| Title: |
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Undergraduate Music Therapy |
| Dept: | Music Therapy |
| Office: | MU 126 |
| Phone: | 216-687-3667 |
| Email: | C.A.OLSZEWSKI@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. MU 126, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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| Education: | ||||||||
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Ph.D., Urban Education, Cleveland State University, 2019
M.A., Music Therapy, University of Iowa, 2003 B.M., Music Therapy/Horn Performance, University of Iowa, 2001 | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Carol A. Olszewski is a board certified music therapist and Associate Professor of Music Therapy. Professor Olszewski has worked as a clinical music therapist with a myriad of populations and as a research scientist.
Dr. Olszewski has several areas of research interest including adult learning and development, faculty socialization, development and educational training of clinician professors, structure of the academy, 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 experiences 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. Dr. Olszewski recently completed a Ph.D. in Urban Education with interest in Adult, Continuing, and Higher Education at Cleveland State University. She currently serves on the Continuing Education Committee for the Certification Board for Music Therapists and on the Academic Approval Committee for the American Music Therapy Association. | ||
| 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
Medical and Hospice Music Therapy Music Therapy in Psych and Rehab Research in Music 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 - '16-sp'22 Associate Professor, CSU - F22-present | ||
| University Service: | ||
| CLASS Secretary August 2019-June 2020
Music Department Assessment Committee August 2017- PRESENT Chair August 2017- PRESENT CLASS Research Advisory Board August 2018 - PRESENT CSU Faculty advisor to Student Government Association August 2017- JUNE 2019 Music Department faculty co-advisor to August 2016 - PRESENT Cleveland State Student Music Therapists Participate in GoBabyGo sensory Saturday w/ MT student October 2018 Music Department Faculty Search Committee ¿ Music Ed, assist. Lect Summer 2018 Music Department Curriculum Committee August 2016 - August 2017 | ||
| Professional Service: | ||
| Academic Approval Committee, American Music Therapy Association
Continuing Education Committee, Certification Board for Music Therapists Co-chair, American Music Therapy Association National Conference, 2016 CBMT Satisfaction Survey Committee | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| Olszewski, C. A. & DeBoth, K. (submitted, 2019). Interprofessional piano keyboard intervention in preschoolers with neurodevelopmental disorders: A pilot study examining school readiness skills and nervous system responsivity. NIH-R21-RFA-NS-10-009: $275,000.
Olszewski, C. A. (funded, 2019, in progress). Exploration of the clinical training of music therapy faculty members. Cleveland State University, FSA program: $5000. DeBoth, K., & Olszewski, C. (June 2019). Interprofessional Piano Keyboard Intervention in Early Childhood Education. GRAMMY Museum Research Grant: $20,000. Not funded. DeBoth, K., & Olszewski, C. (invited to revise and resubmit, 2018). Interprofessional Piano Keyboard Intervention in Early Childhood Education. GRAMMY Museum Research Grant: $20,000. Olszewski, C. A. & Reinhart, L. (funded, completed September 2018). RAS expanded: Visual and tactile cueing with individuals with gait disorder. Cleveland State University, USRA program: $3500. | ||