Kodály Faculty and Staff

AKI core faculty members are distinguished master teachers, experts in their fields, with real-life experience teaching children and adults. They are always available to correspond with prospective students via email.

Lauren McDougle

Lauren McDougle 
AKI Program Director
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lkmcdougle@loyola.edu

Biography
 Amanda Isaac

Amanda Isaac

Choral Studies
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Amy Weishaar

Teaching Music to Students with 
Special Needs

Ashley Cuthbertson

Ashley Cuthbertson

Pedagogy
 Felix Polendey

Felix Polendey

Choral Studies
 Francois Suhr


Francois Suhr

Musicianship
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James Dorsey

Advanced Studies in Music Education
 Jim Javorsky


Jim Javorsky

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Patrick Dempsey

Foundations of Educational Research

 
Rebecca Foster


Rebecca Foster

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Folk instruments
Stephanie Lichtenberger

Stephanie Lichtenberger

Choral Studies

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Pursuing Justice, Together

When students enroll in the undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs at Loyola’s School of Education, they are welcomed into a vibrant and diverse community of faculty, staff, students, and alumni who are engaged in ensuring an inclusive educational system that actualizes social justice.

Maria Hagen
Alumni

Maria Hagen

“The values of the Jesuits when it comes to education shapes Loyola’s program. It was a big influence on teaching candidates to respond to the individual student, to be driven by their needs.”
Camika Royal
Faculty

Camika Royal, Ph.D.

“I hope students leave my classes with bigger, broader questions about oppression in schools and classrooms, and I hope they continue developing ideas and plans about how to confront and disrupt these issues.”
Bianca Solorzano
Alumni

Bianca Solorzano

“This program has really propelled my career in the Montessori field. I've met amazing people, and I learned a lot about myself. It was a priceless experience that I couldn’t recommend more. ”
Kelly Keane
Faculty

Kelly Keane, Ed.D.

“The education technology faculty at Loyola work hard to develop a sense of community in all of the courses, and this leads to great relationships between students and faculty as well as among all students in the program.”