Dr. Brophy is a Professor of Music Education at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, USA. He served as Director of Institutional Assessment from 2011-2022, and his institutional assessment system was awarded an Excellence in Assessment designation by the American Association of Colleges and Schools, the Association of Public Grant Universities, and the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment. In 2022 he was recognized for his achievements in assessment at the University of Florida with the Presidential Medallion and is a multiple award-winning teacher and an established researcher who possesses advanced knowledge and expertise with organizational assessment systems and institutional, program, and academic assessment. He has published numerous articles and book chapters, is sole author of three books, and has edited and published the proceedings of the successive International Symposia on Assessment in Music Education. He is the sole editor of the Oxford Handbook on Assessment Policy and Practice in Music Education. Dr. Brophy has conducted workshop sessions and conference presentations throughout the United States and around the world.