{"id":5,"date":"2018-09-10T12:37:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T16:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jyust\/faculty-model-website\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T17:29:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:29:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jyust\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography\"\"<\/h3>\n

Jason Yust is a Professor of Music Theory at Boston University. He earned his BA in Music at Brown University and his PhD in Music Theory at the University of Washington in 2006 under the direction of John Rahn. He was co-Editor-in-Chief of the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Journal of Mathematics and Music<\/em><\/a> from 2018\u20132023 and is currently an associate editor of <\/span>Perspectives of New Music<\/a><\/em>. He has served on the editorial board of\u00a0<\/span>Music Theory Online<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and in various capacities for the\u00a0<\/span>Society for Music Theory<\/a>, the\u00a0<\/span>Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music<\/a>, the\u00a0<\/span>New England Conference of Music Theorists<\/a>, and the\u00a0<\/span>Northeast Music Cognition Group, and is founder and former chair of the\u00a0<\/span>Society for Music Theory<\/a>‘s Mathematics of Music interest group<\/a>. His work addresses a range of topics, from mathematical theories of rhythm and harmonic spaces to eighteenth-century form to music perception and scale theory. His 2018 book, <\/span><\/a>Organized Time: Rhythm, Tonality, and Form<\/em>, was the winner of the Society for Music Theory\u2019s 2019\u00a0<\/span>Wallace Berry Award<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Faculty positions held<\/h4>
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  • 2025\u2013 . . .<\/strong> : Professor of Music Theory, Boston University<\/li>\n
  • 2018\u20132025 :\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Associate Professor of Music Theory, Boston University.<\/li>\n
  • 2011\u20132018: <\/em><\/strong>Assistant Professor of Music Theory, Boston University.<\/li>\n
  • 2008\u20132011: <\/strong>Instructor of Music Theory, University of Alabama.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Professional positions<\/h4>
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    Current<\/h5>\n
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    • 2018\u2013… : Assistant Editor<\/strong> Perspectives of New Music<\/em>.<\/li>\n
    • 2013\u2013… : Editorial Board Member <\/strong>Journal of Mathematics and Music<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      Past<\/h5>\n
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      • 2018\u20132023 :<\/strong> Co-editor-in-chief<\/strong>, Journal of Mathematics and Music<\/em>.<\/li>\n
      • 2022: Awards Committee <\/strong>Society for Music Theory<\/li>\n
      • 2021: Program Committee Member\u00a0<\/strong>Society for Music Theory<\/li>\n
      • 2017\u20132018: Assistant Editor<\/strong>\u00a0Journal of Mathematics and Music<\/em><\/li>\n
      • 2016\u20132019: Editorial Board Member<\/strong>\u00a0Music Theory Online<\/em>.<\/li>\n
      • 2015\u2013… : Scientific Committee Member <\/b>International Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music.<\/li>\n
      • 2018\u20132019: Guest Editor\u00a0<\/strong>for\u00a0Perspectives of New Music <\/em>special issue, Festschrift for John Rahn<\/li>\n
      • 2015: Local Arrangements\u00a0<\/strong>New England Conference of Music Theorists<\/li>\n
      • 2014: Guest Editor\u00a0<\/strong>Journal of Mathematics and Music<\/em> Special Issue on Mathematics in Music Theory Pedagogy<\/li>\n
      • 2007\u20132014: Founder and Chair\u00a0<\/strong>Society for Music Theory Mathematics of Music Analysis Interest Group<\/li>\n
      • 2013: Editor<\/strong>\u00a0Mathematics and Computation in Music, Fourth International Conference, MCM2013\u00a0<\/em>(Springer)<\/li>\n
      • 2013: Program Chair<\/strong> Fourth International Conference for Mathematics and Computation in Music<\/li>\n
      • 2013: Program Chair <\/strong>New England Conference of Music Theorists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          Courses taught at BU<\/h4>
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          • Seminar in Post-Tonal Theory,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>MT 862.<\/li>\n
          • Seminar in Tonal Theory,<\/strong><\/em> MT 861.<\/li>\n
          • Music Perception and Cognition,<\/strong><\/em> MT 772\/472.<\/li>\n
          • Advanced Contemporary Analysis, <\/i><\/b>MT 762.<\/li>\n
          • Advanced Tonal Analysis, <\/i><\/b>MT 761.<\/li>\n
          • Composers as Theorists in the 20th Century,<\/strong><\/em> MT 751.<\/li>\n
          • Theories of Rhythm and Time, <\/i><\/b>MT 751.<\/li>\n
          • Music Theories of the World,<\/strong><\/em> MT 711\/411.<\/li>\n
          • Analytical Techniques 2: Post-Tonal,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>MT 602<\/li>\n
          • Analytical Techniques 1: Tonal,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>MT 601<\/li>\n
          • Acoustical and Psychoacoustical Basis of Music,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/em>MT441<\/li>\n
          • Music and Text,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/em>MT 302<\/li>\n
          • Theory 5: Post-Tonal Theory,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>MT 301<\/li>\n
          • Theory 4: Chromaticism,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>MT 202<\/li>\n
          • Theory 1: Elements of Theory,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/em>MT 101<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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            Administrative Positions at BU<\/h4>
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            Past<\/h5>\n
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            • Chair of Graduate Studies,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University, 2022\u20132024<\/li>\n
            • Curriculum Committee, <\/strong>College of Fine Arts, 2021\u20132024<\/li>\n
            • Chair of Undergraduate Studies, <\/strong>School of Music, 2021\u20132022<\/li>\n
            • Director\u2019s Advisory Council,\u00a0<\/strong>School of Music, 2021\u20132024<\/li>\n
            • General Education Committee, <\/strong>Boston University, 2021\u20132023<\/li>\n
            • Undergraduate Assessment Working Group, <\/strong>Boston University, 2021\u20132023<\/li>\n
            • Co-Chair of Undergraduate Studies,\u00a0<\/strong>School of Music, 2018\u20132019<\/li>\n
            • Advisor, <\/strong>Minor in Music, 2013\u20132017<\/li>\n
            • Satellite Committee for Quantitative Reasoning Learning Outcomes,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University, 2016<\/li>\n
            • Faculty Council,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University, 2014\u20132016<\/li>\n
            • University Council,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University, 2014\u20132016<\/li>\n
            • Executive Committee,\u00a0<\/strong>College of Fine Arts, 2013\u20132014<\/li>\n
            • Graduate Studies Committee Member, <\/strong>School of Music, 2011\u20132013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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