Faculty Profile

Sean Powell

Title
Chair
Department
Music Education
College
College of Music

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
EdD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008. 
Major: Music Education
MM, Illinois State University, 2005. 
Major: Conducting
BM, Tennessee Tech University, 2001. 
Major: Music Education





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
MUGC 6950.725, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024 
MUED 6450.001, Qualitative Research in Music, Spring 2024 


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    MUGC 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023 
                    

                    MUED 6470.001, Sociology of Music, Fall 2023  SPOT
                    

                    MUED 6450.001, Qualitative Research in Music, Spring 2023  SPOT
                    

                    MUED 5510.001, Philosophical Foundations and Principles of Music Teaching, Fall 2022  SPOT
                    

                    MUED 6450.001, Qualitative Research in Music, Spring 2022  SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021 
                    

                    MUED 6470.001, Sociology of Music, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.703, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W1 2021 
                    

                    MUGC 6950.725, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021 
                    

                    MUED 6450.001, Qualitative Research in Music, Spring 2021  SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2020 
                    

                    MUGC 6950.703, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W1 2020 
                    

                    MUGC 6950.725, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020 
                    

                    MUED 6470.001, Sociology of Music, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    MUED 6900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2020 
                    

                    MUGC 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019 
                    

                    MUED 5510.001, Philosophical Foundations and Principles of Music Teaching, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.725, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2019 
                    

                    MUED 6450.001, Qualitative Research in Music, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUED 6910.701, Special Problems, Fall 2018 
                    

                    MUGC 6950.703, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W1 2018 
                    

                    MUED 5910.701, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2018 
                    

                    MUED 5910.702, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2018 
                    

                    MUGC 6950.725, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2018 
                    

                    MUED 4109.001, Methods and Materials for Teaching Instrumental Music in Elementary Schools, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUED 6470.001, Sociology of Music, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2017 
                    

                    MUED 4109.001, Methods and Materials for Teaching Instrumental Music in Elementary Schools, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDSE 4148.771, Student Teaching for Music Education Majors, Fall 2017 Syllabus
                    

                    EDME 4103.773, Student Teaching in Grades 4 8, Fall 2017 Syllabus
                    

                    MUED 5900.701, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2017 
                    

                    MUED 4109.001, Methods and Materials for Teaching Instrumental Music in Elementary Schools, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUED 2310.002, Musicianship for Teaching I, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUED 5890.701, Project Practicum, Spring 2017 
                    

                    MUED 6450.001, Qualitative Research in Music, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    MUED 4109.001, Methods and Materials for Teaching Instrumental Music in Elementary Schools, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUED 5890.802, Project Practicum, Fall 2016 
                    

                    EDSE 4148.773, Student Teaching for Music Education Majors, Fall 2016 Syllabus
                    

                    EDME 4103.773, Student Teaching in Grades 4 8, Fall 2016 
                    

                    MUED 6470.001, Sociology of Music, Summer 3W1 2016  SPOT
                    

                    MUED 5900.703, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2016  SPOT
                    

                    MUED 4109.001, Methods and Materials for Teaching Instrumental Music in Elementary Schools, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDSE 4148.773, Student Teaching for Music Education Majors, Spring 2016 Syllabus
                    

                    EDME 4103.773, Student Teaching in Grades 4 8, Spring 2016 
                    

                    MUED 4109.001, Methods and Materials for Teaching Instrumental Music in Elementary Schools, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUED 2310.002, Musicianship for Teaching I, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUED 6900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2015 
                    

                    EDSE 4148.773, Student Teaching for Music Education Majors, Fall 2015 
                    

                    EDME 4103.773, Student Teaching in Grades 4 8, Fall 2015 
                    

                    MUED 6450.001, Qualitative Research in Music, Summer 3W1 2015  SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.725, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2015 
                    

                    MUED 4109.001, Methods and Materials for Teaching Instrumental Music in Elementary Schools, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    MUED 2310.002, Musicianship for Teaching I, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    MUED 5890.701, Project Practicum, Spring 2015 
                    

                    EDSE 4148.773, Student Teaching for Music Education Majors, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    EDME 4103.773, Student Teaching in Grades 4 8, Spring 2015 
                    

                    EDSE 4108.773, Student Teaching in the Secondary School, Spring 2015 
                    

                    MUED 4109.001, Methods and Materials for Teaching Instrumental Music in Elementary Schools, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    EDSE 4148.773, Student Teaching for Music Education Majors, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    EDME 4103.773, Student Teaching in Grades 4 8, Fall 2014 
                    

