Per F. Broman, Professor of music theory and Associate Dean at Bowling Green State University, studied violin and music theory at Ingesund College of Music, Sweden, music theory at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and music theory and musicology at McGill University, and holds a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Gothenburg. Prior to his BGSU appointment, he has been on the faculties of the Swedish Conservatory in Finland, Luleå University of Technology, and Butler University, Indianapolis.

Broman has presented papers at conferences of the American Society for Aesthetics, American Musicological Society, Canadian University Music Society, College Music Society, International Musicological Society, Society for Music Theory, and the Swedish Musicological Society. He has also contributed articles to College Music Symposium, Journal of the Swedish Musicological Society, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Journal of Popular Music Studies, New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Perspectives of New Music, and Studia Musicologica Academiae. He is the author of the monograph Sven-David Sandström (Atlantis förlag, 2012), co-edited and contributed to What Kind of Theory Is Music Theory? Epistemological Exercises in Music Theory and Analysis (Stockholm University, 2008), wrote the chapter “New Music of Sweden” for New Music in the Nordic Countries (Pendragon Press, 2002), and contributed to Woody Allen and Philosophy (Open Court, 2004), South Park and Philosophy (Blackwell, 2007), and Music, Sound and Filmmakers: Sonic Style in Cinema (Routledge, 2012).