| David E. Wolfe Professor of Music Therapy http://www.pacific.edu/conservatory/faculty/dwolfe.asp Conservatory of Music University of the Pacific 3601 Pacific Avenue Stockton, CA 95211 Voice: 209.946.3194 Fax: 209.946.2770 E-mail: David Wolfe |
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Alicia Ann Clair Professor of Music Therapy and Director of the Music Education and Music Therapy Division School of Music University Of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Phone: (785) 864-9636 Email: aclair@ku.edu http://www2.ku.edu/~memt/clair.html |
| Patricia Flowers Professor & Chair of Graduate Studies, School of Music School of Music 1866 North College Road The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210 USA flowers.1@osu.edu http://arts.osu.edu/2faculty/a_faculty_profiles/music_fac_profiles/flowers_patricia.html |
Alice-Ann
Darrow Florida State University College of Music Tallahassee, FL 32306-1180 (850) 645-1438 aadarrow@fsu.edu |
| Chosen at-large by the Committee Dr. William Davis http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Music/fac_bio/davis.htm Assistant Chair, Department of Music Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 (970) 491-5888 william.davis@colostate.edu I am currently Assistant Chair and Program Director of Music for the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, School of the Arts, and also coordinate the undergraduate music therapy program. I joined the CSU faculty in 1984 after completing a doctorate from the University of Kansas. My clinical background and area of clinical expertise is with persons who have developmental disabilities and elderly persons confined to institutional settings. I have been active for many years in the American Music Therapy Association serving on the Assembly of Delegates, Government Relations Committee and as Archivist and Historian for the American Music Therapy Association. I am co-author of an introductory level music therapy text that is in its second printing and used by many music therapy programs in the United States. This book has also been translated into Spanish, Korean and Japanese. My research interest is researching the history of music therapy with a number of articles appearing in the Journal of Music Therapy. (Note one of the co-authors of the intro book he mention is the next person on this list: An Introduction To Music Therapy: Theory and Practice) Kate Gfeller http://www.uiowa.edu/~music/bios/THPYgfeller.htm Professor of Music Therapy 1006 Voxman Music Building Universty of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 Phone: (319) 335-1657 Office: 2040 VMB kay-gfeller@uiowa.edu Kate Gfeller is director of the Music Therapy Program in the School of Music, and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology. She holds a F. Wendell Miller endowed professorship. Her research focuses on perception of and affective response to music, more specifically in persons with disabilities. Dr. Gfeller is a member of the Iowa Cochlear Implant Team at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Otolaryngology. As Principal Investigator for the Music Perception Project, she investigates musical perception and enjoyment by deafened adults who use a bionic inner ear called the cochlear implant, a project which is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Gfeller has also been involved in applied research and clinical protocols for aural rehabilitation of children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing, and her work has been funded by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation. Other research investigating music therapy practices for adults with Alzheimer's Disease has been funded by the Federal Administration on Aging. In 2005, Dr. Gfeller was awarded a Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service. In 2004, Dr. Gfeller was the recipient of a Distinguished Achievement Award for an ongoing record of outstanding contributions in her profession, through service, and as a mentor. She was chosen to deliver the 2003 Presidential Lecture for The University of Iowa. In 2001, Dr. Gfeller was awarded an Iowa Board of Regent Faculty Excellence Award for extraordinary excellence in teaching, research and service. She is the recipient of the 1996 award for excellence in research and publication by the National Association for Music Therapy (NAMT). She has also been honored by NAMT for outstanding contribution in the area of governmental relations. Gfeller is the recipient of a Burlington Northern Faculty Excellence award for outstanding teaching and scholarship and an Obermann Humanities Symposium Award for interdisciplinary scholarship. She is a Fellow of the CIC Academic Leadership Program and she was named 1997 Visiting Research Faculty for the Humanities at the University of Queensland, Australia. Gfeller is co-author of the book, Music Therapy: Theory and Practice, and numerous other books, articles, chapters, and monographs. She has presented throughout the U.S., as well as in Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, and Brazil. First alternate ... in case there is a problem soliciting from one of the previous folks. Frederick Tims Professor and Area Chair of Music Therapy 149 Music
Building Phone: 517-353-9122 Email: tims@msu.edu Frederick Tims is professor and area chair of Music Therapy, a board-certified music therapist at the Michigan State University School of Music. He received a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Hendrix College (Conway, Arkansas), a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy from Michigan State University, a Master of Arts from the University of Iowa, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Kansas at Lawrence. Tims has done clinical work at Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus in Herdecke, Germany, the University of Michigan Hospitals, and in private music psychotherapy practice. His research interests include the effects of music making on healthy older Americans, and the effects of music therapy on the biology and behavior of Alzheimer's patients. Tims is an active guest lecturer, consultant, and practicing Music Therapist. He has taught at the University of Kansas, Colorado State University, and the University of Miami. Tims is past President of the National Association for Music Therapy, former Secretary of the Certification Board for Music Therapists, and a former Advisory Committee member of Association of Professional Music Therapists in Great Britain. |
