Juliet Hess (she/her) is a professor of music education at Michigan State University, specializing in anti-oppression, critical pedagogy, trauma-informed pedagogy, and disability and Mad studies. She authored Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education and Madness and Distress in Music Education: Toward a Mad-Affirming Approach, and co-edited Trauma and Resilience in Music Education: Haunted Melodies. Her research explores the intersections of music, social justice, and critical pedagogy, with particular attention to minoritized communities across all sites of identity. Hess’s latest monograph, Cultivating Epistemic Justice in Music Education: Honoring Minoritized Knowers, focuses on ensuring that minoritized knowers across the full range of identities receive uptake in music education. Hess earned her Ph.D. in Sociology of Education from the University of Toronto and presents her work globally, including at Research in Music Education (RiME) and MayDay Group conferences. She previously taught public school music in Ontario. Her publications appear in leading journals, contributing to discussions on anti-oppression, ethics, Madness, and disability in music education.
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