Roy Magnuson is an Associate Professor of Composition at Illinois State University where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music theory and coordinates University XR Development as the Co-Director of XR @ ISU. 

For the 2023-2024 academic year, Roy served as a Provost Fellow for the Division of Academic Affairs at ISU. As Provost Fellow, Dr. Magnuson assisted the Division of Academic Affairs in understanding and responding to emerging disruptive technologies like AI, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Spatial Computing. His focus was on understanding what these technologies are, as well as what they are not, while prioritizing technological literacy, pedagogy, ethics, student success, research, and creative scholarship, while preserving the university's core values. In August 2024 Roy was appointed to the position of Director of Emerging Technology, Instruction and Research at Illinois State University to continue to expand and improve the University response to new and emerging technologies.