{"id":121703,"date":"2025-05-22T09:53:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&p=121703"},"modified":"2025-05-22T09:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:59:38","slug":"charles-river-campus-faculty-promoted-full-professor","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2025\/charles-river-campus-faculty-promoted-full-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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CFA faculty promoted to the rank of full professor in 2025 are Karin Hendricks, CFA professor of music education, and Jason Yust, CFA professor of music theory<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n
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This article was originally published in BU Today<\/a><\/em> on May 21, 2025. By BU Today staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Among the nearly two dozen faculty on Boston University\u2019s Charles River Campus recently promoted to full professor are a computer scientist who studies methods to make computer programs more secure; an expert in the physics of droplets and bubbles, with applications that include disease transmission; a leader in the field of music education<\/em><\/strong>; a researcher studying the veracity of online information about climate change; and a social policy expert whose work is primarily focused on poverty, food insecurity, and food and nutrition assistance programs. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The CFA faculty promoted to the rank of full professor in 2025 are:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

KARIN HENDRICKS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Karin Hendricks<\/strong><\/a>, College of Fine Arts professor of music education<\/strong>, teaches courses in instrumental music education, sociology and psychology of music, music and social justice, and contemporary and alternative approaches to music learning. She is a past winner of BU\u2019s Metcalf Cup and Prize and currently serves as associate director of the School of Music. She has authored numerous books, including Compassionate Music Teaching<\/em> (2018) and most recently, Daring to Care with Music Education<\/em> (2025), along with dozens of articles in leading music publications, including Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education<\/em>, International Journal of Music in Early Childhood<\/em>, Journal of Music Teacher Education<\/em>, and Music Educators Journal<\/em>. She was recently elected president of the American String Teachers Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JASON YUST<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jason Yust<\/strong><\/a>, CFA professor of music theory<\/strong>, bridges the fields of music theory and mathematics, exploring their relationship throughout musical history since the Baroque era. He has made significant contributions toward the development of mathematical modeling of rhythmic structures from cultures around the world, analysis of musical cognition and perception, and the history of music theory. A frequent conference presenter, he is editor in chief of the Journal of Mathematics and Music<\/em>, and his articles have appeared in leading publications, including Journal of Music Theory<\/em>, Music Theory Spectrum<\/em>, and Journal of New Music Research<\/em>. His 2018 book, Organized Time: Rhythm, Tonality, and Form<\/em>, won the Wallace Berry Award from the Society for Music Theory, the field\u2019s most prestigious prize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the world and institutions like BU navigate daily change that impacts our communities and missions, [these faculty] are rising to the challenge by pursuing new areas of inquiry, employing innovative approaches, and helping launch entirely new fields of study through exciting collaborations with colleagues across departments, schools, and campuses. <\/div>