Stephanie J. Kapsa (She/Her/Hers)

Dr. Kapsa has had the joy of teaching elementary general music, since 2002, with students from Minnesota, Missouri, Texas, and Wisconsin. Recently, she has had the opportunity to work with students from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point while serving as an adjunct faculty member, lecturer, and supervising teacher. Stephanie was the Wisconsin Music Education Association (WMEA) Mentorship Chair (2022-2024) and is a current member of the WMEA Standards committee. Stephanie completed her Master of Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where she researched student engagement in the general music classroom. Her research culminated with a graduate thesis titled: Creating a Catchy Hook: Engagement of Adolescents in the General Music Classroom, which she successfully defended with honors. Additionally, Stephanie completed her Ed.D in Educational Sustainability with an emphasis in Music Education after successfully defending her doctoral dissertation titled, Creating Transformative Teaching Practices: Teachers Perceptions of Arts Integration Pedagogy for Teacher Creativity in the Elementary School Classroom. She will continue her research into transformative teaching practices in music education and developing preservice teaching programs that engage and prepare new teachers for success in the 21st century music classroom.  

Dr. Kapsa has presented her research, as well as other topics related to music education, at Wisconsin Music Education Association Conference (WMEA), Active and Integrative Music Education Conference (AIME), the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Viterbo University, Rutgers-New Brunswick Mason Gross School of the Arts, and Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. In addition, she is a member of the Wisconsin Music Educators Association, National Association for Music Education, International Society for Music Education, Society for Music Teacher Education, Institute of Arts Integration and STEAM, and the Society for Research in Music Education.