B.S. Northern State University
M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. University of Arizona
email:
lthompson@leeuniversity.edu
Assistant Professor of
Music, Graduate Studies in Music
Education
Linda Thompson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor
at Lee University in Cleveland, TN. She received
her BS in Secondary Education - Music from
Northern State University, and a Master of
Science in Education and Music from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her Ph.D. in
Music Education, from University of Arizona,
included a minor in Teaching and Teacher
Education. Prior academic positions include
serving as an assistant professor at the Crane
School of Music, SUNY-Potsdam and the University
of Minnesota – Twin Cities.
Thompson's research and teaching interests
include preservice teacher development,
sociological aspects of music education, and
music for special learners. She has presented at
local, state, national, and international
conferences and is published in the Bulletin of
the Council of Research in Music Education,
Journal of Music Therapy, Music Educators'
Journal, and General Music Today. Currently Dr.
Thompson serves as the chair of the Music
Education Special Interest Group of AERA as well
as serving on the executive board of the Society
of Music Teacher Education. Thompson also holds
Orff Certification and maintains memberships
with MENC:NAME, AERA, AOSA, and OAKE.
Dr. Thompson's public school teaching experience
included elementary general music and middle
school choral music in Evanston, Wyoming. In
addition, Dr. Thompson has taught private piano
to children and adults for the past 25 years.
Dr. Thompson is married to Dr. Mike Leuze, a
computational scientist. Their favorite pastimes
include cycling and downhill skiing.
Linda Thompson
