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Randi
L'Hommedieu
Randi
L'Hommedieu
joined Central Michigan University in 1999 as
director of the School of Music and professor of music education.
Dr. L’Hommedieu earned the baccalaureate in music education from the
University of Missouri-St. Louis and holds master's and doctoral
degrees from Northwestern University. He worked for ten years as a
free-lance musician in St. Louis, New York, and Chicago, and taught
instrumental music at John Burroughs School in St. Louis from
1978-1981. Prior to assuming his present position, Dr. L'Hommedieu
was professor and head of the department of music at Mississippi
State University. He has also held teaching and administrative
posts at the University of Oregon and Northwestern University. His
research interests focus on faculty evaluation, teacher
effectiveness, arts education policy, and research methodology. His
publications include articles, reviews, and book chapters in the
Journal of Educational Psychology, Instructional Evaluation
and Faculty Development, Higher Education Research and
Development, Music Educators Journal, Journal of Music
Teacher Education, and the Handbook of Research on Music
Teaching and Learning. Dr. L’Hommedieu has served on the
executive boards of the Oregon, Mississippi, and Michigan Music
Educators Associations. From 1990-1998, he was a member of the
Editorial Committee of the Journal of Music Teacher Education.
He served from 1998-2002 on the Executive Committee of the Society
for Music Teacher Education, and as national chair of the Society
from 1998 to 2000. In 2003, he was named “Outstanding Arts
Administrator of the Year,” by ArtServe Michigan, the state
affiliate of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education. He is
currently past-president of the Michigan Music Educators
Association, chair of the Michigan Coalition for Music Education,
and chair of the board of directors of the Michigan Music
Conference.
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