The Council for Research in Music Education is pleased to announce the recipients of the Outstanding Dissertation Award for 2020–2021.
Twenty-one dissertations were nominated before undergoing review by members of the Council for Research in Music Education and other scholars. Reviewers were asked to consider how each dissertation:
Advanced overarching values of music education, broadly defined;
Employed rigorous and/or innovative methodologies;
Integrated research and theory grounded in a variety of intellectual traditions; and
Offered insightful implications for improving practice or forwarding theoretical constructs.
Kelly Bylica
The University of Western Ontario
Critical Border Crossing: Exploring Positionalities Through Soundscape Composition and Critical Reflection
Patrick K. Schmidt, Advisor
Laurel Forshaw
University of Toronto
Engaging Indigenous Voices in the Academy: Indigenizing Music in Canadian Universities
Lori-Anne Dolloff, Advisor
Thank you to Council for Research in Music Education researchers who served on review panels and to Karen Blackall for her invaluable assistance with this project....
