Teaching

Education

University of California, Santa Barbara. PhD and Master of Arts in Music Theory. (2019–2024)

“Synthesis on the Frontiers: Kaija Saariaho and the Formation of a Practice“
Committee: Benjamin Levy (Chair), Janet Bourne, Laura Emmery, and Martha Sprigge
2020–2022: Mellon Engaging Humanities Fellow

University of Washington. Master of Arts in Music Theory (2017–2019)

Houston Christian University. Bachelor of Arts in Music, summa cum laude (2012–2016)

Emory University. Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Theory (2025–2026)

Shenandoah University. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Theory (2024–2025)

Editorial Assistant, Music Theory Spectrum (Spring 2024–Spring 2026)

Web Developer, Harbinger Cabinet Company (2019–Present)

Develop, maintain, and service a web app that hosts the company’s project info and produces sales quotations

Curator and Archivist, University of California, Santa Barbara (May 2023–June 2023)

Co-coordinate the processing and cataloguing of the Henry Eichheim Collection of Musical Instruments and the Seymour Oppenheimer Collection of Bells
Supervise undergraduate assistants in the packaging and transportation of musical instruments

Mellon Engaging Humanities Graduate Fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara (January 2019–June 2022)

Provide mentorship to First- and Second-Year students interested in the humanities by giving career guidance, helping to develop study skills, and coaching them to improve their scholarly writing

Program Notes Author, Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara (May 2020)

Student Athlete Tutor, University of Washington (January 2019–May 2019)

Instructor of Record:

Emory University:

Shenandoah Conservatory, Shenandoah University:

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2022–2024: Music Theory and Analysis I, II, and III, MUSIC 5 (University of California, Santa Barbara)
2021–2022: Music Appreciation, MUSIC 15 (University of California, Santa Barbara)
2019–2021: Fundamentals of Music, MUSIC 11 (University of California, Santa Barbara)
2019: Second-Year Theory I and II, MUSIC 301 and 302 (University of Washington)
2019: Second-Year Ear Training I and II, MUSIC 304 and 305 (University of Washington)
2018: First-Year Theory I and III, MUSIC 201 and 203 (University of Washington)
2018: First-Year Ear Training I and III, Music 204 and 206 (University of Washington)

Curriculum Design:

Fundamentals of Music Theory and Composition (2026): General-education theory and composition course
Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint (2025): Advanced undergraduate and graduate-level theory course
Post-Tonal Analysis (2024): Graduate-level theory seminar
Analysis and Forms (2024): Advanced undergraduate and graduate-level theory course
Music Appreciation (2024): Large arts elective course for undergraduates
Music Theory Fundamentals (2022, 2023): Large arts elective course for undergraduates

Society for Music Theory, Institutional Climate Study

Collect and analyze data on curriculum trends, teaching loads, service expectations, salaries, and the long-term history of tenure-track jobs in music theory.