Rhoda Bernard
Rhoda Bernard, Ed.D. holds a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in government from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Music with academic honors in jazz voice from New England Conservatory. She earned both her Master of Education and Doctor of Education degrees from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Bernard regularly presents keynote presentations and research at conferences throughout the U.S. and abroad, and she provides professional development workshops for educators in local, national, and international forums. Her work has been published in several book chapters and in numerous journals, including Music Educators Journal; Music Education Research; Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education; Mountain Lake Reader; and Arts and Learning Research Journal. Bernard has been honored with the Irene Buck Service to Arts Education Award from Arts|Learning (2023), the Berklee Urban Service Award (2017), the Boston Conservatory Community Service Award (2011), the Boston Conservatory Faculty/Staff Spirit Award (2007), and the Outstanding Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention (Second Place) from the Arts and Learning Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association. An active arts education advocate, she is the immediate past chair of the Arts Education Advisory Council of Americans for the Arts, and she serves on its speakers bureau. A vocalist and pianist who specializes in jazz music and Jewish music in Yiddish and Hebrew, she performs regularly with a number of klezmer bands and has recorded two CDs with the band Klezamir.
Managing Director, Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education
Assistant Chair, Music Education
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Nilgün SAZAK
Nilgün SAZAK has born in Bolu. After completing her primary and secondary education in Bolu, she has educated at Selçuk University Faculty of Education, Music Education Department between years of 1988-1992. In 1995 she has taken office as Research Assistant in Abant İzzet Baysal University. In 1997, she has completed her master in A.İ.B.U. Institute of Social Sciences and in 2001 she has completed her Ph.D. in Gazi University of Institute of Science. Sazak has been research assistant at Gazi University GEF GSE Department between years of 1997-2001.She has officiated as Assoc. Prof.Dr. in Abant İzzet Baysal University between years of 2002-2004. In 2004 she has transferred to Kocaeli University Faculty of Education Fine Arts Department. In 2009, she has taken Associate Professor Degree from the same university. She has officiated as head of department of Fine Arts Education in Kocaeli University Education Faculty between 2004-2013. She has begun to work in Sakarya University State Conservatory in 2013. She has taken Professor Degree in 2015. She has lectured on specialized field of license and master. She has two books which have been published by national presses, seven book part, many articles and notices. She has taken officiated as “Project Member” at 3 TÜBİTAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) Projects, 1 BAP (Scientific Investigation Project) 1 Trademark Project and has taken officiated as “Project Coordinater” during in her academic life. As a “ advisor” in 4 TUBITAK 2209A Projects, which are student projects, he supported his students to gain project culture. During her musical life she has given many solo and choral concerts. She has been awarded many times in national and international festivals with the polyphonic choirs, she founded and directed. At the same time, she has been working as an evaluation jury in national and international Choir Festivals organized in Ankara and Istanbul for years. Nilgün Sazak is married and a mother of two children. Nowadays she is taking office as Director of Sakarya University State Conservatory and the chairman of the board of directors of the Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Art and Design Education.
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