Alumni Placements 1987-2009
Although the Duke graduate program in music is relatively young--the first Ph.D. in Musicology was awarded in 1987 and the first Ph.D. in Composition in 1997--its graduates have been remarkably successful in securing academic positions. Of the 59 alumni who received their degree during 1987-2006 with completed doctorates, 37 currently hold academic appointments.
| PhD | Name | Location | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | David Gramit | University of Alberta | Professor/Chair |
| 1987 | Raymond Knapp | University of California-Los Angeles | Professor of Musicology |
| 1989 | Daniel Katz | Germany | Rabbi, Weiden (Bavaria); Adjunct Faculty, Jewish Institute of Cantorial Arts at the Abraham Geiger College, Berlin |
| 1989 | Stephen Keyl | ||
| 1990 | Kenneth Kreitner | University of Memphis | Benjamin W. Rawlins Professor / Director of Graduate Studies |
| 1991 | Janet Pyatt | Research and family responsibilities | |
| 1992 | Candace Bailey | North Carolina Central University | Associate Professor/Director of Global Studies |
| 1992 | Tatsuhiko Itoh | International Christian University, Tokyo | Professor, Director of Sacred Music Center |
| 1992 | Donna Lee | Portland, Oregon | Attorney (medical malpractice defense) |
| 1993 | Jane Flynn | ||
| 1993 | Janet Page | University of Memphis | Associate Professor |
| 1994 | John Michael Cooper | Southwestern University | Associate Professor/Margarett Root Brown Chair in Fine Arts |
| 1994 | Claire Fontijn | Wellesley College |
Barbara Morris Caspersen Associate Professor Resident Director, Eastern College Consortium Program, Bologna, Italy, 2009-10 |
| 1994 | Jean-Paul C. Montagnier | University of Nancy (Lorraine, France) | Professor (also Adjunct Professor-- McGill University, Montreal) |
| 1995 | Gary Boye | Appalachian State University | Associate Professor/Music Librarian |
| 1995 | Drue Fergison | Rochester, MN | Freelance Translator (French to English) and Community Resource Specialist, United Way of Olmsted County |
| 1996 | Anna Harwell Celenza | Georgetown University | Thomas E. Caestecker Associate Professor of Music; Chair, Department of Performing Arts |
| 1996 | Charles Youmans | Pennsylvania State University (University Park) | Associate Professor |
| 1996 | Stephen Zank | ||
| 1997 | Timothy Burris | Computer programmer | |
| 1997 | Camille Crittenden | University of California (Berkeley) | Executive Director, Human Rights Center |
| 1997 | Thomas Garcia | Miami University | Associate Professor |
| 1997 | Mark Kuss | Southern Connecticut State University | Associate Professor |
| 1997 | Penka Kouneva | Hollywood, CA | Film music composer |
| 1997 | Neil Lerner | Davidson College | Associate Professor |
| 1997 | Charlotte Leonard | Laurentian University (Ontario) | Associate Professor, Vice Dean (Social Science and Humanities) |
| 1997 | Kathryn Lowerre | independent scholar | |
| 1998 | David Lipten | ||
| 1998 | Mary Oleskiewicz | University of Massachusetts, Boston | Associate Professor |
| 1999 | Christopher Adler | University of San Diego | Associate Professor |
| 1999 | Christopher Anderson | Southern Methodist University | Associate Professor |
| 1999 | Joy Calico | Vanderbilt University | Associate Professor |
| 1999 | Akira Ishii | Keio University, Japan | Associate Professor |
| 1999 | Joanne Metcalf | Lawrence University | Associate Professor |
| 1999 | Oleg Timofeyev | University of Iowa | Visiting Assistant Professor, International Programs |
| 1999 | Sidney Boquiren | Adelphi University (tenure track) | Assistant Professor |
| 2000 | James Carlson | University of the South | Visiting Asst. Professor |
| 2000 | Richard Townley | Memphis Boys Choir | Music Director |
| 2001 | Giuseppe Gerbino | Columbia University | Associate Professor |
| 2001 | Graham Hunt | University of Texas, Arlington | Associate Professor (Spring 09: Valentine Visiting Professor, Amherst College) |
| 2001 | Andrew Unsworth | Organist, Mormon Tabernacle Choir | |
| 2001 | Tushaar Power | changed profession | |
| 2001 | Colleen Baade | Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska | Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish |
| 2001 | Andrew Sauerwein | Belhaven College (tenure track) | Assistant Professor |
| 2002 | Georgiary Bledsoe | Boston, MA | Founder and CEO, Boston Urban Music Project (BUMP) |
| 2002 | Antony John | St. Louis, MO | Young adult author |
| 2002 | Janet Pollack | Colorado State University | Assistant Professor |
| 2003 | Timothy Dickey | OCLC Office of Research | Post-doctoral Researcher |
| 2003 | Marc Faris | East Carolina University | Teaching Assistant Professor |
| 2003 | Nathaniel Stookey | San Francisco, CA | Freelance composer |
| 2004 | Jonathan Gibson | James Madison University (tenure track) | Assistant Professor |
| 2004 | Christina Gier | University of Alberta (tenure track) | Assistant Professor |
| 2004 | Craig DeAlmeida | Lincoln Financial | Actuary/freelance composer |
| 2005 | Jennifer Fitzgerald | Lawrence University (deceased 2007) | Instructor |
| 2005 | Mikhail Krishtal | Zenph Studios | Director of Music Research and Production |
| 2005 | Marcel Pusey | ||
| 2006 | Lily Hirsch | Cleveland State University (tenure track) | Assistant Professor |
| 2006 | Caroline Mallonée | New York, NY | Freelance composer |
| 2006 | Ryan Malone | Sacred Heart Church (Bloomfield, NJ) | Director of Music and Organist |
| 2006 | John Mayrose | Lawrence Conservatory of Music | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| 2006 | Aristides Llaneza Sandoval | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Freelance composer |
| 2007 | John E. Bower | University of St. Thomas | Instructor |
| 2007 | Samuel Breene | Rhode Island College (tenure track) | Assistant Professor |
| 2007 | Kasey Mattia | Bloomfield, NJ | Independent scholar |
| 2008 | Todd Herschberger | Durham, NC | Freelance composer/performer |
| 2008 | Jeffrey Palenik | WI | Independent scholar |
| 2008 | Jeremy Smith | Duke University--Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library |
Jazz Archivist |
| 2008 | Carl Schimmel | Illinois State University | Assistant Professor |
| 2008 | Quyen Tran | WI | changed profession |
| 2009 | Jason S. Heilman | Tulsa, OK | Independent scholar/freelance translator (German-English) |
| 2009 | Chia-yu Hsu | Durham, NC | |
| 2009 | Joyce Kurpiers | Durham, NC | |
| 2009 | Jennifer Woodruff | Bates College | Visiting Assistant Professor |
If you see yourself in this list but the information on your position is incorrect (or if you are not in the list but should be) please contact Thomas Brothers, Director of Graduate Studies.