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... in case we need them. Robert Groene http://conservatory.umkc.edu/faculty_detail.asp?Faculty_ID=26 Associate Professor of Music Therapy email: groener@umkc.edu website: campus phone: 816-235-2920 Robert Groene is Director of Music Therapy at UMKC. He received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Music Therapy/Music Education/Music from the University of Minnesota. Prior to coming to UMKC in 1994, he taught music therapy at the University of Iowa, Wartburg College, and assisted at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Groene became a Registered Music Therapist since 1979, and has been Board Certified since the beginning of CBMT in 1988. He has worked with a wide variety of clients in clinical settings including gerontology, Alzheimer's Disease, hospice, mental retardation/developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, addictive disorders, and mental health disorders. He was Music Therapy Clinical Training Director at Cambridge (Minnesota) State Hospital, and has taught K-12 music in the Twin Cities public schools. He has supervised music therapy students in clinical fieldwork settings since 1986. He has presented on music therapy topics at international, national, regional, state, and local conferences. His research has been published in Music Therapy Perspectives and the Journal of Music Therapy. He currently serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Music Therapy, and the Missouri Journal for Research in Music Education. His current service for the American Music Therapy Association and the Midwestern Region include President, MW Region, Past Editor Quarternotes, a MW Regional Publication; Co-Chair of the AMTA Standards of Clinical Practice Committee, Delegate for MW Region, AMTA Assembly of Delegates, Past member of the Certification Board for Music Therapists Continuing Education Committee; and Local Chair for the 2006 AMTA National Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. His current music therapy research areas include curriculum, music and imagery, clients with dementia, and road rage/aggressive driving behaviors. His ongoing interdisciplinary research is with the UMKC Dental School. He received the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Conservatory Excellence in Teaching Award in 2002, and the Service Award in 2004. Sheri Robb http://conservatory.umkc.edu/faculty_detail.asp?Faculty_ID=29 Associate Professor of Music Therapy email: robbsh@umkc.edu website: http://www.umkc.edu/news/Musictherapy/slide1.htm campus phone: 816-235-2912 Sheri Robb is an associate professor of music therapy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Sheri earned her Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy at The Florida State University, Masters Degree in Early Childhood Special Education at Auburn University, and Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education/Music Therapy at The University of Kansas. Prior to her appointment at UMKC, Dr. Robb worked as a music therapy clinician with pediatric patients receiving treatment for cancer, burns, and head/spinal cord injuries. She has also worked with children/adults with developmental disabilities. Dr. Robb serves as Immediate Past-President of the Midwest Region of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA), as a regional Assembly Delegate for AMTA, and has served on the Editorial Board of Music Therapy Perspectives. Dr. Robb conducts clinical research at Children's Mercy Hospital, focusing on the use of therapeutic music interventions to diminish symptom distress and promote positive coping behaviors in children and adolescents with cancer. She has also conducted research in the use of music to promote learning in young children with visual impairments and multiple disabilities. Dr. Robb’s has numerous peer reviewed journal publications and was editor/contributing author for the book, Music Therapy in Pediatric Healthcare: Research and Evidence-Based Practices. Printing and distribution for this book was supported by the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) and the National Association for Recording Arts and Sciences. Dr. Robb was awarded a UMKC Trustees’ Faculty Scholar Award for her research in music therapy and pediatric cancer in 2004 and the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Excellence in Teaching Award in 2005. Dr. Robb is currently working on two multi-site national studies investigating the use of music interventions to diminish symptom distress and promote active coping behaviors and resilience in young patients with cancer. Dr. Robb presents regularly at medical and music therapy conferences at the local, regional, national, and international levels. Roger Smeltekop Associate Professor of Music Therapy Roger Smeltekop is associate professor of music therapy, coordinator of the music therapy clinic, and supervisor of student therapists at the Michigan State University School of Music. Music Therapist-Board Certified, Smeltekop received a Master of Music from MSU. He is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT). Smeltekop is a former Music Therapist at the Ypsilanti State Hospital and the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Hospital. He is an active presenter of music therapy lectures and workshops to both lay and professional audiences. MSU
Music Therapy Program Office: 215 Music Practice Building Phone: 517-355-6753 Email: smeltek3@msu.edu Websites: http://www.msu.edu/~smeltek3/
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