Sandra Stauffer is Professor of Music in Music Education at Arizona State University where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses. Dr. Stauffer's research interests include creativity, composition, and music teacher preparation, using narrative inquiry, arts-based educational research, and qualitative research designs. Her recent publications include a co-authored / co-edited book on narrative inquiry in music education, as well as research articles on children and adolescents as composers and music teacher education. Her creative activities include collaborations with various educators and musicians, including work with composer Morton Subotnick on the development of his music software programs for children.

In addition to her research publications, Dr. Stauffer has written articles on music teaching and learning for various audiences, and designed and contributed to pedagogical publications and texts. She was a contributing author for The Music Connection textbook series, and she is a primary author for the Silver Burdett Making Music text series. Her work also includes education materials for orchestras and other performing arts organizations. She is a popular guest lecturer, clinician, and consultant for music education and arts education organizations throughout the United States and abroad.

Dr. Stauffer was the first Evelyn Smith Professor of Music (2003-2006) at ASU, and she currently serves as coordinator of doctoral studies in music education. Prior to joining the ASU faculty, she was a faculty member and Coordinator of the Music Education Division at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. Dr. Stauffer has taught general, choral, and instrumental music in the public schools of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, and served as a volunteer teacher in Arizona. She is a graduate of West Chester University (PA) and the University of Michigan.

Recent Articles, Books, and Chapters

Barrett, M., & Stauffer, S. L. (In progress). Narrative soundings: An anthology of narrative inquiry in music education. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Stauffer, S. L. (Pending). Process, passion, people: Pedagogical notes for musician-scholar-educators. In J. Briscoe (Ed.), Vitalizing Music History Teaching, pp. xx-xx. A special issue of College Music Symposium.

Stauffer, S. L. (Pending). When children create music using technology. The Orff Echo, x (x), xx-xx.

Barrett, M., & Stauffer, S. L. (Eds). (2009). Narrative inquiry in music education: Troubling certainty. Dordrecht, The Nethderlands: Springer.

Stauffer, S. L. (2009). Notes for a moment in music education research. In M. Campbell & L. Thompson (Eds.), Research Perspectives: Thought and Practice in Music Education, pp. 151-167. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Stauffer, S. L. (2009). Placing curriculum in music education. In T. A. Regelski & J. T. Gates (Eds.), Music Education for Changing Times: Guiding Visions for Practice, pp. 175-186. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Stauffer, S. L. & Robbins, J. (2009). Description, interpretation, meaning: Notes on Geertz and ethnography in music education research. Research Studies in Music Education, 31(1), pp. 82-89.

Kaplan, P., & Stauffer, S. L. (2007; Reprint, Thai Edition). Cooperative learning in music. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference (1994, original). Translated by Sakchai Hinunrux, Mahidol University College of Music. Thailand: Chulalongkorn University Press.

Miranda, M. L., Robbins, J., & Stauffer, S. L. (2007). Seeing and hearing music teaching and learning: Transforming classroom observations through ethnography and portraiture. Research Studies in Music Education, 28, 3-21.

Stauffer, S. L. (2007). Place, people, purpose: Persistent and productive tensions in music and teacher education. In Rideout, R. (Ed.), Policies and practices: Rethinking music teacher preparation in the 21st century [Proceedings from the Memorial Symposium Honoring the Contributions of Charles Leonhard] (pp. 77-94). Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts.

Stauffer, S. L. (2007). Points of intersection and the problems of agency and place in assessment and creativity in music. In C. C. Leung, R. L. C. Yip, & T. Imada (Eds.), Music Education Policy and Implementation: International Perspectives. Hirosaki University Press.

Stauffer, S. L. (2007). Review of International Handbook of Research in Arts Education, L. Bresler, Ed. Research Studies in Music Education, 29, p. 79-81.

Stauffer, S. L. (2006). Review of Out of This World (Libana; CD SR006, Spinning Records). Kodály Envoy, 34 (4), p. 44.

Stauffer, S. L. (2005). Toward mindful music education: A response to Bennett Reimer. Philosophy of Music Education Review, 13, 135-138.

