Carol P. Richardson Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Doctor of Education in Music, 1988 Dissertation title: Musical Thinking as Exemplified in Music Criticism Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Master of Music, 1981 Thesis title: Creativity Research in Music Education: A Review Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana Bachelor of Music Education with Senior Honors, 1975 Administrative Experience Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences and Professor of Music California State Polytechnic University, Pomona January 2009 to July 2011 Leadership of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, with 120 full-time equivalent faculty, 48 staff, 3,500 majors and over 16,000 FTES of instruction in ten departments. Managed budget of $18 million. The College raised just under $1.7million in charitable donations in previous fiscal year. Major accomplishments include: -Led department-based strategic planning process within the college in 2009-2010 -Developed rubrics for analysis of low-enrollment degree programs that guided college s resource allocation/program enhancement decisions, resulting in significant savings through elimination of two majors and the merger of two departments -Secured 16 new tenure-track positions despite budgetary turmoil within CSU system -Implemented new faculty travel funding policy giving each tenure track faculty member $1K to enhance their scholarly and creative ambitions, raising faculty participation and scholarly output in 2010-2011 -Led college-wide reconsideration of departmental retention, tenure and promotion criteria, resulting in documents that more clearly reflect the aspirations of the current generation of teacher-scholar faculty hires -Refocused college s artistic community engagement efforts from staff-provided services to interdisciplinary, faculty-led, research based reciprocal partnership model as first CSU campus invited to membership in the Imagining America consortium -Led college s cost saving effort to migrate IT support from in-house to centralized while maintaining quality of service
-Restructured college s study abroad offerings on continuing ed business model to provide revenue to support new faculty/student research collaboration-based programs in Thailand, Bolivia and New Zealand -Instituted annual $20K Intellectual Stimulus Package investment in each department to enrich curricular content through academic and scholarly programming, resulting in new faculty research collaboration opportunities, invitations to host disciplinary conferences, and big name headliners drawing a new audience to campus -Opened dialogue within the college to address campus climate issues for African American faculty, staff and students, based on the Ford Foundation s Difficult Dialogues project model -Implemented think tank committee of faculty from each department to identify and creatively address issues facing the college and make recommendations to the dean Chair of the Music Education Department School of Music, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI May 1998 to August 2004 Chair, Music Education Department, 1998-2004 -Led curriculum review, redesign, and implementation for six undergraduate programs as well as the M.M., summers only M.M. and Ph.D. programs in music education -Established and implemented departmental policy for continuous assessment through course evaluation and teaching observation -Achieved unprecedented goodwill for department across the School and established collaborative relationships with the School of Education Director of Summer Programs School of Music, Theatre and Dance, 1998-2004 -Expanded workshop offerings by igniting entrepreneurial spirit of faculty -Established policy requiring each workshop to break even after start-up year -Eliminated inherited program deficit over six-year period Other Administrative Experience (Selected) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 2009-2011 Chancellor s Arts and Entertainment Initiative 2009-2010 Summer Quarter Self-Support Committee 2009-2010 Provost s Budget Model Committee 2009-2011 Provost s Admissions Committee 2009-2011 Chancellor s Graduation Initiative 2011 Search Committee for Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies 2
College Teaching Experience School of Music, Theatre and Dance, University of Michigan Associate Professor, 1997 2004 Full Professor, 2004-2009 School of Music and Music Education, University of New South Wales, Sydney Lecturer in Music Education, 1994-1997 School of Music, Northwestern University Assistant Professor, 1989-1994 Music Department, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Assistant Professor, 1988-1989 Fellowships Awarded National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation, 1994-1995. Postdoctoral fellowship of $55,000 awarded to 30 applicants annually, with one fellowship per year awarded to an arts education researcher. First recipient in the field of music education. Project title: The Music Listening Processes of Nonwestern Refugee Children. American Council on Education (ACE), 2004 2005. Fellowship awarded to 30 applicants annually. Spent Fall semester 2004 with Chancellor Nancy Cantor at Syracuse University, and Winter semester 2005 with President Mary Sue Coleman at the University of Michigan. Selected Honors Nominated to first cohort of Academic Manager Leadership Program, University of Michigan, Office of the Provost, 2002 Named Teaching Fellow of the Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates Program (GIEU), University of Michigan, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, 2003, 2007, 2008 Publications and Presentations 3
