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Author Biographies


Lori-Anne Dolloff is
Associate
Professor
of Music Education at the University of Toronto, where she teaches
undergraduate and graduate courses in children’s music, choral
conducting and narrative research. Her current research focus is
teacher identity and higher education.
Elizabeth Gould serves
as Associate Professor of Music Education at the
University of Toronto where she teaches courses in music education
philosophy, foundations, curriculum, and postmodernisms. Her research
interests include gender and performativity in the context of feminisms
and poststructural theories.
Julian
Humphreys is a PhD student in Music Education
at the University of
Toronto, with interests in the philosophy of music and music education,
postmodernism, gender studies and literary theory.
Roberta Lamb is
Associate Professor & Chair of Undergraduate
Studies at the School of Music, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario,
where she also holds cross-appointments to Women's Studies and the
Faculty of Education. She is a founding member of Gender Research
in Music Education (GRIME). Her research interests have focused
on feminist theories and music education, with a particular interest in
difference in music education. Recently she has undertaken
studies on the life and work of Ruth Crawford Seeger.
Robb MacKay is a
professional musician and music teacher in Kingston,
Ontario. Among other things, he is currently an M.Ed. candidate
at Queen's University at Kingston, working with Dr. Roberta Lamb.
The working title of Robb's thesis is "Personal and professional traits
of female pop musicians in Canada."
A graduate of Brandon
University, Costa Rican bassoonist and choral
educator Guillermo Rosabal-Coto
has taught music education foundations,
methods, and research at the University of Costa Rica for nearly one
decade. He has served in various arts management positions at the
National Symphony Orchestra and National Opera of Costa Rica, lectured
extensively on the nature and value of music, and presented choral
techniques workshops across the country.
Janet Spring has taught
elementary music education from junior
kindergarten through grade eight with the Simcoe County District School
Board for twenty-seven years. She has taught vocal music as well
as instrumental music and directed a sixty-member elementary school
marching band, which performs in community parades and functions across
Southern Ontario. Janet has recently completed her Masters in
Music Education at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music.
She is studying rural music education and the impact that urban
expansion is having on small community schools.
Janice Waldron is
Assistant Professor of Music at University of Windsor
in Windsor, Ontario. Her research interests include adult
learning strategies and traditional music. She is also a
practicing traditional Irish musician, playing uillean pipes and tin
whistle.
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