Barbara Wheeler
Music Therapy, Director
Barbara Wheeler,
PhD, MT-BC, directs the music therapy program, teaches a variety of
music therapy courses, and advises music therapy students. She came to
the University of Louisville in 2000, having previously taught at
Montclair State University in NJ. Her clinical work has been with
children and adults with a variety of problems. Dr. Wheeler edited the
books Music Therapy Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives
and Music Therapy Research, 2nd Edition, and coauthored Clinical
Training Guide for the Student Music Therapist, and has written a
number of articles and chapters. She is Vice President of AMTA and a
discussion editor of Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy
(www.voices.no). Dr. Wheeler frequently speaks about music therapy both
in the U.S. and abroad.
