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Mr. Chad Zullinger begins his tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in the School of Music this fall, where his duties will include teaching courses in music technology, general, and choral music education. In addition, he serves as the President-elect of the California Music Educators Association (CMEA). Mr. Zullinger earned his M.M. in Choral Conducting from the University of Delaware and a B.M. in Composition at San Francisco State University. Currently, Mr. Zullinger is a Doctoral candidate in Music Education at Boston University. 

Chad has presented on topics in post-secondary music curriculum and pedagogical practices with numerous State National Association for Music Education (NAfME) organizations around the country. Recently, he presented his work at the Suncoast Music Education Research Symposium and the international conference, Research in Music Education (RiME). In these contexts, Mr. Zullinger encourages session participants and his students to engage reflexively, creatively, and to consider pedagogical approaches to curriculum and experiential learning in multiple musical disciplines and settings, a topic he explored in a forthcoming book chapter on Participatory Learning in the Music Classroom with Oxford University Press. He looks forward to continuing these paths of research, as well as seeking out opportunities for collaborative and independent work with the music education community in the greater Sacramento region.

Chad, his wife Angela, and two daughters, Ellen, and Hannah, recently relocated to Sacramento from the Bay Area. Outside of teaching, he enjoys playing guitar in rock bands, helping with his daughters’ softball and soccer teams, and walking his two dogs, Isabelle and Kipper.

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