Debra Hedden

Associate Professor, Music Education

B.M. in music education, University of Iowa, M.A. in music education, University of Northern Iowa, Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in music education, University of Northern Iowa

School of Music, The University of Kansas

BIOGRAPHY

Debra Hedden, associate professor of music education/music therapy, received a B.M. in music education from the University of Iowa, an M.A. in music education from the University of Northern Iowa, and an Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in music education from the University of Northern Iowa. As a former faculty member at the University of Northern Iowa, she was recognized as an outstanding teacher in Iowa by MENC and IMEA, named in MENC's; Teaching Music, October 2000. At UNI she served as the chair of music education where she taught graduate and undergraduate courses in music education and founded and directed the Northern Iowa Children's Choir (NICC). NICC has performed for a variety of venues including the Iowa Choral Director's Conference in Mason City, the Association of Teacher Educators Tri-I Conference in Davenport, and the Heartland Millenium Choral Festival in Des Moines.

In terms of service, Hedden is a past Chair of MENC's Society for General Music, as a member of the Commission on Co-Reform for the Association of Teacher Educators, and as Past Chair of Youth and Student Activities for the Iowa Choral Directors Association. She has also organized the KU youth Chorus for graduates and undergraduate students' work.

Hedden serves on the editoral board of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education and for the Journal of Music Teacher Education.