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Merryl Goldberg, Ed.D.
Music, School of Arts
Dr. Goldberg is a Professor in the School of Arts at California State University San
Marcos and Executive Director of Center ARTES. She teaches classes related to music,
and learning through the arts. Her publications include the books, Arts Integration:
teaching subject matter through the arts in multicultural settings (5th edition, Routledge);
Teaching English Language Learners through the Arts: A SUAVE Experience (2004, Allyn
and Bacon); and Arts as Education (1992, Harvard Educational Review).
She is the recipient of numerous grants including Arts Education Model Development
and Dissemination grant from the US Department of Education Office of Innovation and
Improvement, as well as grants from the Stuart Foundation, Panta Rhea, Spencer, John
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur grants, California Arts Council, and Fulbright-Hays
Foundations grants relating to her work with arts in the schools. Her current major
project is ART=OPPORTUNITY, a research based initiative providing leadership for advocacy for arts literacy:
www.csusm.edu/artopp/
Merryl is also a professional saxophonist and recording artist. She toured internationally
for 13 years with the Klezmer Conservatory Band, and has recorded over a dozen CDs
with major labels. She received her undergraduate degree from New England Conservatory
of Music and her Doctorate in Teaching, Curriculum and Learning Environments, from
the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Goldberg is co-principal investigator
on the DREAM (Developing Reading Education through Arts Methods) project http://dreaminstitute.wordpress.com/ and regularly speaks at national, statewide, and local conferences on the need and
benefits of arts in education. She is the director of Centre ARTES - a university center dedicated to restoring arts to education.
Channeling the power of arts into education article from the San Diego Union-Tribune
Download St. Petersburg 2017.pptx
Office ARTS 306
(760) 750-4322
goldberg@csusm.edu