Temple University Music Therapy

Warmest congratulations to and celebrations for Jingwen Zhang for passing her doctoral proposal defense this evening. Jingwen will be developing and testing a protocol using improvised music for people with aphasia. Our faculty were thrilled to be joined by colleague Dr. Gayle DeDe, a specialist in aphasia research, from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Temple University. We look forward to watching your research develop Jingwen!

Huge congratulations to Dr. Amanda MacRae for the FIRST publication from her doctoral dissertation! See the special issue of the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy on Analytic Music Therapy. Well done Amanda - first, but NOT your last! https://www.tandfonline.com/epri/DU2KI8MYCIA5699RKRGG/full

CONGRATULATIONS to Jennifer L. Gravish for passing her preliminary doctoral exams!!!! Onwards and upwards to dissertation proposal! Great work Jen.

Collaboration across cultures helps us to reflect on our own decisions and actions. Helen Shoemark leads the Creative Arts Therapies Managers' Network, and they're presenting this week at the Australian Music Therapy Association national conference.

For post graduate Music Therapy students or early career MTs...dust off your theses preliminary projects and get writing to be part of the award!

Free webinar: 'Music as a mechanism of change in disorders of consciousness - how and why does music "work"?' Event will take place MONDAY NOV 2ND at 12.30EST/5.30pm UK time on Zoom Webinar. Register ahead of time. I will be focusing more on the mechanisms that might explain the outcomes we see rather than the outcomes in this presentation.