I am Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music. My research interests include fugue and counterpoint, Russian music theory, Schenkerian analysis, and music theory pedagogy. More recent projects focus on the analysis and promotion of music by women composers. I received the Patricia Carpenter Emerging Scholar Award (2013) for my work developing Schenkerian voice-leading paradigms in fugue expositions; this paper was later published in Theory and Practice (2014). My work also appears in Music Theory Online, the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, The Norton Guide to Teaching Music Theory, BACH: Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute, and the Oxford Handbook of Musical Variation.
My teaching has been recognized on several occasions. In 2025, I was a recipient of the University of Rochester’s G. Graydon (‘58) and Jane W. Curtis Award for Nontenured Faculty Teaching. I am also a recipient of the NYU Steinhardt Teaching Excellence Award (2018), the University of Rochester’s Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student (2010), and the Eastman School of Music’s Teaching Assistant Prize (2008).
I previously served as a board member for the Music Theory Society of New York State, co-editor of Theory and Practice, and recently completed my terms as editor of the SMT Newsletter and Secretary of the Music Theory Society of New York State. Prior to joining the Eastman faculty, I held a full-time appointment as Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Music Theory at New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.