Refereed Publications: Books B.W. Atterbury and C.P. Richardson. (1995). The Experience of Teaching General Music. New York: McGraw-Hill. Reviewed in: International Journal of Music Education, 26, 1995: 86-87. Music Educators Journal, January, 1996: 58-59. C.P. Richardson and B.W. Atterbury. (2001). Music Every Day: Transforming the Elementary Classroom. New York: McGraw-Hill. (second printing, October, 2002) R. Colwell and C. Richardson, Eds. (2002). The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning. New York: Oxford. Reviewed in Arts Education Policy Review, 104(4), 2003: 35-37. Book Chapters C.P. Richardson and N.L. Whitaker. (1992). Critical thinking research in music education. In R. Colwell (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning (pp. 546-557). New York: Schirmer. D. Flinders and C.P. Richardson. (2002). Qualitative research in music education. In R. Colwell and C. Richardson (Eds.), The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning (pp. 1159-1175). New York: Oxford. Reprinted as D. Flinders and C.P. Richardson. (2006). Contemporary issues in qualitative research in music education. In R. Colwell (Ed.), MENC Handbook of Research Methodologies (pp. 312-342). New York: Oxford. C.P. Richardson. (2002). Eastern ears in western classrooms: Musical understanding in cultural contexts. In B. Hanley and T. Goolsby (Eds.), Musical Understanding: Perspectives in Theory and Practice (pp. 185-199). Toronto: Canadian Music Educators Association. Journal Articles C.P. Richardson. (1983). Creativity research in music education: A review. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 74, 1-21. C.P. Richardson. (1986, April). The thinking behind educational reform: What you should know. Music Educators Journal, 72, 29-32. C.P. Richardson. (1990, March). Measuring musical giftedness. Music Educators Journal, 76, 40-45. 4
Reprinted in Teaching Students Who Are Gifted and Talented, a 350-page manual on special education published by Alberta Learning, Department of Education of British Columbia, Canada. C.P. Richardson. (1992, March). Improvised lives: Career paths of women in music education. Music Educators Journal, 78, 34-38. P. R. Webster and C.P. Richardson. (1993). Thoughts about children s thinking in music: Implications for policy. Arts Education Policy Review, 94(3), 7-11. P. R. Webster and C.P. Richardson. (1994, June). Asking children to think about music. Research Studies in Music Education, 2, 8-14. C.P. Richardson. (1995). Portfolio assessment at the masters level. Journal of Music Teacher Education, 4(2), 14-21. C.P. Richardson. (1996). A theoretical model of the connoisseur s musical thought. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 128, 1-10. C.P. Richardson. (1996). Understanding the critical process: A paradigm for the music critic s thought. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 30(1), 51-61. C.P. Richardson and N.L. Whitaker. (1996, June). Thinking about think alouds in music education research. Research Studies in Music Education, 6, 38-49. C.P. Richardson. (1997, September). Using case studies in the methods classroom. Music Educators Journal, 84, 17-21. C.P. Richardson. (2003). Measuring musical giftedness. Readings on Diversity, Inclusion, and Music for All. Reston, VA: MENC-The National Association for Music Education, 101-107. C.P. Richardson. (2003). Negotiating borderlands: A study of music teaching and learning in Ghana, West Africa. Music Education Research, 5(3), 275-283. C.P. Richardson. (2004). Multi-musical competency for music educators: Problems and possibilities. College Music Symposium, 44, 68-73. C.P. Richardson. (2007). Engaging the world: Music education and the big ideas. Music Education Research, 9(2), 205-214. Review 5
C.P. Richardson. (1998). [Review of the dissertation Redirecting the choral classroom: A feminist post-structural analysis of power relations within three choral settings.] Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 135, 74-76. Conference Proceedings P. R. Webster and C.P. Richardson. (1991). Thoughts about children s thinking in music: Implications for policy. Proceedings of the Robert G. Petzold Symposium on Policy Issues in Music Education, University of Wisconsin, 114-128. C.P. Richardson. (1994). The music listening processes of the child connoisseur: A developmental model. Proceedings of the 3 rd International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) of the European Society for the cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), University of Liege, Belgium, 153-154. Non-refereed Publication: Journal Article C.P. Richardson. (1999). Enhancing your students critical thinking. Michigan Music Educator, 35(2), 14-15. Invited Keynote Addresses South Australian Chapter, Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) Annual Meeting, Adelaide, 1995 Title: Enhancing Musical Thinking Critical Thinking and Music: Theory and Practice Symposium VI, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada October, 1996 Title: The Roles of the Critical Thinker in the Music Classroom Third International Conference For Research in Music Education School of Education, University of Exeter, U.K., April, 2003 Title: Negotiating Borderlands: A Study of Music Teaching and Learning in Ghana, West Africa Crane Music Education Symposium: Celebrating 125 Years Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam, Potsdam, New York October, 2011 Title: Imagining 150: Crafting a Vision for the Next 25 Years of Music Education at the Crane School of Music Unpublished Refereed Presentations 6
