Renee Wilson is Associate Professor of Music Education at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi, where she also serves as the coordinator of graduate and undergraduate music education programs,the coordinator of graduate studies in music, and the academic advisor to music education majors. She serves as President of Kodály Mississippi, a chapter of the Organization of American Kodály Educators.
Dr. Wilson is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and Texas Tech University, where she studied with Dr. Janice Killian and Dr. Susan Brumfield. Prior to her appointment at MC, she served students in Kentucky and Texas public schools as an elementary music teacher and band director. Dr. Wilson has presented clinics for the West Texas Kodály Initiative and the Mississippi Music Educators Association, as well as local districts and organizations. She has adjudicated instrumental and vocal solo and ensemble events at the regional and state level. She has also presented research for the National Association for Music Education, the Society for Music Teacher Education, the Texas Music Educators Association, and the Pop Culture Association/American Culture Association. Her research interests have included gender issues associated with conducting and teaching, parenthood and employment in the arts, and the development of self-efficacy in teacher candidates.
