Chad West, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Instruction, Instrumental Music Education, Music
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Bio
Dr. Chad West’s research on music teacher education and socially relevant music teaching has appeared in the Journal of Research in Music Education, the Journal of Music Teacher Education, Music Educators Journal, the Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Arts Education Policy Review, and UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education. He has contributed 11 book chapters and published two books with Oxford University Press—the Oxford Handbook of Preservice Music Teacher Education in the United States (2019), and Teaching School Jazz: Perspectives, Principles, and Strategies (2019).
Dr. West has given over 90 presentations at state, national, and international music education conferences. He has served on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Music Teacher Education, Music Educators Journal, and the Journal of Popular Music Education. In 2019, Dr. West guest-coedited the first Music Educators Journal special focus issue on popular music education since 1991. He teaches History and Styles of Jazz, History and Styles of Rock, and graduate music education courses at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Teaching
History and Styles of Jazz
History and Styles of Rock
Graduate Courses in Music Education
Degrees
- B.M., Arizona State University - Tempe
- M.M., University of Georgia - Athens
- Ph.D., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
