Contributions to Music Education - Vol. 44 - Graduate Research Forum Review 2019 - Keeping Our Doors Open: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Music Education for 2019

Oct 15, 2026

Review of the 2019 Graduate Research Forum held at the annual Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) Professional Development Conference in Cleveland. It summarizes Dr. Regina Carlow’s presentation framework, beginning with a formal land acknowledgement and expanding to the role of research in sustaining cultural and artistic life in Ohio. The document also outlines her focus on students’ marginalization in secondary school music programs and the lifelong trajectory of musicianship, reinforced through her personal family history of immigration and identity change, plus examples of culturally responsive, socially just teaching practices.

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Contributions to Music Education Vol. 44, pp. 201-210. sarah Mattern Kent State University GRADUATE RESEARCH FORUM REVIEW 2019 Keeping Our Doors Open: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Music Education for 2019 In February of this year, music educators from around the state of Ohio gathered once again for the annual Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) Professional Development Conference held in Cleveland . The research track of the conference commenced with the Graduate Research Forum featuring music education scholar Dr . Regina Carlow of the University of New Mexico . Professor of Music and Interim Dean for the College of Fine Arts and Artistic Director of the UNM Children’s Chorus, Carlow has focused the bulk of her research efforts on the marginalization experiences of students within secondary school music programs and their trajectory as musicians throughout their lives . Her research journey began twenty-five years ago as she began to recognize her own parents’ and grandparents’ stories in the faces of her students . In short, her passion for the marginalized in music education would become her life’s work and “the paper [she] would never stop writing”(Carlow, 2019) . Keywords: music education, diversity, equity, inclusion, marginalized populations, social justice, culturally responsive pedagogy Introduction and Opening Remarks In February of this year, music educators from around the state of Ohio gathered in Cleveland for the annual Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) Professional Development Conference. Each year the research track of the conference commences with the Graduate Research Forum, which features a guest speaker who is an authority on teaching and learning, practice, and research within the field of music education. This year’s forum featured Dr. Regina Carlow, Professor of Music and Interim Dean for the College of Fine Arts at the Uni- Contributions to Music Education versity of New Mexico (UNM) and the Artistic Director of the UNM Children’s Chorus. Carlow’s research efforts focus on the marginalization experiences of students within secondary school music programs and their trajectory as musicians throughout their lives. Carlow opened the session with a land acknowledgement for the territory on which the conference was being held. A land acknowledgement is a formal statement of recognition for the indigenous people and their history in the place which an event is taking place, connecting the past with the present. By opening the session in this way, Carlow exhibited her deep respect for the peoples and cultures that had previously inhabited the land while also demonstrating the importance of embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion in our country. This laid the framework for her presentation, Keeping Our Doors Open: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Music Education for 2019 . The land acknowledgement transitioned into present day with the speaker recognizing and honoring the significance research has played in the life of the OMEA Conference, both historically and currently, stating [that it is] “clearly an important part of the bloodstream of the cultural and artistic life of Ohio”(Carlow, 2019) . Carlow, a Pennsylvanian who is grateful for her rich, musical life, further honored the legacy of Ohio music educators stating that now, as a career music educator, she also recognizes that the “big show”(Carlow, 2019) in music education was happening just next door in neighboring Ohio. These kind words of admiration brought a smile to the faces ofthe music education scholars and students in attendance, and further set them at ease to hear the presentation regarding marginalized populations, social justice, and responsive pedagogy in the educational setting. As the speaker noted and educational philosopher Maxine Greene (2004) states,“There have always been young persons in our classrooms [whom] most teachers did not, could not, see or hear.” Personal Background and

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What event and research session does the document review?

It reviews the Graduate Research Forum at the 2019 OMEA Professional Development Conference in Cleveland.

Who is the featured speaker and what is her research focus?

Dr. Regina Carlow is featured, focusing on how marginalization affects students in secondary school music programs and their musicianship over their lifetimes.

How does the presentation connect diversity, equity, and inclusion to music education?

It begins with a land acknowledgement and then links research’s significance in Ohio’s cultural and artistic life to embracing diversity and addressing marginalized populations through socially just, culturally responsive teaching.

Oct 15, 2026

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