Research
Selected Recent Presentations & Publications
Larson, D. (2019, May). Perceptions of First-Year Music Teachers' Attitudes Toward Teaching Framed by Moir's Phases Model. Accepted for paper presentation at Visions of Research in Music Education Conference. Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ. Larson, D. (2017). A survey of all-female drum and bugle corps featuring the Hormel Girls. In J.M. Sullivan (Ed.), Women's bands in America: Performing music and gender. (pp. 153-168). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Larson, D., Minette, S., & Spears, A. (2017, September). Informal Music Making Among Piano Bar Musicians: Implications for Bridging the Gap in Music Education. Research poster presented at The Symposium on Music Teacher Education. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Project website: sites.google.com/asu.edu/pianobar/home Larson, D. (January, 2017). Feedback Mode Preferences in a Pre-Service Music Teacher Laboratory Band Class. Research session presentation at the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, & Education International Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii. Undergraduate Research Mentor Provost's Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, College of Arts and Humanities (2016) Student Accomplishments: 2 winners of the EIU Booth Library Award for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity 12 presentations at NCUR (National Conferences on Undergraduate Research) 3 undergraduate honors thesis projects 11 research poster presentations at the Illinois Music Educators Conference 12 presentations at the EIU Research Showcase Recent Grant Awards Student Impact Grant for Faculty Mentors University Redden Grant (for the improvement of undergraduate instruction) Faculty Development Support Grant College of Arts and Humanities Travel Grant Research Interests and Current Research Agenda Mentoring first-year teachers History of music programs in Normal Schools Informal music learning |
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