Meet the Candidates
Carl B. Hancock is Associate Professor of Music Education and Program Director for the Campus Band at the University of Alabama. Dr. Hancock works with graduate and undergraduate students in classes focused on music education, band methods, music psychology, and graduate research. Before coming to
Alabama, he was Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of the University Outreach Band at the University of Arizona. He holds a BME, MME, and PhD in Music Education with a Certificate in College Teaching from Florida State University. Dr. Hancock’s career as a public school teacher began in 1992 when he directed the band and choir programs at Santa Fe High School (FL). Later he became the first Director of the Sebastian River High School Band Program (FL) where he was honored by the Florida Bandmasters Association as a model of Young Director Success. As a lecturer and clinician Dr. Hancock frequently presents at state, national, and international conferences with recent engagements at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, IL; the MENC National Convention in Anaheim, CA; and the International Symposium for Research in Music Behavior in Barcelona, Spain. Upcoming presentations include the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) National Convention in St. Louis, MO. As a researcher Dr. Hancock works with the support from the National Center for Educational Statistics in the examination of present and past trends in the national supply and demand of music and arts teachers. Closer to home, he maintains ongoing investigations focused on conducting pedagogy, aesthetic responses to music, and the training of preservice music educators. His efforts to give back to the music education community includes ongoing service on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, sitting on the Southern Board of the College Music Society, and guiding research efforts for the Alabama Music Educators Association as State Research Chair. Previous leadership roles include service as national chair of both the Learning and Development and the Affective Response Special Research Interest Groups for the Society for Research in Music Education and time spent on the AMEA Governing Board as State Advisor of the Alabama Collegiate Music Educators Association. Dr. Hancock is affiliated with several organizations that support education and advocate for music such as The National Association for Music Education, the Society for Research in Music Education, the College Music Society, the International Society for Music Education, and the American Education Research Association. He is a member of the national music honor society, Pi Kappa Lambda, and an honorary member of both Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma.
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for AMEA President-elect... Carl Hancock and Ken McGuire
Ken McGuire is an Associate Professor of Music Education in the School of Music at The University of Alabama where he teaches courses in music education methodology, assessment, philosophy, and history. He earned degrees from Syracuse University (Ph.D. Teaching, Curriculum, and Leadership), and the State Universities of New York at Binghamton (M.M. Conducting) and Fredonia (B.M. Music Education). Prior to his appointment at Alabama in 1998, Dr. McGuire enjoyed teaching vocal and general music in New York State public schools for ten years. Notable accomplishments during that time included an Excellence in Teaching
with Telecommunications award from the public broadcasting television station in Binghamton, N.Y. (for utilizing the medium of public television to enhance music learning) and school appointments as Coordinator of Interdisciplinary Programs and Special Area Leader of Individual Assessment & Evaluation Reporting Systems. The two appointments provided significant opportunities to hone leadership skills across a wide spectrum of administrators, non-music and other arts teachers, parents, and community members. His interests outside the music classroom provided opportunities to work with and reach people with diverse backgrounds as well by coaching junior varsity soccer and varsity tennis. Dr. McGuire has presented original research and ideas at numerous state, regional, national, and international workshops and conferences. His articles have been published in Journal of Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Therapy, International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Southeastern Journal of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, Teaching Music, and Ala Breve including some that were highlighted in follow-up advertisements and discussions in Teaching Music and Music Educators Journal. He served the Alabama State Department of Education as a member of the Alabama Research Committee on Arts Education representing music education. With the Alabama Alliance for Arts Education, he served on the planning committees and made presentations at Alabama Arts Education Summits 2009 and 2010. With AMEA, he served five years as Vice President of the Higher Education Division, four years as Chair of the Research Division, and two years as Chair of the BMI John Lennon Scholarship Committee. In Tuscaloosa, he served as Vice President of Tuscaloosa Arts Partners (TAP), a community service organization responsible for advocating full inclusion of arts courses into all Tuscaloosa city and county schools. He served nine years as Music Education Coordinator for the Northport Fine Arts Initiative, which involved teaching classes and supervising music education for the children in Northport’s five elementary schools. Dr. McGuire is a member of several music and education organizations including Pi Kappa Lambda.
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