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Dr. Donna T. Emmanuel

Adjunct Faculty

University of North Texas

Department of Music Education

(940) 369-7974

Email: donna.emmanuel@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Michigan State University, 2002
    Major: A Music Education Immersion Internship: Preservice Teachers' Beliefs Concerning Teaching Music in a Culturally Diverse Setting
  • MM, University of Michigan, 1998
    Major: Literature Review Concerning Using Music to Advance Academic Learning
  • BA, University of West Florida, 1990
    Major: Humanities Interdisciplinary

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2008 - Present).
  • Director of Service Learning and Community Engagement, Division of Community Engagement. Division of Community Engagement. (2013 - 2014).
  • Tenured, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2008 - 2008).
  • Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2002 - 2008).
  • Instructor, Mighican State University. Mighican State University. (2001 - 2001).
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan. University of Michigan. (1998 - 2000).
  • Adjunct, University of Florida. University of Florida. (1997 - 1997).

Professional Memberships

  • College of Music Graduate Council. (2004 - Present).
  • Federation of North Texas Colleges and Universities. (2004 - Present).
  • American Education Research Association. (2002 - Present).
  • College Music Society. (2002 - Present).
  • International Society for Music Education. (2002 - Present).
  • League of United Latin American Citizens. (2002 - Present).
  • Texas Music Educators Association. (2002 - Present).
  • National Society for Collegiate Scholars UNT chapter. (2007 - 2009).
  • College of Music Priddy Fellows. (2006 - 2009).
  • College of Music Advisory Council on Diversity. (2003 - 2009).
  • College of Music Elections Committee. (2004 - 2007).
  • McNair Scholar Student. (2004 - 2006).
  • Faculty Senate Task Force on Diversity. (2005 - 2005).
  • Beyond Getting Along - UNT. (2003 - 2004).
  • College of Music Aural Skills Admissions Committee. (2003 - 2004).
  • Traffic Appeals Committee. (2002 - 2004).
  • UNT Scholarship Committee. (2002 - 2004).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • EDEE 4103 - Student Teaching in Grades 4 8, 2 courses.
  • EDME 4103 - Student Teaching in Grades 4 8, 7 courses.
  • EDSE 4108 - Student Teaching in the Secondary School, 1 course.
  • MUAG 4910 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • MUED 1130 - Foundations in Music, 1 course.
  • MUED 2310 - Musicianship for Teaching I, 27 courses.
  • MUED 3100 - Music Education in Childhood, 32 courses.
  • MUED 4900 - Special Problems, 6 courses.
  • MUED 4910 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • MUED 5280 - Current Issues in Music Education, 1 course.
  • MUED 5510 - Philosophical Foundations and Principles of Music Teaching, 14 courses.
  • MUED 5890 - Project Practicum, 7 courses.
  • MUED 5900 - Special Problems, 15 courses.
  • MUED 5910 - Special Problems, 5 courses.
  • MUED 6480 - Doctoral Seminar in Music Education, 7 courses.
  • MUED 6590 - PRAC/PROB/ITNSHIP, 6 courses.
  • MUED 6900 - Special Problems, 12 courses.
  • MUED 6910 - Special Problems, 14 courses.
  • MUEN 2624 - Vocal Ensembles, 5 courses.
  • MUEN 2626 - Mariachi Aguilas, 15 courses.
  • MUEN 5624 - Vocal Ensembles, 6 courses.
  • MUGC 4890 - Studies in Music, 1 course.
  • MUGC 4900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • MUGC 4980 - Experimental Course, 2 courses.
  • MUGC 5890 - Studies in Music, 3 courses.
  • MUGC 5900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • MUGC 5950 - Master's Thesis, 1 course.
  • MUGC 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 20 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Music Education. (August 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Conducting and Ensembles. (July 2018 - December 2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Music Education. (August 2017 - December 2018).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Music Education. (September 2017 - November 2018).
  • Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Instrumental Studies. (January 2018 - March 2018).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Conducting and Ensembles. (2017 - 2017).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Instrumental Studies. (September 2017 - November 2017).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Instrumental Studies. (September 2017 - November 2017).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Music Education. (August 2017 - August 2017).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Music Education. (August 2016 - May 2017).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Instrumental Studies. (April 2017 - April 2017).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Instrumental Studies. (April 2017 - April 2017).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Instrumental Studies. (March 2017 - April 2017).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Instrumental Studies. (August 2016 - March 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Instrumental Studies. (2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Instrumental Studies. (2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Music Education. (2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Music Education. (2016).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Music Education. (2015).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Dissertation," Music Education. (2008 - 2015).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Thesis Chair," Music Education. (2009 - 2014).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Dissertation Chair," Music Education. (2008 - 2014).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Thesis Chair," Music Education. (2009 - 2010).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Project Chair," Music Education. (2008 - 2009).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Project Chair," Music Education. (2008 - 2008).
  • Other, "Dissertation," (2007 - 2008).

