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Nancy Hadsell
MT-BC, Professor

 

TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1985
Professor of Music, Texas Woman's University, 1994-present
Associate Professor of Music, Texas Woman's University, 1988-1994
Assistant Professor of Music, Texas Woman's University, 1984-1988
Teaching Assistant, University of Kansas, 1981-1983
Assistant Professor of Music Therapy, Director of Music Therapy, Tennessee Technological University, 1977-1981
Music Therapist/Clinical Training Director, DeKalb-Rockdale Psychoeducational Center, Decatur, GA, 1974-1977
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Certification Board for Music Therapists: Board of Directors
American Music Therapy Association
Southwest Region AMTA President
Denton Area Psychotherapists Association Secretary
Council for Research in Music Education

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Regulatory/legislative issues in the practice of music therapy
Music therapy education/practice
Music therapy and clients with developmental disabilities
External structure in the music therapy process
Functional music skills in the practice of music therapy

SPECIAL INTERESTS AND SKILLS
Principal instrument: piano
Duo piano performance and literature
Appalachian autoharp techniques
Functional guitar techniques, including alternative tunings and fingerings

HONORS AND AWARDS
Harmony Award - Service to SWAMT, Spring 1999
Presidential Award - Spirit of Unification, AMTA, 1998
Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1996 and 1997
Mortar Board "Top Prof," 1986