Patrick Schmidt, Ph.D.
Patrick Schmidt joined the faculty of Teachers College, Columbia University as Professor of Music and Music Education in Fall 2022. Previously he served as faculty and chair of Music Education and Dance at Western University, Canada; Associate Director of Florida International University’s School of Music in Miami, Florida; and Associate Director at the Westminster College in Princeton, USA, for 11 years. He also currently serves as a docent at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts, Helsinki.
A Latino from Brazil, Schmidt’s innovative work in critical pedagogy, urban music education and policy studies is recognized both nationally and internationally. His most recent publications can be found in the International Journal of Music Education; Theory into Practice; Arts Education Policy Review; Research in Music Education; Journal of Curriculum Theorizing; Philosophy of Music Education Review; Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education; ABEM Journal in Brazil; and the Finnish Journal of Music Education. Schmidt serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Council of Research in Music Education, Arts Education Policy Review, the ABEM Journal, the Revista Internacional de Educacíon Musical published by ISME and the Journal of Popular Music Education.
Beyond his ongoing research projects, Schmidt has led several consulting and evaluative projects, including recent work for the National YoungArts Foundation and the New World Symphony in the United States, as well as for the Ministry of Culture and Education in Chile. Schmidt co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Music Education and Social Justice (2015); a two-volume book, published in 2020, on leadership in higher music education; and the 2021 Routledge Handbook for the Sociology of Music Education. Patrick’s co-edited book with Richard Colwell, Policy and the Political Life of Music Education, was released by Oxford University Press in February 2017. His latest book, Policy as Practice: A Guide for Music Educators, was released by Oxford in 2020.