Frank M. Diaz, Assistant Professor
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(541) 346-3777 | fdiaz@uoregon.edu
Frank M. Diaz is an assistant professor at the University of Oregon, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in music education, psychology of music, and music research. Diaz also serves as a member of the University of Oregon's Institute for Cognitive and Decision Sciences, chairs the Affective Response Special Research Interest Group for the National Association for Music Education, and serves as co-chair for the Oregon Music Educators Association chapter of The Society for Music Teacher Education. His research interests include the effects of mindfulness and attentional control on affective responses to music, psychophysiological responses during music teaching and performance, and musical memory. He has presented research at several venues, including the Music Educators National Conference, Texas Music Educators Association, Desert Skies Symposium, Illinois Music Educators Association, Oregon Music Educators Association, and the American Music Therapy Association Conference. Diaz has previous and upcoming publications appearing in Psychology of Music, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, Kansas Music Review, and the Oregon Music Educators Association Journal.
Diaz received a bachelor and Ph.D. in music education from Florida State University, and a Master’s in instrumental conducting and trombone performance from the University of South Florida. At the university level, Diaz has taught classes in music education, conducting, and applied trombone at both the University of South Florida and Florida State University. Additionally, he has served as an assistant conductor for the University of South Florida Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, The Florida State University Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia, and for various youth orchestras and honor groups throughout the Eastern United States. As a public school teacher, Diaz taught instrumental music at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, and his groups have performed at national conferences such as the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and the Music Educators National Conference.
