Biography

I am a Ph.D. candidate and Sproull Fellow in music theory at the Eastman School of Music. My research sits at the intersection of music, media, and cultural studies within contemporary J-pop and K-pop (c. 2010–present), with a particular interest in media systems, and commodification, and consumption. Additionally, I have interests in jazz theory/analysis, particularly the music of Hiromi; and issues of transcription. My dissertation, tentatively entitled “J-pop, K-pop, and the Logics of Mediation” explores the systems of mediation that structure Japanese and Korean popular music. My has been recognized by the Society for Music Theory (2024), the Eastman School of Music Department of Musicology (2025), and Hofstra University (2020).

I currently serve as Associate Web Editor for SMT’s Information Technology Committee, as well as co-chair of SMT’s Analysis of World Musics Interest Group (two-year term, 2025–2026). I am also a web manager of Intégral, Eastman’s peer-reviewed music theory journal, for Volumes 38 and 39. I currently serve as a graduate teaching assistant at Eastman, and I have previously taught as an adjunct at Hofstra University; as an adjunct and graduate TA at Hunter College, CUNY; and as a graduate TA (Instructor of Record) at the University of Colorado Boulder. 

Outside of music and academia, I work full-time as manager at LensCrafters. I enjoy eating ramen, building mechanical keyboards, transcribing, and spending time with my dog. I have previously studied at Hunter College (CUNY), the University of Colorado Boulder, and Hofstra University.

Revised: November 2025