Past Presentations

PRESENTATIONS BY DR. JODY CONRADI STARK

“The Role of Music in the Lives of People with Disabilities”
Presented at AFA Michigan – Arts for All (formerly VSA Michigan) 2019 Affiliate Planning Meeting/Workshop, Ralph A. MacMullen DNR Conference Center, August 24, 2019, Higgins Lake, Roscommon, Michigan.

“Your Brain and the Powerful Impact of Music.”
Presented at Alzheimer’s Association Community Connect, October 10, 2018, West Bloomfield, Michigan (with DSO Cellist Jeremy Crosmer).

“Feel the Music! Music Therapy in the Medical Setting.”
Presented at 2018 DMC Nurses Week Conference, May 11, 2018, Motor City Casino Sound Board, Detroit, Michigan.

“This is the Human Brain…On Music!”
Presented at Michigan State University Science Festival, Detroit Expo Day at Belle Isle Park, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, April 15, 2018, Detroit, Michigan.

“MSU Community Music Schools: Providing a Diversity of Music Therapy Outreach and Engagement”
Presented at the 65th Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, April 14, 2018, Ypsilanti, Michigan (with Cindy Lu Edgerton).

“Experience the Diversity of Creative Arts Therapies: Music, Dance/Movement and Art Therapy”
Presented at the 65th Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, April 13, 2018, Ypsilanti, Michigan (with Cindy Babcock, Karen Barsy, Lourie Davis, Laurie Herman, Katie Hutchens, and Wendy Sprague).

“Creatively Cultivating Great Businesses in the Great Lakes”
Presented at the 65th Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, April 11, 2018, Ypsilanti, Michigan (with Sara Devine, Jennifer Hicks, Betsey Zenk Nuseibeh, Nancy Swanson, and Jennifer Whitlow).

“Music and Art Therapy”
Presented at DMC 15th Annual Just For You, Edgewood Country Club, October 6, 2017, Commerce Township, Michigan (with Erin Keith).

“Community Health – Dissolving Disparities”
Presented at Detroit Institute of Arts, Arts and Health Symposium, September 26, 2017, Detroit, Michigan (invited Panel Presenter).

“Your Brain and the Powerful Impact of Music”
Presented at Alzheimer’s Association Community Connect, September 13, 2017, West Bloomfield, Michigan (with DSO Violinist Laurie Landers Goldman).

“Looking Back and Moving Forward: 25 Years of a Music Therapy Business”
Presented at the 15th World Congress of Music Therapy, July 8, 2017, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

“Where Words Fail…How Music Speaks”
Presented at Michigan State University Science Festival, Detroit Expo Day at Belle Isle Park, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, April 9, 2017, Detroit, Michigan.

“Music Therapy in Memory Care: DSO & American House Music Therapy Pilot”
Presented at Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Musicians in Health and Wellness Professional Development, March 22, 2017, Detroit, Michigan (Invited Panel Presenter).

“Creative Arts Therapies for Children and Adolescents with Severe Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders: Music, Dance/Movement, and Art Therapy.”
Presented at the Michigan Department for Health & Human Services – Hawthorn Center, November 1, 2016, Northville, Michigan (with Karen M.L. Barsy, Laurie Herman, and Margaret McGuinness).

“Creative Interventions for Individuals with Visual Impairments: Let’s Move and Groove!”
Presented at the Michigan Chapter Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Annual Conference, April 29, 2016, Livonia, Michigan (with Karen M.L. Barsy and Ashley DeLaFranier).

“Where Words Fail…How Music Speaks”
Presented at Michigan State University Science Festival, Detroit Expo Day at Belle Isle Park, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, April 24, 2016, Detroit, Michigan.

Click here for Additional Presentations (2004-2015)

“Where Words Fail…How Music Speaks” Presented at Michigan State University Science Festival Detroit Day, Scarab Club, April 19, 2015, Detroit, Michigan.

“MSU Community Music School: Detroit Outreach and Collaboration through Music and Dance-Movement Therapy” Presented at the Society for Arts in Healthcare Conference, May 4, 2012, Detroit, Michigan.

“CMS-Detroit COTS Kids Create! Music and Dance-Movement Therapy for At-Risk Preschoolers” featured stop on the Society for Arts in Healthcare Conference Community Bus Tour, May 2, 2012, Detroit, Michigan.

