ABSTRACT

Runner: Our next presenter is Dr. Karen Lee. She received her doctorate in Curriculum Studies from the University of British Columbia in 2004. She is a Faculty Advisor and co-founder of the Teaching Initiative for Music Educators cohort (TIME), at the Faculty of Education, UBC, Vancouver, BC. Her research interests include performance ethnography, women’s life histories, autoethnography, writing practices, and arts-based approaches to qualitative research. She is a writer, musician, music educator, and researcher. I understand that Karen’s doctoral supervisor, Dr. Peter Gouzouasis, is here also and will say a few words to us about Karen’s dissertation journey as well. Peter is the Chair of Music Education at UBC and 2003 recipient of the Sam Black Award for Excellence in Education and Development in the Visual and Performing Arts. Karen, it is all yours!