[Smt-talk] Princeton and Theory

[S. Alexander Reed]

There are also schools that award doctoral degrees in Composition/Theory 
combined, but not in either solely.  My Ph.D. from the University of 
Pittsburgh is in thus both areas (Gary, feel free to add Pitt to your 
list).  While it's all well for those of us in the know to call it a 
rose by any other name, I have known of colleagues on the job market who 
have run into difficulty on account of having, for example, a musicology 
degree when applying for a theory job.  I encourage us all, when we find 
ourselves on search committees, to look as much to the type of academic 
work candidates conduct (or plan to) as we would to the subfield of 
their doctorates.

S. Alexander Reed
Assistant Professor
University of Florida

alexreed at ufl.edu