“Group Music Therapy for Breast Cancer Survivors: Addressing Quality of Life Needs” Poster presented at the American Music Therapy Association Conference, November 19, 2011, Atlanta, Georgia.

“MSU-Detroit Outreach through Early Childhood Music and Music Therapy” Poster presented at the National Outreach Scholarship Conference, October 3, 2011, East Lansing, Michigan (with Julie Kastner).

“Perspectives on Self-Employment in Music Therapy” Presented at the Michigan Music Therapists Spring Workshop, April 17, 2010, Battle Creek, Michigan (with Jaime Merritt and Kellee Coviak).

“The Effects of Group Music Therapy on Psychosocial Well-Being and Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: Doctoral Research in Progress.” Presented at the International Conference on Music Therapy and Supportive Cancer Care, March 26, 2010, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

“Let the Music Move You!” Presented at the 11th Annual Art of Aging Workshop, Wayne State University, Institute of Aging, March 25, 2010, Detroit, Michigan (with Cindy Babcock and Laurie Herman).

“Music & Imagery Part I: Supportive and Re-educative Music & Imagery.” Presented at the 20th Conference of the Association for Music and Imagery, June 25, 2009, Techny, Illinois (with Frances Smith Goldberg, Elaine Abbott, Suzannah Scott-Moncrieff, Laura Pawuk, and Deborah Phelps).

“Part I: Music Therapy with At-Risk Children.” and “Part II: Integrating Music into Treatment with At-Risk Children.” Presented July 29 and September 24, 2008, at Christ Child House, Detroit, Michigan.

“Our Journey: A Story of Therapist-Client Experiences in Supportive Guided Imagery & Music.”
Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education, Narrative Gallery, February 7, 2008, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

“International Student Roundtable: Strategies for Student Success.” Presented at the American Music Therapy Association’s 9th Annual Conference, November 16, 2007, Louisville, Kentucky (with Eunmi Emily Kwak).

“Multicultural Issues in the 21st Century:  Becoming a Culturally Responsive Music Therapist.” Presented at the American Music Therapy Association’s 8th Annual Conference, November 18, 2006, Kansas City, Missouri (with Frederick Tims).

“Spontaneous Song Development in Music Therapy.” Presented at the Michigan Music Therapists Fall Conference, September 16, 2006, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (with Cindy Edgerton).

“International Student Roundtable.” (Co-Facilitator) Presented at the 53rd Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, March 25, 2006, Novi, Michigan (with Ed Roth).

“Different Backgrounds, Common Goals:  Music, Dance-Movement, and Art Therapies.” Presented at the 53rd Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, March 25, 2006, Novi, Michigan (with Cindy Babcock, Karen Barsy, Lourie Davis, Laurie Herman, Katie Hutchens, and Wendy Sprague).

“Multicultural Issues in the 21st Century:  Becoming a Culturally Responsive Music Therapist.” Presented at the 53rd Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, March 24, 2006, Novi, Michigan (with Frederick Tims).

“Improvisational Music Therapy: Drawing on the Basic Tenets of Analytical Music Therapy (AMT).” Presented at the 11th World Congress of Music Therapy, July 22, 2005, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (with Frederick Tims).

“Self-Employment and Program Development in Music Therapy: Perspectives in Private Practice.” Presented at the Michigan Music Therapists Spring Conference, May 14, 2005, Lowell, Michigan (with Dawn Emrick, Megan Gunnell, and Teri Holmberg).

“Improvisational Music Therapy: Drawing on Procedures from Priestley’s Analytical Music Therapy (AMT).” Presented at the American Music Therapy Association’s 6th Annual Conference, November 19, 2004, Austin, Texas (with Diana Ramette and Frederick Tims).

“The Value of Music Improvisation Groups for Personal Growth, Peer Support, and Burn-Out Prevention.” Presented at the 51st Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, March 19, 2004, Indianapolis, Indiana (with Frederick Tims).

PUBLICATIONS

Kiernan, J. M., Stark, J. C., & Vallerand, A. H. (2018). Music interventions as a mitigant of
chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a PRISMA-based systematic review of the literature. Oncology Nursing Forum, 45(1), 88-95. doi: 10.1188/18.ONF.88-95.

Stark, J. C. (2012). Perceived benefits of group music therapy for breast cancer survivors: Mood,
psychosocial well-being, and quality of life (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest LLC database. (UMI No. 3506104)