Petra Kern

Petra Kern, Ph.D., MT-DMtG, MT-BC, MTA, joined the music therapy faculty at the UofL School of Music to teach the following two hybrid courses: Music Therapy Techniques I and Principles & Practice II. 

A former scholar at UNC at Chapel Hill, Dr. Kern taught at the University of Windsor, SUNY New Paltz, and currently also at Marylhurst University. She is recipient of the AMTA 2008 Research/Publications Award, editor of imagine, and author of numerous publications. Dr. Kern serves as the immediate Past President of World Federation of Music Therapy (WFMT), on various editorial boards, and is a frequent international speaker.