A commentary on “‘Music therapy is the very definition of white privilege’: Music therapists’ perspectives on race and class in UK music therapy” (Mains et al.)

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  • Jasmine Edwards New York University, United States of America

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https://doi.org/10.56883/aijmt.2024.408

Abstract

A commentary on “‘Music therapy is the very definition of white privilege’: Music therapists’ perspectives on race and class in UK music therapy” (Mains et al.).

Author Biography

Jasmine Edwards, New York University, United States of America

Jasmine Edwards, MA, LCAT, MT-BC (she/her) is a doctoral fellow studying music education with a focus in music therapy at New York University (NYU). Jasmine holds a BM and MA from Florida State University and NYU. Her clinical experiences include private practice, outpatient, school-based, and medical paediatric settings, and she is trained in NICU-MT, First Sounds: Rhythm, Breath and Lullaby (RBL), and Austin Vocal Psychotherapy. Jasmine’s scholarship centres on the role of cultural humility in both music therapy pedagogy and clinical practice. She has served as an adjunct faculty member at Howard University, NYU, Montclair State University, Nazareth College, Duquesne University, and Molly University. Jasmine is a Black/mixed race woman.

[jne254@nyu.edu]

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2024-07-04

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