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A little about myself

I am a writer and speaker on music education. I write on philosophical questions relating to music education.  My current interest is in ethical issues in music education and I am writing a book, ​Values and Music Education.  I serve as editor of the Philosophy of Music Education Review and general editor of the Counterpoints: Music and Education series published by Indiana University Press.

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Recent News

Recent Publications: 

• Another perspective:  The joyous composer,” Music Educators Journal, 102, (3) (March 2016): 71-74. DOI: 10.1177/0027432115621864.
  
• Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 23 (2) (Fall 2015): 113-116.  This was a special issue devoted to the life and philosophy of Bennett Reimer.
• Intersecting social justices and music education.  In The Oxford Handbook of Social Justice and Music Education edited by Cathy Benedict, Patrick Schmidt, Gary Spruce, and Paul Woodford (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2015), 7-28.
• Jorgensen, E.R. and Madura Ward-Steinman, P. (2015) Shifting paradigms in music education research (1953-1978):  A theoretical and quantitative re-assessment. Journal of Research in Music Education, 63, 261-280. doi:10.1177/22429415601690.​

Upcoming Publication:

• A short history of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education (1985-2015), Journal of Historical Research in Music Education.

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