Stauffer, S. L. (2005). Thinking about composition. Arizona Music News, 49 (2), 41-43.

Stauffer, S. L. (2003). Revisiting music education research: Review of The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning, Richard Colwell & Carol Richardson (Eds.). Arts Education Policy Review, 104 (4), 35-37.

Stauffer, S. L. (2003). Identity and voice in young composers. In M. Hickey, (Ed.), Why and how to teach music composition: A new horizon for music education (pp. 91-111). Reston, VA: MENC: The National Association for Music Education.

Stauffer, S. L. (2002). Connections between music and life experiences of young composers and their compositions. Journal of Research in Music Education, 50, 301-322.

Stauffer, S. L. (2002). Revisiting revision in children's composition processes. [Abstract.] Proceedings of the third Asia-Pacific symposium on music education research & international symposium on Üragoeí and gender, Volume 1 (pp. 159-164). Nagoya, Japan: Aichi Arts Center.

Stauffer, S. L. (2001). Preface. In Niebur, L., Incorporating assessment and the national standards in music education into everyday teaching. New York: Mellen Press.

Stauffer, S. L. (2001). Three days in Mississippi. The Mountain Lake Reader, 2, 44-45.

Recent Pedagogical Publications

Subotnick, M. (2008). Morton Subotnick's World of Music, Beginner. [CD-ROM]. New York: Wizard Music. (S. L. Stauffer, education consultant)

Subotnick, M. (2008). Morton Subotnick's World of Music, Intermediate. [CD-ROM]. New York: Wizard Music. (S. L. Stauffer, education consultant)

Fennell, A.; Fisher, D.; MacDonald, N.; Payse, M. P.; Stauffer, S.L. (2007). Making Music with the Arts and Across the Curriculum. [Series of grades 1-6 texts.] Parsippany, NJ: Pearson Education.

Subotnick, M. (2007). Morton Subotnick's Playing Music. [CD-ROM]. New York: Wizard Music. (S. L. Stauffer, education consultant.)

Beethoven, J., et. al. (2006). Silver Burdett Making Music Music [Texas Edition]. Parsippany, NJ: Pearson Education. (Primary author, Grades 3-5 and 7-8.)

Sibelius Company. (2006, 2007). Groovy Music. (A set of three programs, including Groovy Shapes, Groovy Jungle, and Groovy City, plus the manuals for all three programs.) Michael Avery, Producer. S.L.Stauffer, M. Elizabeth, and J.Austin, authors.

Subotnick, M. (2006). Morton Subotnick's Playing Music. [CD-ROM]. New York: Wizard Music. (S.L.Stauffer, education consultant.)

Emmons, S. C., et. al. (2005). Making Music with Technology. [Series of Grades 1-8 text supplements to the Silver Burdett Making Music series.] Parsippany, NJ: Pearson Education.

Longden, S.; Taucher, W., Connors, D.N.; Mitchell, D.; Moore, M.C.; Stauffer, S.L; & Thomas, J.A. (2005). Making Music with Movement and Dance. Parsippany, NJ: Pearson Education.

Beethoven, J., et. al. (2005) Silver Burdett Making Music. [Text series, Grades K-8; Revised editions grades K-6; New editions grades 7-8]. Parsippany, NJ: Pearson Education, Silver Burdett Ginn/Scott Foresman, Publishers. (Primary author, Grades 3-5 and 7-8.)

Subotnick, M. (2004). Morton Subotnick's Hearing Music. [CD-ROM]. New York: Wizard Music. (S. L. Stauffer, education consultant.)

Beethoven, J., et al. (2002). Silver Burdett Making Music. [Text series, grades K-6]. Parsippany, NJ: Pearson Education, Silver Burdett Ginn/Scott Foresman, Publishers. (Primary author, Grades 3-5.)

Clifford Musical Memory Games. (2002). [CD-ROM]. New York: Scholastic, Inc. (Music content consultant.)

Emmons, S., et al. (2002). Silver Burdett Making Music with MIDI. [Supplement to text series, grades 1-6]. Parsippany, NJ: Pearson Education, Silver Burdett Ginn/Scott Foresman, Publishers. (Contributing author.)