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Dr. Nancy Barry
Professor of Music and Head of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Auburn University, AL 36849
(334) 844-4434
FAX (334) 844-6789
 
Dr. Nancy Barry 2007Nancy Barry returned to the college's Department of Curriculum and Teaching in Fall 2007 as professor and department head. She earned master's and doctorate degrees in music education and certificates in electronic music and computers in music from The Florida State University.
 
Barry is an international scholar in music education with numerous research publications in such journals as Arts and Learning, Psychology of Music, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Contributions to Music Education, UPDATE and Bulletin of Research in Music Education, among others. She co-authored a book for the Music Educators National Conference entitled Music and Students at Risk: Creative Solutions for a National Dilemma and co-authored the chapter on practice in The Science and Psychology of Music Performance: Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning.
 
Barry currently serves as editor of the Journal of Technology in Music Learning and is a frequent presenter at national and international professional conferences. She previously served on the faculty of Auburn's Department of Curriculum and Teaching from 1990 to 2000. Barry served as professor, graduate coordinator and chair of music education at the University of Oklahoma from 2000 to 2007, where she received the 2006 Henry Daniel Rinsland Memorial Award for Excellence in Educational Research and was awarded a presidential professorship in 2007.

 

Academic Degrees

Florida State University Ph.D. Music Education
Florida State University    MME    Music Education
Middle Tennessee State University BME    Music Education

 
Professional Experience

2007-Present   Professor and Head, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
2000-2007   Professor, University of Oklahoma 
    Professor, Auburn University 
    Associate Professor, Auburn University 
    Assistant Professor, Auburn University 
 
 
Rutherford County Schools, Music Specialist
 
 
Middle Tennessee Christian School, Music Instructor

 
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