EducationBME Duquesne University
MA University of St. Thomas
PhD Northwestern University
AboutJacqueline Kelly-McHale is an associate professor and the director of
music education at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. Kelly-McHale's
research focuses on culturally responsive teaching in K-12 music
classrooms, the role of social justice in music teacher education
programs, and composition in K-12 classrooms. She has published articles
in
Journal of Research in Music Education and
Mountain Lake Reader. Kelly-McHale
is an active clinician having presented workshops at state and national
conferences. She also serves as a consultant for the Chicago Symphony
Orchestras Institute for Learning, Access and Training and the Ravinia
Festivals Reach, Teach, and Play programs. Kelly-McHale earned her
doctorate at Northwestern University, an MA in music education from The
University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN and a BS in music education
from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. She also earned a Kod
ály
mastery certificate and has completed levels in both the Orff and
Dalcroze approaches to music education.
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