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Jason D. Jones
Dr Jason D. Jones, a native of the Appalachia region, is an assistant professor of music education at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on the Brownsville campus. He earned a Ph.D. in music education at the Eastman School of Music, where he earned the Shetler Prize. Jones holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio, a Master of Education from Emory & Henry College and a Bachelor of Arts in music education and French from Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia. Jones holds certification in Kodály from OAKE and eurhythmics from the American Eurhythmics Society. He has presented workshops, research and clinics on several topics for school districts, state, national and international conferences, non-profits and universities. His research interests include motivation in music classrooms, cross-cultural and intergenerational relationships between teachers and students, Sacred Harp, differentiated music classrooms, and differently abled students in elementary music. His work has been published in the Journal of General Music Education, the book Kaleidoscope: A Collection of Standards-Based Lessons for the K-7 General Music Classroom (2017, Alfred Publishing) and by the American Eurhythmics Society.
Contact: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Music, One West University Blvd., Brownsville, TX 78520, USA.