Robert Hodson

Updated October 23, 2026

Robert Hodson is an editor, author, scholar, educator, and professional musician.

He holds a Ph.D. in Music Theory from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has been teaching at the university level in New York, Tokyo, and Wisconsin for 22 years.

He has written many scholarly works, including his book Interaction, Improvisation, and Interplay in Jazz (Routledge, 2007).

As a professional editor, he specializes in academic, technical, and grant editing and has edited books, articles, op/eds for major newspapers, dissertations, papers, websites, and more.

A professional jazz pianist, Robert has performed with many great musicians throughout the US and in the jazz clubs of Tokyo.

What he does as an editor

Editing is the part of that background that matters here. Academic, technical and grant editing is his stated specialism, and the material he has worked on runs wide: books, journal articles, op-eds for major newspapers, dissertations, conference papers and websites. Grant editing in particular is unforgiving work. A proposal has to be exact, evidenced and readable by a committee that will not give it a second pass. Twenty-two years of university teaching sit behind that, plus a doctorate and a book published by Routledge. On this site that experience goes into the copy rather than into market calls, which is a different job from the one our broker reviews do. Anyone looking for trading substance rather than editorial polish should start with the list of brokers instead.

FAQ

Who is Robert Hodson?

An editor, author, scholar, educator and professional musician. He holds a Ph.D. in Music Theory from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has taught at university level in New York, Tokyo and Wisconsin for 22 years.

What kind of editing does he do?

Academic, technical and grant editing. He has edited books, articles, op-eds for major newspapers, dissertations, papers and websites. That is the skill set he brings to Trading.biz, where he works as an editor rather than as a market analyst.

What has he published?

Several scholarly works, including the book Interaction, Improvisation, and Interplay in Jazz, published by Routledge in 2007. The page does not list financial or trading publications under his name.

Does he have a trading or finance background?

The page does not claim one. His doctorate, teaching career and published work are in music theory, and his professional practice is editing. Trading credentials are not listed here, so treat him as an editor on this site, not as a market expert.

Which articles of his are published on this site?

None so far. The author feed on this page returns no posts, so there is nothing to read under his byline yet. His work here is editorial, which usually leaves no byline of its own.