Ann Marie Stanley, PhD

The Choral Director’s Cookbook: Insights and inspired recipes for beginners and experts
Ed. Alan Gumm, Ann Clements (contributing author), Joanne Rutkowski (contributing author)
Expert trade secrets from around the world all placed in one easy source. With outstanding records of performance, workshop clinics, recordings, research, composition, leadership, and teaching, the 57 authors provide their favorite “recipes” that range from overviews of successful programs to specific topics that will inspire all levels and types of choirs.
Meredith Music Publications, 2006
ISBN 1-57463-078-4

Silver Burdett Making Music, Grades: K-8
Ann Clements (contributing author)
Textbooks for the general music classroom from kindergarten to eighth grade.
Scott Foresman, 2005 (includes individual texts for teacher and student at each grade level, plus an audio package and CD-ROM.)

A Field Guide to Student Teaching in Music
Ann Clements and Rita Klinger
A practical guide to student teaching in music. This text contains over 30 online worksheets and 20 narratives and scenarios that will guide student teachers through their first teaching experiences.

Alternative Approaches in Music Education: Case Studies from the Field
Ed. Ann Clements, Robert Gardner (contributor), Linda Thornton (contributor)
This text contains 25 case studies of music programs from across the country that are implementing unique music practices in their music classrooms. This publication is presented in association with the National Association for Music Education (MENC) and the Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE).

Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education (Volume III, 3rd Edition)
Ed. Bill Anderson and Pat Campbell
Ann Clements: Pacific and Oceania Chapter Editor and Contributing Author
The third edition of this landmark text in multicultural music education consists of three volumes that cover multiple musical cultures from around the globe.

Dr. Stanley is the chair-elect of the Society for Music Teacher Education, one of music education’s most prestigious national professional organizations.

“I am thrilled to join the renowned Penn State School of Music. The superb quality of the students, alumni, staff, and faculty was immediately obvious to me when I visited, and I look forward to working with the entire community,” said Stanley. “The high level of talent and dedication across the school offers tremendous possibilities for enhancing our visibility and impact within the College of Arts and Architecture and the Penn State campus at large.”
Stanley is known for expertise in music teacher learning and professional development, and co-authored the 2020 Oxford Handbook of Preservice Music Teacher Education in the U.S. (Oxford University Press). She has chapters published in eight music education textbooks, and has written widely on musical collaboration, qualitative research methodology, and urban and rural music education. Stanley has had more than 20 research studies published in major music journals: Arts Education Policy Review, Bulletin for the Council for Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, and Research Studies in Music Education. She has also written on interdisciplinary arts policy, including editorship of a special focus issue on international arts teacher collaboration for the Arts Education Policy Review journal.
Stanley has presented her research at more than 30 national and international conferences, including being the invited research headliner at the 2022 Pennsylvania Music Educators’ Association conference. She has been an invited scholar-in-residence for Temple University, University of Florida, and Wichita State University and spoken at universities in the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, and China.