Musicology

Portrait of Michael Accinno.

Michael Accinno

Title/Position
Lecturing Fellow in the Thompson Writing Program, Duke University
Michael Accinno (MA) is Lecturing Fellow in the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of California, Davis. His recent research projects explore intersections between music education and disability education; and the songs of composer William R. Dempster (1809–1871).
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Leslie Finer

Title/Position
UIowa Office of Community Engagement Director, Arts & Humanities
In her role as Director of Arts & Humanities, Leslie Finer works to enhance community vitality by utilizing the University of Iowa's arts and cultural resources. She also oversees the Arts Share program, which has been facilitating arts outreach and engagement initiatives for over 25 years.
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Kyle Gassiott

Title/Position
Operations Manager, Troy Public Radio
Kyle Gassiott is a journalist with over 15 years of radio, print, web, and television experience at the national level, as well as medium and small markets.
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Kimberly Hieb

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Music History, West Texas A&M University
Kimberly Hieb (MA) is Associate Professor of Music History at West Texas A&M University in Canyon Texas.  
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Stephen Husarik

Title/Position
Professor of Music and Humanities, University of Arkansas
Stephen Husarik (PhD) is Professor of Music and Humanities at the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, where he serves as Head Carillonneur. 
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Jessica Kizzire

Title/Position
Music Subject Matter Expert and Improvement Specialist at Outlier.org
Jessica Kizzire (PhD) has taught music history, music appreciation, American popular music, and video game listening courses at Greenville University and the University of New Haven. She currently works as a subject matter expert at Outlier.org.
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Katheryn (Kery) Lawson

Title/Position
Archivist-Historian at Nemours Estate
Copy Editor, Sloth: A Journal of Emerging Voices in Human-Animal Studies
Katheryn (Kery) Lawson (MA) completed an MA in Librarian and Information Science at Iowa in 2017 and is now a PhD Candidate in History at the University of Delaware.
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Hang Nguyen

Title/Position
Reference Librarian, State Historical Society of Iowa
Hang Nguyen (PhD, MLIS) is Reference Librarian at the State Historical Society of Iowa in Iowa City. She completed her PhD in Musicology in 2018 and the Master's in Library and Information Science in 2021.
Portrait of Graham Raulerson.

Graham Raulerson

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Music, East Los Angeles College
Graham Raulerson (MA) was born and raised in rural Iowa. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Bowling Green State University (Ohio), a Master of Arts in Music from the University of Iowa, and a Ph.D. in Musicology from UCLA. Before coming to East Lost Angeles College, he taught at Glendale Community College, UCLA, and the University of Redlands.
Portrait of Chris Scheer.

Christopher M. Scheer

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Musicology, Utah State University
Christopher M. Scheer (B.M., oboe performance, University of Iowa, Ph.D. historical musicology, University of Michigan) is the associate professor of musicology at Utah State University in Logan, UT. He is a scholar of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British musical culture as well as the intersection of esotericism and music.
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Anastasia Scholze

Anastasia Scholze was an MA student in Musicology.

Music Theory

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Irna Priore

Irna Priore (PhD) was an Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
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James Bungert

James Bungert (MA) is Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Music History at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana.
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Carla Colletti

Carla Colletti (PhD) is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Bachelor of Arts in Music program at Webster University. 
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Sarah Culpepper

Sarah Culpepper (MA) was accepted into the graduate program in music theory at Yale University.
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Matthew Custer

Matthew Custer (MA) lives and works in Florida, where he is pursuing additional education in a pre-medicine track.
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Patrick Fitzgibbon

Patrick Fitzgibbon is currently in the doctoral program in music theory at the University of Chicago.
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Erin Rich

Erin Rich (MA) is teaching first grade at Mountainview Elementary.
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James Skretta

James Skretta (MA) is currently in the doctoral program in music theory at the University of Chicago.

Composition

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Thomas Judson

Thomas Judson (PhD) is an Assistant Professor at Winston Salem State University.  http://tohmjudson.com/
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John Allemeier

John Allemeier (PhD) is Professor of Composition at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
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Yousif Bilal

Yousif Bilal (MA) is an Assistant Professor of Arabic at the United States Department of Defense Language Institute, where he teaches advanced Arabic through song.
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Ryan Cole

Ryan Cole (MA) is living and working in Texas.
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Justin Comer

Justin Comer (MA) is living and working in the Iowa City area.
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Seth Custer

Seth Custer (PhD) is an Assistant Professor at Bob Jones University.
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Luke Dahn

Luke Dahn (PhD) is an Associate Professor at Northwestern College in Orange City, IA.
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Joseph Dangerfield

Joseph Dangerfield (PhD) is Visiting Assistant Professor at West Virginia University.
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Tim Davis

Tim Davis (PhD) currently works at the Education Development Center, Inc and founder of the Boston New Music Initiative. 
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David DeVasto

David DeVasto (PhD) is an Assistant Professor at Elmhurst College.
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Tony Donofrio

Tony Donofrio (PhD) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, where he teaches composition and theory and coordinates the new music festival.
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Matthew Dotson

Matthew Dotson (PhD) is a private guitar instructor in Illinois.