1996 to 1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, The National Center for Voice and Speech 1988 to 1994 D.M.A. (Doctorate in Musical Arts), Music Composition, The University of Illinois 1985 to 1987 M.M. (Masters of Music), Music Composition, Michigan State University 1979 to 1984 B.A. (Bachelor of Arts), Vocal Performance, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Current and Previous Positions

2011 to 2014: The University of Malaya, Department of Music– Associate Professor – Teach courses in Composition I & II, Form & Analysis (incl. species counterpoint), Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Introduction to Psychoacoustics; direction of graduate theses.– Introduce international contemporary music performance series; direct Merle Noir, a voice group dedicated to contemporary music; and supervise new music performances by student composers.– Academic Service includes Higher Degrees Committee (JIT), Academic Committee Member (JKA) and Music Division Committee. Tasked with development of DMA and MM degree programs in composition and performance. Led Musicology Search Committee. Served on PhD Committee Viva Voce (Oral Examination).– Tasked with implementation and development of an innovative High Impact Research Center, The ICVR (International Center for Voice Research), a multi-site consortium devoted to the interdisciplinary study of voice.– Supervision of graduate and undergraduate theses, topics including: localization in blind, blinded and sighted persons (audiology); acoustics of the angklung; acoustics of the ukulele; timing characteristics in piano performance – emotion; singer’s formant in Chinese-Malaysian classically trained singers; classification scheme of reinforced harmonic production; investigation of subharmonic production of the violin; multimodal tracking of bowed string instruments.