Jason Geary is Distinguished Professor of Music and Dean of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He has also served as Director of the University of Maryland School of Music and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Dean Geary has successfully led initiatives fostering community engagement, student entrepreneurship, interdisciplinary collaboration, and greater inclusivity in the arts. He is in demand as a speaker and arts consultant and currently sits on the board of the Alliance for the Arts at Research Universities (a2ru) and the American Musicological Society. He has also lectured and published widely on German music and culture and has received several prestigious fellowships in support of his work, including a Fulbright Grant and membership at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Dean Geary holds a degree in piano performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Ph.D. in musicology from Yale University.