Lee Caplan is a graduate student and teaching fellow at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed his M.A. at Rutgers University in 2017, his thesis “Jazz Education in Israel” explores university programs abroad that share cultural, political, and historical ties with the United States. He has presented work on intersections between 19th century aesthetic systems and jazz music at the University of Kansas, The Library of Congress, and at California State University. His current research focuses on questions regarding musical semiotics, critical theory, phenomenology, and historiography.