Awards and Honors

  • UNT Foundation Award for Community Engagement, UNT Foundation. (September 2015).
  • Nominated for 'Fessor Graham Teaching Award, UNT Student Government.
  • Nominated for Nominated for University Award for Excellence in Community Engagement, UNT Foundation. (2013).
  • Nominated for Nominated for University Award for Excellence in Faculty Leadership, UNT Foundation. (2013).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Emmanuel. (2013). By invitation. "Community Music through AuthenticEngagement: The Alegría of Mariachi." Chapter submitted in (Veblen, Silverman, & Elliott, Eds.) Community music today. Rowman-Littlefield Publishers..
  • Emmanuel/Henry. (2009). "Globalizing music education" A contextual approach to developing students' intercultural competence." Chapter in (Schmidt, M., Ed.) Collaborative action for change: Selected proceedings from the 2007 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, p. 71 – 86. Rowman-Littlefield Publishers.
  • Donna Emmanuel. (2008). Voices from the City in The School Choral Program edited by James Jordan.
  • Donna Emmanuel. (2006). A collaborative project between elementary music student in urban Dallas and music education undergraduates in Teaching Music in the Urban Classroom, Volume 1.
  • Donna Emmanuel. (2006). Cultural clashes: The complexity of identifying urban culture in Teaching Music in the Urban Classroom, Volume 2.

    • Journal Article

  • Emmanuel. (2013). "Liminality in thought and action.".
  • Donna Emmanuel. (2005). Developing intercultural competence:A music education immersion internship. International Journal of Music Education, 23(1)..
  • Donna Emmanuel. (2004). Building bridges: Collaborative partnerships between institutions of higher education and independent school districts. Southwestern Musician, 73(2), 56-58..
  • Donna Emmanuel. (2003). An immersion field experience: An undergraduate music education course in intercultural competence. Journal for Music Teacher Education, 3(1), 33-41..

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Donna Emmanuel. (2008). Engagement and Outreach: Aren't they the Same?.

    • Popular Press Article

  • Donna Emmanuel. (2002). A music education immersion internship: Pre-service teachers' beliefs concerning teaching in a culturally diverse setting.

