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Jody L. Kerchner
Jody L. Kerchner is professor of music education at the Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music (United States), and founder and conductor of the Oberlin Music at Grafton Prison Choir. Her research interests include children’s focus of attention during music listening, choral music education, empathetic leadership, teacher identity development and the psychosocial impacts of participating in prison choirs. She is the author of Music across the Senses: Listening, Learning, Making Meaning (Oxford University Press, 2014) and co-editor of and contributing author to Musicianship: Composing in Choir (GIA, 2016), Musical Experiences in Our Lives: Things We Learn and Meaning We Make (Rowman & Littlefield, 2010) and Prelude to Music Education (Pearson, 2002).
Contact: Oberlin Conservatory of Music, 77 W. College Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA.