State and National Conferences / Chapter Workshops
June Conferences – 2025
Kennedy Center Arts Education Conferences
- Disability Theories and Music Education
May Conferences – 2025
Mountain Lake Symposium
- Ungrading Practices in Undergraduate Music Methods Courses
February Conferences – 2025
National Community Partnerships Convening: Kennedy Center
- (Dis)comfort in Joy: Building Community Partnerships with Individuals with Disabilities
January Conferences – 2025
- “Sing, Say, Dance, & Play” in your favorite way: Hip-Hop and Pop Arrangements
- It’s Not Optional: SMART-ly Translating IEPS into the Music Setting
Summer Teaching
Kodály Level One Pedagogy & Materials and Methods
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Interested in the Kodály Program at James Madison: contact Dr. Rachel Grimsby: grimsbrl@jmu.edu
Interested in the Master’s of Music Education Program at James Madison: contact Dr. William Dabback: dabbacwm@jmu.edu
Research Methods in Music Education & Kodály Level Two Pedagogy
Lakeland University/Plymouth, WI
Interested in the Lakeland Summer Master’s Program: contact Dr. Frank Gallo at Gallof@lakeland.edu
Research conferences / Guest Lecturing
Research Conferences
DS2ME International Symposium
April 2025 Madison, Wisconsin
- “The education is supposed to fit me, I’m not supposed to fit the education!” Experiences of Undergraduate Music Education Majors with Hidden Disabilities (paper)
Desert Skies Research Conference
February 2025 Tempe, AZ (unable to attend, family emergency)
- Ungrading Practices: A Pilot Study (paper)
NAfME National Research Conference
September 2024 Atlanta, GA
- “The education is supposed to fit me, I’m not supposed to fit the education!” Experiences of Undergraduate Music Education Majors with Hidden Disabilities (paper)
- Changing ties: Using Stakeholder Input to Inform Music Teacher Education Curricular Revisions (paper)
- Parallel-form Reliability of the Online Primary Measures of Music Audiation: A Pilot Study (SRIG paper)
Guest Lectures
Nazareth College – Guest Lecturer – April 2025
- Mixed-Methods Inquiry: Guidance for Ph.D. Students Seminar in Music Education Research
Nazareth College – Guest Lecturer – March 2025
- Universal Design for Learning in Elementary
University of South Florida – Guest Lecturer – February 2025
- Mixed-Methods Inquiry: Guidance for Ph.D. Students Seminar in Music Education Research
George Mason University – Guest Lecturer – November 2024
- Universal Design for Learning in General Music
University of Southern Mississippi – Guest Lecturer – November 2024
- Universal Design for Learning in General Music
University of Iowa- Guest Teacher in Residency – October 2024
- Graduate Research Seminar
- Universal Design for Learning
- Supporting Undergraduate Students with Hidden Disabilities
