Adriana Ezekiel is a PhD student in music theory. She teaches freshman music theory and aural skills. She earned her Master of Music degree in music theory from the University of Alabama in 2024, where she taught aural skills classes in classical music and in the aural analysis of popular and jazz music. She earned her Bachelor in Music Education from Delta State University in 2020 and Associate of Arts from Northeast Mississippi Community College in 2017. Before pursuing graduate degrees in music theory, Adriana taught K–5 music and band in Birmingham, Alabama.

Her current research interests include the analysis of video game and film music, music theory pedagogy, and popular music studies. She is also interested in public scholarship and making music research more accessible. She has presented at the North American Conference on Video Game Music (2024), Play Again? Online Mini-Symposium (2023), and the South Central Society for Music Theory's Annual Conference (2023).

As an active musician, Adriana enjoys playing trumpet in jazz ensembles, singing, and playing ukulele. Outside of school, Adriana enjoys playing video games, cross stitching, and baking.