Presentations Given

  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Presenter), "Do I really want to be a music teacher? The power of reflection in a music education undergraduate course.", (2013 - 2013).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Presenter), By invitation. "How can Music be used to engage those who might feel marginalized within a particular community and how might marginalized groups use music to give themselves a voice?", (2013 - 2013).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Leader), By invitation: Looking in to Look out: the power of observation and reflection, (2013 - 2013).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Other), Discovering Identity through Reflection: The Use of Intercultural Competence in an Elementary Methods Class with a Study Abroad Component, (2009 - 2009).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Other), Exploring Identity: Knowing Self, Knowing Oth, (2009 - 2009).
  • Initiative for Community Engagement, Music and Human Development, (2009 - 2009).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Other), Intercultural Competence: Implications for Music Teacher Education, (2009 - 2009).
  • Panel Presentation - Community Engagement: Creating Environments for Musical Dialogue, (2009 - 2009).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Other), Proposal Accepted: Creating Musical Space: Examining Cultural Otherness through Mariachi, (2009 - 2009).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Other), Proposal Accepted: Transformational Learning at the Undergraduate Level: Developing Intercultural Competence through a Study Abroad Experience, (2009 - 2009).
  • Site Chair for College Music Society Community Engagement Activities, (2006 - 2009).
  • By invitation - Community Engagement and Outreach: Aren't they the same?, (2008 - 2008).
  • By Invitation - Defining Community Engagement, (2008 - 2008).
  • Real World Relevance, (2008 - 2008).
  • Best Practices in Community Engagement, (2007 - 2007).
  • By Invitation - Addressing Cultural Diversity in our Classrooms: What we teach or Who we teach?, (2007 - 2007).
  • By invitation - The Role of Leadership and Intercultural Competence, (2007 - 2007).
  • Community engagement: Effective interaction for engagement activities, (2007 - 2007).
  • Redefining Context: Developing Intercultural Competence through a PDS model, (2007 - 2007).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Other), The Mystery of Mariachi: A symbolic Interactionist Perspective, (2007 - 2007).
  • Urban issues in music education., (2007 - 2007).
  • By invitation - Urban issues in music education., (2006 - 2006).
  • From Rancheros to Huapangos: The Allegria of Mariachi, (2006 - 2006).
  • Mariachi at the University Level: Briding Multiple Cultures, (2006 - 2006).
  • Urban issues in music education., (2006 - 2006).
  • What do I do with Pre-k?, (2006 - 2006).
  • Building Bridges: A Collaborative Composition Project, (2005 - 2005).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Other), Building bridges: Collaborative partnerships between institutions of higher education and independent school districts, (2005 - 2005).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Other), Building bridges: The importance of travel abroad for university students and faculty, (2005 - 2005).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Other), Cultural Clashes: The Importance of Developing Intercultural Competence, (2005 - 2005).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Other), Developing intercultural competence through immersion field experiences in culturally diverse settings, (2005 - 2005).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Other), Developing intercultural competence: A music education immersion Internship, (2005 - 2005).
  • Intercultural Competence: A Panel Discussion of a Longitudinal Look at an Immersion Field Experience in a Culturally Diverse Setting, (2005 - 2005).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Other), Mariachi: Socio-cultural Positioning at the University Level, (2005 - 2005).
  • An immersion field experience in the inner city: An undergraduate music education course in intercultural competence, (2004 - 2004).
  • Buiding Bridges: A Collaborative Composition Project between University Music Education Students and an Urban Elementary School, (2004 - 2004).
  • By invitation - Teaching Music in Urban Areas: Developing Intercultural Competence, (2004 - 2004).
  • Creating Cultural Connections: An Immersion Field Experience in a Culturally Diverse Setting, (2004 - 2004).
  • A Music Education Immersion Internship: Preservice Teachers' Beliefs about Teaching in a Culturally Diverse Setting, (2003 - 2003).
  • An Immersion Field Experience in an Urban Setting, (2003 - 2003).
  • An Immersion Field Experience: Developing Intercultural Competence in Preservice Music Educators, (2003 - 2003).
  • An urban immersion field experience, (2003 - 2003).
  • Developing musicianship: Improvisation and Developing musicianship: Composition, (2003 - 2003).
  • Teaching for multiple intelligences in the group piano class, (2003 - 2003).
  • An Immersion Field Experience in an Urban Setting, (2002 - 2002).
  • Exercising Imagination: Integrating Art, Dance, Music, and Creative Writing into the Science and Math Curriculum, (2001 - 2001).
  • Maxine Greene's Theories of Education and the Arts: Implications for Music Education, (2001 - 2001).

    • Invited Talk

  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Presenter), University of Delaware, “Intercultural Competence and Presence.”, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).

