SUZANNE HALL

Associate Professor of Music Education, Temple University

Suzanne Hall is an Associate Professor of Music Education at Temple University, where she teaches general music courses. Her previous teaching experiences include elementary general music (K-5) in Florida and Tennessee. Before arriving at Temple University, she served as the music education program coordinator for Augusta University and was an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida.

Dr. Hall’s primary research interests focus on the connections between music and language arts, as well as on cultivating inclusive and creative learning spaces. She frequently presents at conferences and conducts professional development workshops on music and literacy integration strategies for school districts nationwide. She is the author of The Musical Bookshelf and co-author of Teaching Elementary Music: Integrative Strategies between Music and Other Subjects and General Music: A K–12 Experience. Her articles appear in journals such as the Journal of General Music Education, Music Educators Journal, Philosophy of Music Education Review, Journal for Music Teacher Education, and College Music Symposium. Her forthcoming book, Repositioning Musical Creativity in Higher Education: Leading Change Toward a More Panoptic, Creative Future (Routledge), explores human-centered approaches to creativity, drawing on diverse perspectives and epistemologies to inform how educators teach and engage with creative practice in the future.

Dr. Hall is a member of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and the College Music Society (CMS). She serves on the advisory board for the International Journal of Education and the Arts and chairs the CMS Council on Music Education. Dr. Hall earned her Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Education degrees from the University of Central Florida, and her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Memphis.

Suzanne is a Save The Music Board Director as well as a member of the Music Education Advisory Board.

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