Assistant Professor of Music Education
2021-Present

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• Instituted a redesign of the choral music education pre-service curriculum through the installation of an undergraduate junior and senior student director position in partnership with the Choral Activities department (Corro Cantare).

 

• Reexamined and strategically implemented the scaffold regulation and tracking of undergraduate learning goals by including reflective dispositional benchmarks supported by the Basic Competencies of Teacher Preparation of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) within student surveys (Qualtrics) and observation feedback and teaching reflection documentation.

 

• Streamlined and revitalized undergraduate curricular offerings to provide more data-driven and concurrent culturally responsive, reflective, and sustaining practical applications, content, and assessment approaches in courses such as Contemporary Choral Methods, Elementary, and Secondary Choral Methods, Choral Pedagogy for the Instrumentalist, and created and conducted the first music education elective course Techniques of Songwriting.

 

• Orchestrated departmental recruitment events including K-12 music education outreach events and visitations, conducted meetings with NE Ohio Fine Art stakeholders and patrons and assisted with university recruitment events and initiatives.

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Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant

​2016 - 2021

 

• Spearheaded and published industry-leading qualitative research projects that examined the historical, cultural, and intersectional qualities of musicality amongst Black women in the music industry and music teaching fields Dissertation: “An Ethnographic Study of Epistemic Resistance Amongst Black Women in Music Education”; Article; Young gifted and black Q.U.E.E.N.: Nuancing Black feminist thought within music education. Intellect Books)
   

• Served as Social Media and Marketing Assistant for the University of Florida Online Master of Music Education program. Responsible for monthly upkeep and revision of marketing materials, social media posts, and weblink accessibility.
   

• Received the Little Kids Rock (Music Will) Modern Band Higher Education Fellowship Grant valued at $2500 for instrument and teaching materials.

 

Graduate Instructor

​2016 - 2018

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• Facilitator for four sections of College of Education required music education course

• Taught and encouraged cross-curricular teaching techniques towards music education for general education majors

• Assessed and encouraged the musicality and teaching techniques of undergraduate pre-service teachers

• Served as liaison between the School of Music and the College of Education

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Choral Director

​2016- 2019

 

• Responsible for conducting four annual musical showcases designed for community outreach

• Created a traditional choral ensemble and modern band program within the first year of school existence

• Volunteer hours associated with Resilience Charter School equates to 20 hours a semester mandated by teaching contract; 80 hours total