    • Lecture

  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Presenter), Texas Music Educators Association, Knowing self, knowing others: Success in urban settings, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Emmanuel, D.L. (Presenter), TMEA, Teaching for change: Social justice in the music classroom, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2019).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Presenter), Society of Music Teacher Education/Small Acts of Subversion Symposium, No syllabus, no text, no curriculum: Not so small acts, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Emmanuel, D. (Presenter), College Music Society, “Community Engagement through the lens of Intercultural Competence: Knowing Ourselves to Know Others.”, Santa Fe, NM, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Presenter), College Music Society, “Community Engagement: Getting at the Heart of What Matters.”, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Emmanuel, D. (Presenter), National Association of Schools of Music, “Developing and Enhancing Community Engagement.”, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).

    • Other

  • Emmanuel, d. (Presenter), College Music Society, “Writing a Great Proposal: Community Engagement Experiences for the 2017 National Conference, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Coordinator/Organizer), College Music Society, College Music Society Webinar Series, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Chair), College Music Society, Making it Real: Conference Engagement in Action, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Panelist), Cross-Border Challenges and Opportunities Conference on Education and Culture. Texas/Jalisco, The Role of Mariachi in the US.”, United States of America. (2015).

    • Paper

  • , D. (Author & Presenter), Gerrard, C. (Author & Presenter), MayDay Group Colloquium 31, Reconceptualizing Community Engagement: An Ecology of Wholeness, MayDay Group, Limerick, Ireland, Ireland. (2019).

    • Professional Meeting Contribution

  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Presenter), Texas Music Educators Association, “Knowing Self, Knowing Others: Success in Urban Settings.”, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).

    • Scholarly Meeting Contribution

  • Emmanuel, D.L. (Author & Presenter), Narrative Inquiry in Music Education, Vulnerability and Agency: A Small Act of Subversion, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2018).

    • Symposium

  • Emmanuel, D.T. (Presenter), New Directions, The role of mentoring in transformative experiences: Mexican-American student empowerment through mariachi., Michigan State University, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Other. "Mariachi Aguilas", multiple, (2009).
  • Music Conducting - University or Other Ensemble. Sigala, J., "Workshops/Performance", Mariachi Águilas, Donna Emmanuel, Denton, United States of America. (November 19, 2016 - November 19, 2016).
  • Music Conducting - University or Other Ensemble. Sigala, J., "NAfME regional conference", Mariachi Águilas, Donna Emmanuel, Grapevine, TX, United States of America. (November 11, 2016 - November 11, 2016).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Personal Affairs Committee. (August 2018 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (August 2018 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee Music Education Band Faculty. (2017 - 2018).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee Music Education Faculty. (2017 - 2018).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee Music Theory Faculty. (2017 - 2018).
  • Faculty Mentor, UNT New Faculty Mentoring Group. (2014 - 2018).
  • Committee Member, College of Music Search Committee for new Music History Faculty. (2015 - 2016).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee Music Education String Faculty. (2015 - 2016).
  • Committee Member, College of Music Personnel Affairs Committee. (2011 - 2016).
  • Committee Member, University Promotion and Tenure Committee. (2009 - 2016).
  • Director, Mariachi Aguilitas Summer Mariachi Camp. (2008 - 2016).
  • Committee Member, UNT Faculty Senate Executive Committee. (2012 - 2012).
  • Other (Senator), Faculty Senate Group VIII. (2007 - 2012).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee - Vice President for Development. (2009 - 2009).
  • Committee Member, Athletic Council. (2005 - 2009).
  • Faculty Advisor, UNT Gamers. (2005 - 2009).

Professional Service

  • Chairperson, College Music Society. (2011 - 2017).
  • Other (Program Chair), College Music Society. (November 2016 - November 2017).
  • Committee Member, Federation of North Texas Colleges & Universities. (2004 - 2015).

Consulting

  • Government, Mullin Independent School District, Mullin, TX, United States of America. (January 2015 - August 2015).