Continuing Stephen Lett’s (2023) argument that pedagogy was undervalued by SMT at its inception, this essay considers the signs and implications of continued marginalization of teaching. While position statements can influence the atmosphere of a society, they are peripheral to its operations, which determine who is included or excluded. SMT could help expand the pipeline for women and minoritized groups and identities by formulating and reinforcing ethical guidelines, not just at SMT events but in the music theory profession as a whole. A set of questions is provided for assessing the potential for harmful behaviors in institutional gatekeeping, from teaching to graduate admissions and programs, faculty searches, and tenure and promotion. Deeper engagement by SMT and its membership—through the formation of guidelines for searches and tenure processes, the formation of an ethics committee tasked with review and adjudication, and mentorship for job candidates and junior faculty—should help to broaden the demographics.

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SMT 如何变得更受欢迎

继续 Stephen Lett (2023) 的论点，即教育学在其开始时被 SMT 低估，本文考虑了教学持续边缘化的迹象和影响。虽然立场声明可以影响社会氛围，但它们是社会运作的外围，决定了谁被包括或被排除在外。SMT 可以通过制定和加强道德准则来帮助扩大女性和少数群体和身份的管道，不仅在 SMT 活动中，而且在整个音乐理论专业中。提供了一组问题来评估机构把关中有害行为的可能性，从教学到研究生招生和课程、教师搜索以及任期和晋升。