Lynann Schraer-Joiner, Ph.D.

Ph.D., Music Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.M., Music Education and Flute Performance, Ohio University
B.M., Music Education, SUNY Fredonia

Lyn E. Schraer-Joiner is the Coordinator for Music Education and Assessment and is an Associate Professor at Kean University. Schraer is the author of the book Music for Children with Hearing Loss: A Resource for Parents and Teachers (Oxford University Press, 2014) and she is co- director for the Kean University/Community Access Unlimited Collaborative. Her research findings have been presented on both the national and international levels and published in journals such as Early Childhood Development and Care, The Music Educators Journal (MEJ), and Music Education Research Schraer taught instrumental, vocal, and general music, grades K-12 in the public schools of New York for five years and has taught on the undergraduate level for 18 years.

Schraer-Joiner’s research interests include community music making for adults with special needs, the musical rehabilitation of adult cochlear implant recipients, musical responsiveness of prelingually deafened children, ages 2-4, as well as musicians and hearing loss.

MUS 1000 - Music Survey
MUS 1050 - Music Fundamentals
MUS 1561/1564 - Class Woodwinds I
MUS 1562 - Class Woodwinds II
MUS 2312 – Music Pedagogy I
MUS 2900 - Principles and Foundations of Music Education
MUS 3121  - Choral Conducting
MUS 3310/3311 - Elementary School Music Methods and Field
MUS – 3312 – Music Pedagogy II
MUS 3320/3322 - Secondary School Music Methods and Field
MUS 4000 – Music Teacher in the Classroom
SPED  4200 – CLINICAL II CAPSTONE
MUS 4301 – Clinical Practice
MUS 4401 – Music Practicum I
EMSE 4900 - Elementary Middle and Secondary Education

See CV for a complete listing. 

Publications

2020, Yennari, M., Schraer-Joiner, L. & Toole, G. Singing and the child who is deaf or hard of hearing: Exploring opportunities for musical expression through song. In F. Russo, B. Ilari, & A. Cohen (Eds., vol 1) Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing. Abingdon Oxford, OX: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group

2015, Gertner, A., & Schraer-Joiner, L. (December 1, 2015). Music for Children with Hearing Loss. In K. McCord & D. Blair, (Eds.) Exceptional Music Pedagogy for Children with Exceptionalities: International Perspectives. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780190234577

2014, Schraer-Joiner, L. Music for Children with Hearing Loss: A Resource for Parents and Teachers. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN-10: 0199855838

Presentations

2020, Meeting the Requirements for the edTPA During Your Field Experience: One University’s Approach for Promoting Success. New Jersey Music Educators Association State Conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey, February 20-22, 2019

2019, Keeping Music alive: Inclusive Music Education Across the Lifespan New Jersey Music Educators Association State Conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey, February 21-23, 2019

2018, Developing a Music Program for Adults with Developmental and/or Physical

Disabilities Three Collaborative Community-Based Projects with Implications for Special Music Education 2018 Seminar for the ISME Pre-conference Commission for Special Music Education and Music Therapy Seminar, Saltzburg, Austria July 12-14

2018, Improving Quality of Life - Music for Adults with Developmental and/or Physical March Disabilities: A Unique University/Community Collaboration, 2018 International Centre for Community Music Student Research Symposium, Columbia University, New York, May 24-25, 2018

2018, Improving Quality of Life - Music for Adults with Developmental and/or Physical

March Disabilities: A Unique University/Community Collaboration, NAfME

Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, March 22-24, 2018

2017, A Musical Community for Special Learners: Bridging the Gap after IDEIA. Presentation for the NAfME Eastern Division Biennial In-Service Conference. Atlantic City, NJ, April 7, 2017

2017, Making it in the real world: The role and benefits of music in the lives of adults with special Needs.  Poster presentation for the NAfME Eastern Division Biennial In-Service Conference Atlantic City, NJ, April 6, 2017

2016, How do Generation Y and Z teacher candidates relate to and interpret elements of teacher training that are geared towards developing professional dispositions? Poster presentation for the International Society for Music Education World Conference, July 28, 2016

2016, Aging Out of IDEA: Preparing Special Learners for Life After the Public Schools. Poster presentation for the  21st International Seminar of the ISME Commission on Music in Special Education and Music Therapy, Drake Music Scotland, July 20-24, 2016