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Phyllis Paul
(541) 346-5579
ppaul@uoregon.edu
Phyllis M. Paul is an assistant professor of music education;
she joined the School of Music faculty in 2003. She received the
B.M. in music education from Lenoir-Rhyne College and holds the
M.M. and Ph.D. in music education from Florida State University,
where she also earned certificates in music in special education
and college teaching. In addition, she completed master class certification
in Orff Schulwerk at the University of Memphis.
Prior to her appointment at Oregon, Paul taught courses in elementary
music methods and children’s literature at Florida State
University. She also served as assistant professor of music at
Thomas University, where she taught studio and class piano and
elementary music methods. Her public school elementary general
music specialist positions include ten years of experience with
rural, at-risk, and university developmental research school populations.
At the University of Oregon, Paul teaches courses in elementary
music methods, foundations of music education, music classroom
management, music in early childhood, music in special education,
and contemporary music methods. She also supervises elementary
music education student interns.
Paul is active as a clinician, having presented research sessions
and workshops at the national, regional, and state levels. Topics
have included "Music with Special Populations," "Developing
Professionalism with Beginning Teachers," "Reading
and Music Literacy," "Children's Literature in the
Elementary General Music Classroom," "Music with
Preschoolers,"
and "Elementary Students and Opera." Her research interests
include children's aesthetic experiences with music, music teacher
preparation and continuing education, and pre-school at-risk populations.
Research papers have been published in the Journal
of Music Therapy, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music
Education and General Music Today.
Her professional affiliations include Music Educators National
Conference, American Music Therapy Association, American Orff Schulwerk
Association, Organization of American Kodály Educators,
Oregon Music Educators Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda.
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