About Dr. Virginia Davis

Dr. Virginia Wayman Davis is Professor of Music Education at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where she teaches courses in music education and research for undergraduate and graduate students. She is on the editorial board of The Journal of Popular Music Education and the advisory board of the Desert Skies Symposium on Research in Music Education. Dr. Davis is published in the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, General Music Today/Journal of General Music Education, The Journal of Popular Music Education, The Journal of Music Teacher Education, and several others, in addition to several upcoming authored and edited books and book chapters. Her research interests include meaningful music education practices, secondary general music, drumming and percussion, and popular music education. Dr. Davis currently plays percussion with the Valley Symphony Orchestra (TX) and her faculty pop/rock band The Minör Revisiöns.