C.P. Richardson. (1995, April). Toward a global model of children s music listening processes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco. C.P. Richardson. (1995, July). The music listening processes of the child: An international perspective. Paper presented at the Tenth National Conference of the Australian Society for Music Education, Hobart, Tasmania. C.P. Richardson. (1995, July). Research seminar 2: Creativity research. Panelist for session at the Tenth National Conference of the Australian Society for Music Education, Hobart, Tasmania. C.P. Richardson. (1996, April). Finding the voice within the data: Think alouds in music. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York City. B.W. Atterbury, K. Keenan-Takagi, and C.P. Richardson. (1996, April). Assessing the national standards in REAL classrooms. Clinic presented at the biennial national meeting of the Music Educators National Conference, Kansas City. C.P. Richardson. (1996, April). Modulating identities within the musical experience. Panelist for clinic presented at the biennial national meeting of the Music Educators national Conference, Kansas City. G. McPherson and C.P. Richardson. (1996, September). Music education research paradigms for the twenty-first century. Clinic presented at the annual meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Music Education, University of Sydney. C.P. Richardson. (1996, October). The music listening processes of nonwestern refugee children. Spencer Fellows Forum, University of Chicago. C.P. Richardson. (1996, October). Children s music learning in cross-cultural contexts. Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Toronto. C.P. Richardson and B.W. Atterbury. (1997, April). Case study caveats: Creating and using case studies to enhance undergraduates reflective thinking. Paper presentation at Symposium 97: Music Teacher Education in the 21 st Century, University of Oklahoma. C.P. Richardson. (1998, January). Teaching critical and creative thinking in music: Suggestions from research. Panelist for presentation at 54 th Midwestern Conference on School Vocal and Instrumental Music, Ann Arbor. C.P. Richardson and N.L. Whitaker. (1998, April). Developing our disposition for use critical thinking in the elementary general music classroom. Clinic presented at biennial national meeting of the Music Educators National Conference, Phoenix. 7
C.P. Richardson and N.L. Whitaker. (2000, January). Critical thinking in the general music classroom. Clinic presented at the 55 th Midwestern Conference on School Vocal and Instrumental Music, Ann Arbor. C.P. Richardson. (2000, April). Cambodian refugee children in general music classrooms. Paper presented on symposium: Bilingual Identity formation, Retention and Success of Asian and Pacific American Students in K-College at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans. C.P. Richardson. (2001, January). Exploring world music drumming in middle school general music. Workshop presented at 56th Midwestern Conference on School Vocal and Instrumental Music, Ann Arbor. C.P. Richardson. (2001, February). Eastern ears in western classrooms: Musical understanding in cultural contexts. Presentation at the Victoria Symposium on Musical Understanding, University of Victoria, Canada. C.P. Richardson. (2001, May). World music drumming internships in the secondary methods class. Presentation at the Colloquium for Teachers of General Music Methods, Mountain Lake, Virginia. C.P. Richardson and B.A. Younker. (2001, May). Into the real work: Working with young singers of varying abilities. Presentation at the Colloquium for Teachers of General Music Methods, Mountain Lake, Virginia. C.P. Richardson. (2001, October). Music for all: Problems and possibilities. Panel respondent with A. Addo, e. Jorgensen, P. Webster, and B. Younker. CIC Music Education Research Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison. C.P. Richardson. (2001, February). A career in music. Panelist for program session at 2002 University of Michigan Jazz Festival, Ann Arbor. C.P. Richardson. (2002, September). Multimusical competency for all: Problems and possibilities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the College Music Society, Kansas City, Missouri. C.P. Richardson. (2002, October). Panelist for MENC: Directions and Connections. CIC Music Education Research Symposium, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. C.P. Richardson. (2003, October). Musical journeys in Ghana, West Africa. Panel presenter with K. Robinson, Chair, and P. Campbell on session titled Out of the box and into the field: Music education on the move. Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Miami. C.P. Richardson. (2003, October). Discussant for Spencer Fellows Forum, National Academy of Education Annual Meeting, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge. 8
C.P. Richardson. (2006). Engaging with the world: Music education and the big ideas. Paper presented at the International Conference on Music Education, Equity and Social Justice, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, October 6-8. C.P. Richardson. (2008). From complacency to complexity: The transformative education of a (former) musical imperialist. Paper presented at musica ficta/ Lived Realities: A Conference on Exclusions and Engagements in Music, Education, and the Arts. Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, January 24-27. 9