as a member of the editorial board for Music 理论 Online 和 treasurer of 音乐理论.