Center for Music Education Research

Mission

The Center for Music Education Research (CMER) expands knowledge in music education from international and interdisciplinary perspectives. It facilitates music education research activities involving all musical traditions, theories, and practices while maintaining individual cultural identities. CMER facilitates collaborations in music education research, recruits and develops faculty and undergraduate and graduate student researchers in music education, promotes international and cross-disciplinary understanding through music education research, and initiates and maintains scholarly exchanges among international music education programs and related disciplines.

Executive Board Members

Jennifer Bugos, School of Music
C. Victor Fung, School of Music (Director of CMER and Chair of the Executive Board)
William Lee, Department of Chemical Engineering
Janet L. S. Moore, School of Music and Undergraduate College
Clint Randles, School of Music
David A. Williams, School of Music

Honorary Life Member

Jack J. Heller (in memoriam, 1932-2016)

Members

Recent Visiting Scholars

• Yizhi Xi, Nanjing Normal University, China

• Qi Liang, North University of China, China

• He Tong, Northeast Normal University, China

• Jinwei Tu, Anhui Normal University/Capital Normal University, China

• Dongxue Wang, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
• Dan Yang, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha, China
• Bo Hu, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
• Yuanling Fan, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
• Ruohang Zhou, China Conservatory, Beijing, China
• Shicheng Wei, Guangxi Arts Institute, Nanning, China
• Baiying Jin, Huanggang Normal University, Hubei, China
• Mustafa Hilmi Bulut, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
• Nihan Yagisan, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
• Oya Levendoglu, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
• Afsin Oner, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey (in memoriam, 1978-2014)

Recent Visiting Faculty

• John Kratus, Michigan State University
• Jere Humphreys, Arizona State University
• Keith Thompson, Pennsylvania State University
• Terese Volk Tuohey, Wayne State University

Recent Guests

• Estelle R. Jorgensen, Indiana University, Bloomington
• Doreen Rao, University of Toronto, Canada
• Li Zheng, Capital Normal University, China
• Xuerong Cui, Ludong University, China
• Julie Ballantyne, University of Queensland, Australia
• Roy Ernst, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
• Rudolf Radocy, University of Kansas