Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education
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The Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education provides a forum where contemporary research is made accessible to all with interest in music education. The Bulletin contains current research, and reviews of interest to the international music education profession.
Dr. Janet R. Barrett is editor and works with an advisory committee of music education's most prestigious researchers. The Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education provides an outlet for scholarly publication and is one of music education's leading publications.
Outstanding Dissertation Award: Call for Nominations
The Council for Research in Music Education announces the reinstatement of the Outstanding Dissertation Award (ODA), which recognizes excellence in research by doctoral students.
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Editor
Janet Revell Barrett
BULLETIN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Joseph Abramo, University of Connecticut
- Randall Allsup, Teachers College Columbia University
- Mark R. Campbell, SUNY Potsdam
- Karin Hendricks, Boston University
- Juliet Hess, Michigan State University
- Maud Hickey, Northwestern University
- Koji Matsunobu, The Education University of Hong Kong
- Nicholas McBride, The College of New Jersey
- Peter Miksza, Indiana University
- Mark Montemayor, University of North Texas
- David E. Myers, University of Minnesota
- Jared Rawlings, University of Utah
- Alison M. Reynolds, Temple University
- Lauren Kapalka Richerme, Indiana University
- David Rickels, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Kathryn Roulston, University of Georgia
- Patrick Schmidt, Teachers College, Columbia University
- Christina Svec, Iowa State University
- Bridget Sweet, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Brent C. Talbot, University of Illinois at CHicago
- David Teachout, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Matthew Thibeault, The Education University of Hong Kong
- Jackie Wiggins, Oakland University
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