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Grants, Sponsored Research, & Awards

  • 2022-2024
    National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab
    Music & Arts Education Data Lab

    Grant Number 1891756-38
    $150,000

    This award, matched by an additional $150,000 of internal funding from the University of Maryland, designates the Music & Arts Education Data Lab as an NEA Research Lab and supports the National Study of Arts Education (NSAE), a new nationwide status study on music, visual art, dance, and theater education in American pubic schools.

  • 2018-2021
    Institute of Education Sciences Research Grant
    Exploring Links Between Arts Education and Academic Outcomes in the  International Baccalaureate

    Grant Number R305A180062
    $600,000

    The purpose of this project is to explore the relation between rigorous, high quality arts education in high school and academic outcomes at the high school and postsecondary levels. Prior research on the association between arts education and academic outcomes has yielded mixed results, possibly due to wide variation in the definitions of arts education and the academic measures used by researchers. In this study, the research team will analyze a novel administrative dataset that overcomes those weaknesses to establish the relationship between arts education and academic achievement.

  • 2018
    National Endowment for the Arts/National Association for Music Education Sponsored Research
    School Music and the Transition to College

    Grant Number 1809950-38-181
    $20,000

    This grant was made by the NEA to the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). NAfME engaged me as the principal investigator for the research.

  • 2017-2018
    Give a Note Foundation Sponsored Research
    The Status of Music Education in United States Public Schools – 2017

    Principal investigator for research funded and published by the Give A Note Foundation and the Country Music Association Foundation

  • 2016
    National Endowment for the Arts Research Grant
    Understanding the Availability of Arts Education in U.S. High Schools

    Grant Number 16-3800-7011
    $12,000

  • 2015-2018
    International Baccalaureate Organization Sponsored Research Project
    Factors Affecting the Uptake of the Arts in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program

    $30,000

    This study was designed to understand the uptake of arts education at schools authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP). The study involved analysis of de-identified administrative data from the IB Information System (IBIS) on arts course and examination registrations between 2010 and 2017, as well as a survey of DP coordinators about the status of arts education at their school. Findings indicated that, over the time period examined in this study, 26% of full DP students and 11% of course students elected to take a DP arts (group 6) course. Additionally, approximately 25% of IB World Schools authorized to offer the DP do not have an opportunity for students to participate in a group 6 course as part of their programme. In the survey, IB coordinators reported that, for the most part, the arts are valued within their schools. However, they also identified several key hindrances to increased uptake of the arts, including the optionality of the arts within the DP model, low perceived status of arts coursework in university admissions, and a lack of adequate school resources for the arts.

  • 2015
    National Endowment for the Arts Research Grant
    Understanding America’s Human Capital Investment in Arts Education: Profile of Arts Educators in the Nation’s Schools

    Grant Number 15-3800-7001
    $10,000

  • 2014
    National Endowment for the Arts Research Grant
    Arts Education as an Investment in Lifelong Arts Participation

    Grant Number 14-3800-7020
    $15,0000

  • 2013
    National Endowment for the Arts Research Grant
    Arts Education as a Pathway to College: College Admittance, Selectivity, and Completion by Arts and Non-Arts Students

    Grant Number 13-3800-7006
    $25,000

  • 2012
    National Endowment for the Arts Research Grant
    Arts Education and Positive Youth Development: Cognitive, Behavioral, and Social Outcomes of Student who Study the Arts

    Grant Number 12-3800-7010
    $23,000

  • 2011
    Council for Research in Music Education Outstanding Dissertation Award
    I was the 2011 recipient of the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Council for Research in Music Education.