| Title: | Assistant Professor |
| Dept: | Music |
| Office: | MU 355 |
| Phone: | 216-687-3667 |
| Email: | C.A.OLSZEWSKI@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. MU 355, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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M.A., Music Therapy, University of Iowa
B.M., Music Therapy/Horn Performance, University of Iowa | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Carol A. Olszewski is a board certified music therapist and Assistant Professor of Music Therapy. Professor Olszewski has worked as a clinical music therapist with a myriad of populations and as a research scientist. Professor Olszewski has several areas of research interest including competency-based evaluation, instructor characteristics on learner outcomes, undergraduate music therapy program equivalency, and neural processing of individual music elements through typical and atypical hearing mechanisms. Her previous research under the University of Iowa's Music Perception team, an NIH-funded project examining music perception through cochlear implants, has been published in journals such as Ear and Hearing, The Journal of Music Therapy, and Otology & Neurotology. Professor Olszewski is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Urban Education with interest in Adult, Continuing, and Higher Education at Cleveland State University. She also currently serves on the Continuing Education Committee for the Certification Board for Music Therapists and as a local co-chair for the American Music Therapy Association's national conference. | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| competency-based evaluation, instructor characteristics on learner outcomes, undergraduate music therapy program equivalency, and neural processing of individual music elements through typical and atypical hearing mechanisms | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| Psychology of Music; Introduction to Music Therapy; Recreational Music Therapy; Medical and Hospice Music Therapy
Music Therapy Practicum I; Music Therapy in Psych and Rehab; and Music in Special Education and Therapy | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| American Music Therapy Association
The Certification Board for Music Therapists Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association Association of Ohio Music Therapists | ||
| Professional Experience: | ||
| Music Therapist, Board Certified, 2002 - present
Research Scientist, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Iowa 2003-2006 Clinical Music Therapist, West Music (IA) & The Music Settlement (OH) & private practice (OH) - '02-'16 Adjunct Faculty, CSU - '13-'14 Visiting Assistant Professor, CSU - '14-'16 Assistant Professor, CSU - present | ||
| Professional Service: | ||
| Co-chair, American Music Therapy Association National Conference
Continuing Education Committee, Certification Board for Music Therapists CBMT Satisfaction Survey Committee | ||