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Submissions from 2023

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The Brief but Shining Life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a Poet Who Gave Dignity to the Black Experience, Minnita Daniel-Cox

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Church Music Leaders in the USA: Prioritizing Technical Competence and Inclusion, Heather MacLachlan

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Revolutionary Songs from Myanmar: Reconsidering Scholarly Perspectives on Protest Music, Heather MacLachlan

Submissions from 2022

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Burmese Buddhist Monks, The Seventh Precept, and Cognitive Dissonance, Heather MacLachlan

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Music and Incitement to Violence: Anti-Muslim Hate Music in Burma/Myanmar, Heather MacLachlan

Submissions from 2021

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Introduction to Special Issue, Music in World Religions: A Response to Isabel Laack, Heather MacLachlan

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"Jesus Is Not a Foreign God":Christian Music-Making in Burma/Myanmar, Heather MacLachlan

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The Vocal Point: Honoring a Legacy: The Final Conversation with Arthur Woodley, Justin John Moniz and Minnita Daniel-Cox

Submissions from 2020

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Ancient Mesopotamian Music, the Politics of Reconstruction, and Extreme Early Music, Samuel N. Dorf

Anthology to Accompany Gateways to Understanding Music, Samuel N. Dorf, Heather MacLachlan, and Julia Randel

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The Impact of Singing Engagement on Food Intake of Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: A Multi-site, Repeated Measures Study, James Hiller

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Safeguarding Curricular Self-Experiences in Undergraduate Music Therapy Education and Training, James Hiller, Courtney Belt, Susan Gardstrom, and Joy Willenbrink-Conte

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Singing Out: GALA Choruses and Social Change, Heather MacLachlan

Submissions from 2019

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Music Therapists’ Preparation for Song Discussion: Meaning-Making With the Music, James Hiller

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Supervision in the Field, James Hiller

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Warning: Music Therapy Comes with Risks, James Hiller and Susan Gardstrom

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Myanmar’s Pop Music Industry in Transition, Heather MacLachlan

Submissions from 2018

Performing Antiquity: Ancient Greek Music and Dance from Paris to Delphi, 1890-1930, Samuel N. Dorf

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James Hiller: Autobiographical Account of My Evolution as a Music Therapist, James Hiller

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The Selection of Music Experiences in Music Therapy, James Hiller and Susan Gardstrom

Submissions from 2017

Meeting Space: One on One with God, Donna M. Cox

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Song Discussion as Music Psychotherapy, Susan Gardstrom and James Hiller

Submissions from 2016

Hezekiah Loves Music: A Sacred Adventure, Donna M. Cox

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Ballets Suédois (1920–25), Samuel N. Dorf

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Satie, Erik Alfred Leslie (1866–1925), Samuel N. Dorf

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Resistances in Group Music Therapy with Women and Men with Substance Use Disorders, Susan Gardstrom and James Hiller

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Women’s Perceptions of the Usefulness of Group Music Therapy in Addictions Recovery, Susan Gardstrom, Abigail Klemm, and Kathleen M. Murphy

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Epistemological Foundations of Objectivist and Interpretivist Research, James Hiller

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Epistemological Foundations of Objectivist and Interpretivist Research, James Hiller

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(Mis)Representation of Burmese Metal Music in the Western Media, Heather MacLachlan

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The Transnational Flow of Music from Burma to the United States, Heather MacLachlan

Submissions from 2015

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Aesthetic Foundations of Music Therapy: Music and Emotion, James Hiller

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Sincerity and Irony in the "Gay Music" of GALA Choruses, Heather MacLachlan

Submissions from 2014

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A Review of 'Spaces of Solidarity: Karen Identity in the Thai-Burma Borderlands' by Rachel Sharples, Heather MacLachlan

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Singing, Dancing, and Identity in the Karen Diaspora, Heather MacLachlan

Submissions from 2013

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Adjudicated Adolescents, Susan Gardstrom

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The Impact of Group Music Therapy on Negative Affect of People with Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders and Mental Illnesses, Susan Gardstrom, Jacklyn Bartkowski, Joy Willenbrink, and Wiebke S. Diestelkamp

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Women with Addictions: Music Therapy Clinical Postures and Interventions, Susan Gardstrom, Maria Carlini, Jessica Josefczyk, and Amy Love

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Burma’s Pop Music Industry: Creators, Distributors, Censors, Heather MacLachlan

Submissions from 2012

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Implications of Embodied Cognition and Schema Theory for Discerning Potential Meanings of Improvised Rhythm, James Hiller

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Undergraduate Music Therapy Students’ Experiences as Clients in Short-Term Group Music Therapy, Nancy A. Jackson and Susan Gardstrom

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Creating Pan-Karen Identity: The Wrist Tying Ceremony in the United States, Heather MacLachlan

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The Effect of Pre-­meal, Vocal Re-creative Music Therapy on Nutritional Intake of Residents with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: A Pilot Study, Larisa McHugh, Susan Gardstrom, James Hiller, Megan Brewer, and Wiebke S. Diestelkamp

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Music Therapy within the Context of Psychotherapeutic Models, Mary Scovel and Susan Gardstrom

Submissions from 2011

Art Songs and Spirituals by Contemporary African American Composers, Donna M. Cox and Kathy M. Bullock

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Personal Therapy for Undergraduate Music Therapy Students: A Survey of AMTA Program Coordinators, Susan Gardstrom and Nancy A. Jackson

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Teaching Traditional Music Theory with Popular Songs: Pitch Concepts, Heather MacLachlan

Submissions from 2010

Hezekiah Loves Music: Learning Rhythms the Food Way, Donna M. Cox

No Longer Afraid: Breaking Free from the Fear That Has You Bound, Donna M. Cox

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Song Discussion as Music Psychotherapy, Susan Gardstrom and James Hiller

Submissions from 2009

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Use of and Instruction in Clinical Improvisation, James Hiller

Submissions from 2008

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Innovation in the Guise of Tradition: Music Among the Chin Population of Indianapolis, USA, Heather MacLachlan

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The Greatest Rock Star Who Never Was: Garth Brooks, Chris Gaines, and Modern America, Heather MacLachlan

Submissions from 2007

Angels Encamped About Me: Provision in the Wilderness, Donna M. Cox

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Music Therapy Improvisation for Groups: Essential Leadership Competencies, Susan Gardstrom

Submissions from 2006

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The Don Dance: An Expression of Karen Nationalism, Heather MacLachlan

Submissions from 2004

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An Investigation of Meaning in Clinical Music Improvisation with Troubled Adolescents, Susan Gardstrom