Justin Caithaml

Justin Caithaml is currently a music education Ph.D. candidate and Graduate Assistant at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he serves as instructor for student teaching seminars and teaching assistant for undergraduate choral and general music education courses. He served as choir director at Midview Local Schools outside of Cleveland, Ohio for six years and completed his Master of Arts degree from Teachers College, Columbia University studying music and music education. Justin is a Past President of the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education and has served on several grant review panels for the Ohio Arts Council. Ensembles under his direction have collaborated with choirs from Westminster Choir College (NJ) and have performed at the Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. A passionate advocate for equity and access in music education, Justin’s current research focuses on more deeply understanding gender and sexuality discourse in the profession. His work has been accepted for presentation at a variety of conferences, including the Symposium on Music Teacher Education, the International Symposium on Research in Choral Singing, and the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, as well as state music education conferences in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

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