Dr. Nico Schüler, Associate Professor of Music, is the 2008-2009 Presidential Fellow at Texas State University and Co-Chair of Texas State University's Common Experience. He holds degrees from E.-M.-Arndt University in Greifswald, Germany (M.A., Musicology) and Michigan State University (Ph.D., Music Theory).

Dr. Schüler was the recipient of the 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly / Creative Activities as well as a finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching (2004) and for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Service (2004, 2005, 2008) at Texas State University. He was also the recipient of several major scholarships, grants, and fellowships. He was an invited speaker at national and international conferences and workshops in Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, England, The Netherlands, Lithuania, Switzerland, Slovenia, Serbia, Peru, South Korea, Japan, and throughout the United States and Canada. His main research interests are music theory pedagogy, interdisciplinary aspects of modern music, methods and methodology of music research, computer applications in music, as well as world music (especially selected aspects of West African and of Korean music).

Dr. Schüler is the editor of the research book series Methodology of Music Research (New York: Peter Lang), the editor of the peer-reviewed journal South Central Music Bulletin, a member of the editorial board for the Greifswalder Beitäge zur Musikwissenschaft (Greifswald Monographs in Musicology), the author and / or editor of 18 books, and the author of more than 70 articles. He is also a contributor to the new editions of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians as well as of Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG).

Dr. Schüler is the President of the College Music Society's South Central Chapter and Vice President of the Texas Chapter of the National Association of Composers USA. From 2002 to 2005, he was an Executive Board Member of the Texas Society for Music Theory. At Texas State University, he has been the campus representative of the College Music Society since 2001.

For more information, visit Dr. Schüler's Website.