                    EDSE 4108.773, Student Teaching in the Secondary School, Fall 2014 

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book
Powell, S.  (2023). The Ideology of Competition in School Music. Oxford University Press. 
Frierson-Campbell, C., Hall, C., Powell, S.  Sociological Thinking in Music Education: International Intersections. Oxford University Press. 
Book Chapter
Freirson-Campbell, C., Hall, C., Powell, S., Rosabal-Coto, G.  (2022). Introduction. Sociological Thinking in Music Education: International Intersections. Oxford University Press. 
Pellegrino, K., Wagoner, C., Johnson, E., Powell, S.  (2021). Music teacher resilience: Identity transitions during the early years of teaching. Understanding teacher identity: The complexities of forming an identity as professional teacher. Rowman and Littlefield. 
Powell, S. R. (2020). Whose Story? (Re)presentation, Rhizovocality, and Friendship. Listening to Voices Seldom Heard: Narratives and Reflections in Music Education. Springer. 
Powell, S. R. (2019). Field Experience. Oxford Handbook of Music Teacher Education in the United States. Oxford University Press. 
Book Review
Powell, S. R. (2017). The musical experience: Rethinking music teaching and learning [Review of the book The musical experience: Rethinking music teaching and learning,. Other. 19, 228-230. 
Invited Column
Powell, S. R. (2024). Symposium on music teacher education: Looking back at 2023, looking forward to 2025. Journal of Music Teacher Education. 33(2), . 
Powell, S. R. (2023). A wolf at the door. Journal of Music Teacher Education. 33(1), . 
Powell, S. R. (2023). Combating the audit culture in music teacher education. Journal of Music Teacher Education. 32(2), 10–12. 
Powell, S. R. (2023). Music teachers as music teacher educators. Journal of Music Teacher Education. 32(3), . 
Powell, S. R. (2022). Ending and beginning revisited. Journal of Music Teacher Education. 32(1), 6–8. 
Journal Article
Tucker, O., Powell, S.  Values, agency, and identity in a music teacher education program. Journal of Music Teacher Education. 31(1), . 
Powell, S.  Competition, ideology, and the one-dimensional music program.. Action, Criticism, & Theory for Music Education. 
Powell, S. R., Celeste,  (2019). Outside in the music teaching machine: Remembrances of marginalization. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. 223, 26–41. 
Powell, S.  The Significance of Social Theory in Music Education. Philosophy of Music Education Review. 
Powell, S. R., Parkes, K. A. (2019). Teacher Evaluation and Performativity: The edTPA as a Fabrication. Arts Education Policy Review. 
Powell, S. R. (2019). Structure and agency in novice music teaching. Other. 41(2), 206–218. 
Powell, S. R., Weaver, M. A., Henson, R. K. (2017). Relationship of preservice music teachers’ primary instrument background and teaching effectiveness in brass and woodwind techniques classes.. Journal of Music Teacher Education. 
Parker, E. C., Bond, V. P., Powell, S. R. (2017). A grounded theory of preservice music educators’ lesson planning processes within field experience methods courses. Journal of Research in Music Education. 65, 287-308. 
Powell, S. R., Parker, E. C. (2017). Preservice music teachers’ descriptions of successful and unsuccessful teachers. Journal of Music Teacher Education. 26(3), 27-37. 
Powell, S. R. (2017). The self-authoring of a music educator: A journey through figured worlds.. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. 210-211, 25-41. 
Powell, S. R. (2016). The influence of video reflection on preservice music teachers’ concerns in peer- and field-teaching settings. Journal of Research in Music Education. 63, 487-507. 
Powell, S. R. (2016). Mentoring student teachers: A guide for cooperating teachers.. Other. 30(2), 6-8. 
Powell, S. R. (2015). Is the edTPA the right choice for evaluating teacher readiness?. Arts Education Policy Review. 116(2), 103-113. 
Powell, S. R. (2014). Examining preservice music teacher concerns in peer- and field-teaching settings.. Journal of Research in Music Education. 61, 361-378. 
Parker, E. C., Powell, S. R. (2014). A phenomenological study of music education majors’ identity development in methods courses outside their areas of focus. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. 201, 23-41. 
Powell, S. R. (2011). Examining preservice music teachers’ perceptions of initial peer- and field-teaching experiences. Journal of Music Teacher Education. 21(1), 11-26. 
Powell, S. R. (2010). Wind instrument intonation: A research synthesis. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. 184, 79-96. 
Powell, S. R. (2009). Recent programming trends of Big Ten university wind ensembles. Journal of Band Research. 44(2), 1-12. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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