Edward McClellan is the Rita O. Huntsinger Distinguished Professor of Music, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at Loyola University New Orleans. Dr. McClellan is a member of the Editorial Boards for the International Journal of Music Education, Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, and Music Educators Journal. He has published research in the Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Contributions to Music Education, Visions of Research in Music Education, and Music Educators Journal.

Dr. McClellan is member of the Steering Committee of the International Society for Sociology of the Music Education, Louisiana State Chair of the Society of Research in Music Education (SRME), Louisiana State Chair of the Society of Music Teacher Education (SMTE), and Louisiana Music Educators Association (LMEA) Collegiate Division Chair of the National Association for Music Education. He is also former Chair of the Social Sciences Special Research Interest Group (SRIG) and Perception and Cognition Special Research Interest Group (SRIG) for the National Association for Music Education. Recently, Dr. McClellan released his book The Psychology of Teaching and Learning Music by Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group in the summer of 2023.

image of Hilton Long Beach hotel with copy 2026 Biennial NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education Conference. Long Beach, California. Call for proposals due February 23, 2026. Logos for Society for Music Teacher Education and Society for Research in Music Education
September 2025 Music Educators Journal cover art. Now available online. The latest issue of Music Educators Journal.
Get to know the 2026 NAfME National and Division President-Elect candidates