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Christopher White

Assistant Professor of Music Theory at UMass, Amherst; gin lover

Chris White is an Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He teaches and researches the ways we form musical expectations, how music is and is not a language, and how we can apply big data techniques to the analysis of music, things he's currently writing a book about. He holds a BA from Oberlin College, an MA from Queens College – CUNY, and a PhD from Yale University. He currently lives in Western Massachusetts with his lovely husband, Rob.