About Patrick K. Cooper

Patrick K. Cooper, Ph.D., is a social entrepreneur, educator, musician, researcher, and author from Mesa, Arizona. His publications can be found in research journals such as Psychology of Music, International Journal of Music Education, Journal of Popular Music Education, and Research Perspectives in Music Education, as well as in edited volumes such as The Learner Centered Music Classroom (eds. Williams, D. A., Kladder, J. R., Routledge) and The Music Technology Cookbook (ed. Bell, A. P., Oxford University Press). Cooper currently teaches classes at the University of South Florida and Westminster Choir College with previous appointments at the Crane School of Music at SUNY-Potsdam and K-8 public schools in the Phoenix, Arizona area. He gives guest lectures and workshops around the country on learner-centered pedagogy, music technology, hip-hop, and psychology research.