Andrew Knight
Contact Information
Role: Faculty
Position: Associate Professor of Music
Biography
Dr. Andrew Knight holds a bachelor's degree in Percussion Performance, Jazz emphasis from UW-La Crosse, a music therapy equivalency and master's degree from the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. in Educational Foundations and Research from the University of North Dakota (UND).
Dr. Knight has research interests in substance use disorders in adults and early childhood social/emotional developmental issues. He directs the Parkinson’s Disease vocal exercise group in collaboration with the Parkinson’s Support Group in Larimer County and is a Music Together Within TherapyTM provider. His research has been published in the Journal of Music Therapy and Music Therapy Perspectives, among other journals, and serves as Associate Editor for Book Reviews for JMT. He is the 2017-2019 president of the Midwestern Region (MWR) of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA), on the AMTA Assembly of Delegates, and has won the MWR and AMTA Service Awards. Along with Drs. Blythe LaGasse and Alicia Clair, he is a co-editor of the 2018 Introduction to Music Therapy textbook published by AMTA.
Education
Ph.D. - Educational Foundations and Research, University of North Dakota; Masters- Music Therapy, University of Minnesota; Bachelors- Percussion Performance, Jazz Emphasis, UW at La Crosse
Curriculum Vitae
Courses
MU 443: Music Therapy Methods II: Mental Health
MU 445/545: Music Therapy Composition and Improvisation
MU 252D: Music Therapy Percussion
MU 486: Music Therapy Practicum
MU 680A2: Interprofessional Health Care