Author 1 is an Associate Professor in Theory and Composition at Eastern Washington University. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in composition, counterpoint, theory, orchestration, and computer music. Author 1 has studied composition with numerous teachers including Fred Lerdahl, Jonathan Kramer, Emma Lou Diemer, William Kraft, Frederic Rzewski, Ann Kearns, Daniel Warner, Peter Golub and two Pulitzer Prize winners Roger Reynolds and Lewis Spratlan. He also studied twentieth-century compositional techniques with Kyle Gann and Tristan Murail. He obtained his Doctor of Musical Arts in 1999 from Columbia University where he was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the School of the Arts.
Author 2 is an Assistant Professor in Mathematics Education at Eastern Washington University. He teaches courses that prepare teachers for the K-12 classroom by developing their own understanding of mathematical content and pedagogy. As a licensed teacher himself, Author 2 has taught mathematics for over 20 years, at elementary, middle and high school levels, as well as undergraduate and graduate math education courses. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics Education in 2004 from Portland State University.
