Rob Pearson

Bio

Dr. Rob Pearson provides support for graduate students, postdocs, and their mentors as they leverage their academic training to prepare for the range of career paths available to them.

Dr. Pearson holds a Ph.D. and M.F.A. in musicology from Brandeis University and a B.A. in music from UC Davis. Prior to joining Southern Methodist University, Dr. Pearson built new graduate career development programs at Emory University and UT Dallas. Dr. Pearson’s career advice for doctoral students and postdoctoral trainees has been featured numerous times in InsideHigherEd. He has also served in faculty positions at the University of North Texas and the New England Conservatory of Music. His scholarly work addresses how listeners make meaning from 18th- and 19th-century music and his work has been published in 19th-Century Music, the A-R Music Anthology, and the Oxford Handbook of Public Music Theory.

Dr. Pearson served in a president role in the Graduate Career Consortium between 2022-2025 and is currently on the GCC’s Governance Committee. He has been involved in professional development and mentorship initiatives of the American Musicological Society, the National Postdoctoral Association, and Georgia

Professional Affiliations 

Past president, Graduate Career Consortium (GCC)
Governance Committee, Graduate Career Consortium (GCC)