Dr. David Stringham: Executive Director of the Office of Creative Propulsion

David Stringham is Professor of Music and the Executive Director of the Office of Creative Propulsion in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at James Madison University. Prior to this appointment, he co-founded JMU’s Center for Inclusive Music Engagement and served as its founding director. Dr. Stringham’s teaching and research interests include generative creativity, lifelong music engagement, and music teacher education. His work has been supported by the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the 4-VA Collaborative, and disseminated through a variety of presentations and publications. Dr. Stringham currently serves as chair of National Association for Music Education’s Creativity Special Research Interest Group, editorial board member for College Music Society’s Emerging Fields in Music series, and editor of the peer-reviewed, open-access journal Research and Issues in Music Education.