The National Association for Music Education has named Colleen Conway, professor of music education at the University of Michigan, the twentieth recipient of the NAfME Senior Researcher Award. The Society for Research in Music Education presents the award in recognition of sustained scholarship in music education.
Conway is scheduled to receive the award October 2 during the 2026 Biennial NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education Conference at the Hilton Long Beach in Long Beach, California. Her research has addressed preservice teacher preparation, mentoring and induction, professional development, curriculum and assessment, classroom management, and music-teacher identity.
Conway holds music and music-education degrees from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester and a doctorate in music education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her career has included public-school teaching in New York and university-level teaching beginning in 1995.
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