Julie Bannerman

HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS

1. S. K. Jones, & Bannerman, J. K. (2024). “We just kind of found ourselves”: A narrative study of first-generation college students and belonging in music education. Journal of Music Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/10570837241246573
2. E. O’Leary, & Bannerman, J. K. (2023). Technology integration in music education and the COVID-19 pandemic. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 238, 23–40. https://doi.org/10.5406/21627223.238.02
3. Bannerman, J. K. (2023). Supporting English learners in music classrooms. Music Educators Journal, 110(1), 27–33. https://doi.org/10.1177/002743212311972
4. Bannerman, J. K. (2023). Music Education and “Music for Uniting the Americas,” 1939–1946. Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, 44(2), 229–247. https://doi.org/10.1177/15366006221082563
5. Bannerman, J. K. & E. O’Leary (2021). Digital Natives, unplugged: Challenging assumptions of preservice music teachers’ technological skills. Journal of Music Teacher Education, 30(2), 10-23. https://doi.org/10.1177/1057083720951462
6. Bannerman, J. K. (2019). Singing in school culture: Exploring access to choral participation in a rural secondary school. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 222, 44-62. https://doi.org/10.5406/bulcouresmusedu.222.0044

Selected Conference Presentations:

1. Bannerman, J.K. (2024, September 25-28). Exploring linguistically responsive teaching: Perspectives of elementary general music teachers in bilingual schools [Research Poster Presentation]. National Association for Music Education Music Research and Teacher Education Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
2. O’Leary, E. & Bannerman, J.K. (2024, September 25-28). Music materials on TeachersPayTeachers.com: An analysis of content and quality [Spoken Research Presentation]. National Association for Music Education Music Research and Teacher Education Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
3. Jones, S. K. & Bannerman, J. K. (2023, October 12-14). A Narrative study of first generation college students and belonging in music education [Spoken Research Presentation]. Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Salt Lake City, Utah.
4. Bannerman, J. K. (2022, January 20-22). Including English Learners in music classrooms. Session for the Alabama Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference, Birmingham, AL.
5. Bannerman, J. K. (2021, January 21-23). Going deeper with multicultural music in the elementary general music classroom: World Music Pedagogy 101. Session for the Alabama Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference, Online.
6. Bannerman, J. K. (2020, January 16–18). PreK? Ok! Practical ideas for bringing PreK general music to life. Session for the 2020 Alabama Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference, Montgomery, Alabama.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / ACTIVITIES

• Editorial Board Member, Contributions to Music Education (2020-2028)
• Editorial Board Member, Music Educators Journal (2024-2028)
• Advisory Board Member, Music Educators Journal (2020-2024)
• Chair-elect, National Association for Music Education Social Sciences Special Research Interest Group (SRIG) (2024-2026)

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Julie Bannerman is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Alabama. Her appointment began in 2019. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education. A former public school music teacher, she specializes in general music education at all levels.

Dr. Bannerman’s research and clinical interests include culturally and linguistically diverse learners in music classrooms, general music education, curriculum development and innovation, technology integration, policy and access to music education, and music teacher education. She is published in the Music Educators Journal, Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, and Journal of Research in Music Education. Dr. Bannerman serves on the editorial boards of Contributions to Music Education and the Music Educators Journal. She is Chair-Elect of the Social Sciences Special Research Interest Group for the National Association for Music Education. Dr. Bannerman regularly presents research and clinical sessions at state, national, and international conferences.

Prior to her appointment as Assistant Professor, Dr. Bannerman served for three years as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Alabama. Before UA, she served for three years on the Music Education Faculty at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam in Potsdam, New York, as the Early Childhood Music specialist. Dr. Bannerman’s public school teaching career includes over five years working in early childhood, elementary, and middle school general and vocal music in Seattle, Washington and California’s Bay Area. She additionally served for two years in the United States Peace Corps as an education volunteer in Nicaragua, Central America (03’-05’). She has studied varied pedagogical approaches to general music education including Kodály (Levels 1 & 2), Orff-Schulwerk (Level 1), Dalcroze, world music pedagogy, and popular music pedagogy. She coordinated UA’s PreK Music Partnership with Tuscaloosa City Schools from 2016-2024.