Meet Dr. Jennifer L. Weaver
Chair, Music Department
Program Director, Music Theory
Professor of Music
(214) 333-5638
Educational Background
- B.M.E., Cedarville University
- M.M., Ph.D., University of North Texas
Dr. Jennifer L. Weaver's Background
Jennifer Weaver is Chair of the Music Department and Professor of Music at Dallas Baptist University. She earned her Ph.D. in Music Theory at the University of North Texas. Dr. Weaver's dissertation discusses the work of the twentieth-century composer and theorist Herbert Eimert and his contribution to the development of the twelve-tone system. She received a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from Cedarville University and a Master's degree in Music Theory from the University of North Texas. A recipient of the Priddy Fellowship in Arts Leadership (2006-2007), Jennifer has worked within the leadership of several arts organizations, including Shakespeare Dallas and the Murchison Center for the Performing Arts. At Dallas Baptist University, she has been a recipient of both the Outstanding Adjunct Professor and Outstanding Full-time Faculty member in the Department of Music. Her major research areas include twentieth-century music, history of music theory, opera, and music theory pedagogy. Alongside Dr. Benjamin Graf and Dr. Paul Thomas, Jennifer is the co-host of the successful Music Theory Pedagogy podcast Note Doctors. Jennifer sings in the Dallas Symphony Chorus and is a member of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas.