He has also taught music theory at Syracuse University, the University of Illinois, and at Northwestern University. His research interests include American twentieth-century experimental music and analysis of popular music; he has presented papers on these topics for the Society for Music Theory, (Sonneck) Society for American Music, and the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. He is also the author of articles published in Leonardo Music Journal, National Association of Schools of Music Proceedings, and Popular Music and Society.