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Antía González Ben

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Music

Orcid identifier0000-0002-6164-2280
  • Assistant Professor
    Faculty of Music
  • University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, 80 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C5, Canada

BIO

I am an assistant professor of Music Education at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. I am cross-appointed (status only) at U of T's Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE).

 

My research areas include music education philosophies, curriculum studies, education policy, and sound studies. My scholarship focuses on the cultural and racial politics that shape present-day music education: How music education establishes realms of normalcy and possibility around specific knowledges and groups of people that simultaneously cast them as pedagogical “problems.”

 

My work has been published in edited books and peer-reviewed journals, including Teachers College Record (2021), Philosophy of Music Education Review (2022), International Journal of Music Education (2023), Curriculum Inquiry (2023), and Sound Studies (2023). My recent writing interrogates intended and unintended effects of advocacy discourses in music education. I am an editorial board member of Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education and Canadian Music Educator.

 

My scholarship has been funded through research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the University of Toronto Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI). I am the recipient of a Pedro Barrié de la Maza Foundation Graduate Fellowship, a laCaixa Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, a Morgridge Distinguished Graduate Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Kappa Delta Pi Hollis L. Caswell Laureate Scholarship, among others.

 

My teaching was recognized with a 2022 Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. I facilitate graduate and undergraduate courses specializing in philosophies of music education, critical theories in music education, sound studies, and research foundations. Before serving the U of T community, I was an elementary public school teacher in Madison, Wisconsin. I also taught pre-college music courses for middle- and high-school students.

 

I am a native of Galicia, Spain. I live in Toronto, the traditional land of the Anishinabek, the Haudenosaunee, the Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit, with my partner, child, and dog.

 

I am currently recruiting doctoral and master's students interested in using philosophical inquiry, post-foundational perspectives, and sound-based approaches to interrogate historical and contemporary discourses and practices in music education. (Please simply apply to a music education graduate program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music and mention my name in your application.)

MEDIA

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor of Music Education
    University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Toronto, Canada2020 - present
  • Pre-service Teacher Supervisor
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, School of Education, Madison, United States2019 - 2020
  • Teaching Assistant
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Mead Witter School of Music, Madison, United States2015 - 2018
  • Project Assistant
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Madison, United States2015 - 2017
  • Research Assistant
    University of Cambridge, Musical Creativities in Practice, Cambridge, United Kingdom2014 - 2015

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Strings & English-as-a-Second-Language Teacher
    Frank Allis Elementary, Madison, United States2018 - 2020
  • Strings Teacher
    Ray W. Huegel Elementary, Madison, United States2017 - 2018
  • Instructor, Summer Music Clinic
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, United States2016 - 2019
  • Instructor, College Access Program
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, United States2016 - 2016
  • Instructor, Education Outreach and Partnerships
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, United States2014 - 2015
  • Instructor
    Madison School and Community Recreation, Super Center Arts Camp, Madison, United States2013 - 2013

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction (Music Education)
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, United States2020
  • Ph.D. Minor in Musicology & Ethnomusicology
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, United States2020
  • Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction (Music Education)
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, United States2013
  • Master of Science in Social Pedagogy
    University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain2011
  • Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education & Music Education
    University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain2009

CERTIFICATIONS

  • English as a Second Language Teaching License (PK–12)
    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Madison, United States2020 - present
  • World Language: Spanish Teaching License (PK–12)
    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Madison, United States2019 - present
  • Instrumental Music Teaching License (K–12)
    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Madison, United States2017 - present
  • Generalist Teaching License (1–8)
    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Madison, United States2015 - present
  • Educational Counseling (7–12)
    Spanish Ministry of Education, Madrid, Spain2014 - present
  • Elementary Education (1–6)
    Spanish Ministry of Education, Madrid, Spain2009 - present
  • General Music (1–6)
    Spanish Ministry of Education, Madrid, Spain2009 - present

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Galician
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read, write, speak and understand

AVAILABILITY

  • Career advice
  • Collaborative projects
  • Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Media enquiries

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI)

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