Research & Scholarship
My research curiosities include:
Seeking ways to broaden professional development opportunities for music educators at various career stages and musical contexts, making them more accessible and relevant.
Empowering music teachers to create professional development opportunities best suited for their individual teaching style and context.
Transforming the way mentoring is traditionally defined and carried out as a one-to-one hierarchical relationship between an experienced and novice teacher.
Developing mentoring networks to expand music teacher collaboration and connections–from preservice cohorts to inservice teachers within and across districts–focused on building communities, reducing teacher isolation, and increasing teacher retention.
Designing new or transforming existing mentoring programs to be more equitable, collaborative, inclusive, meaningful, and engaging for mentors and mentees.
Incorporating mindfulness and self-compassion strategies in music classrooms to promote teacher and student wellness.
Select Publications & Presentations
Living and teaching with chronic illness in music education.
Promoting music teacher wellness through mindful, holistic strategies.
Cultivating presence through power, posture, and intentional body language.
Strengthening music mentor‑mentee relationships through intentional practice.
Podcasting as a reflective, self‑directed tool for music teacher learning.
Connecting music educators through a supportive online mentoring network.
An exploration of mentoring practices that help student teachers thrive.
Integrating singing to strengthen musical growth in instrumental students.
Building effective mentors through intentional selection and preparation.
