Researcher in Jazz Pedagogy,

Intercultural Maturity and Digital Humanities

 
 

photo by Chi Brown

Intercultural Maturity REsearch

Dissertation: A Jazz Orientation of the Three-Dimensional Developmental Trajectory of the Intercultural Maturity Model.

Hammonds, Lenora Helm. A Jazz Orientation of the Three-Dimensional Developmental Trajectory of the Intercultural Maturity Model. (Doctoral Diss., Boston University, 2021). ProQuest Publishing 28770684. 

In this case study, The King and Baxter Magolda (2005) Intercultural Maturity Model was utilized as the explanatory framework for development of intercultural maturity in a globally networked learning environment (GNLE) with college students. Through ethnographic data collection strategies and qualitative analysis of interviews, observations, narrative inquiry, and student artifacts, I explored the developmental stages of the intercultural maturity of study participants in a GNLE with college students from three international universities in South Africa, Europe, and the United States. I sought to determine if any relationship existed between the development of intercultural maturity and the study of jazz. This research inquiry represented a distinct opportunity to examine if student activities in jazz subjects might ground new theories for attainment of intercultural maturity. A globally networked classroom of jazz students presented a salient opportunity to observe if interactant traits could mature, instigated through jazz curricula, and whether such a model had explanatory potential in a web-based context. The findings were instructive for considerations comparative to traditional developmental models of intercultural maturity, with particular focus on the efficacy of asynchronous and synchronous student interactions within the activities. The context of a GNLE, an interesting alternative to study abroad when considered as a teaching and learning paradigm instead of just a technology modality, facilitated rich descriptions and data to gauge students’ demonstration of the domains of the King and Baxter Magolda (2005) Intercultural Maturity Model. Adding jazz curricula and pedagogy to the GNLE environment, situated between cohorts geographically apart, allowed for a reimagining of the King and Baxter Magolda Intercultural Maturity Model to A Jazz Orientation of the Three-Dimensional Developmental Trajectory of the Intercultural Maturity Model.

digital humanities research

Hammonds, L. H. (2021). Interpreting the Arts: A Digital Library of Artists of African Descent for Humanities Teaching in the Performing and Visual Arts. Visualizing Objects, Places, and Spaces: A Digital Project Handbook. https://doi.org/10.21428/51bee781.4fd61963

Professor Helm Hammonds created a project to develop DH tools to be used by performing artists in a research-based online teaching artist certificate program. The tools aided in defining new pedagogical methodologies to equip artists with curated materials for arts residencies, auditorium performances and research materials. In addition to story maps, timelines, databases and mini-documentaries, a new website is under construction comprising the DH tools.

Hammonds, L. H., Christensen, T.N., “Jazz, Constructionism, and Music Composition: Building Cultural Competencies in a Global Classroom Through the Performing Arts,” Globally Networked Teaching in the Humanities, Chapter 16. 2015. Routledge.




Hammonds, Lenora H., Oritsejafor, E. Navigating the Performing Arts in Globally Networked Learning Environment: The Case of Jazz! Born in America. Global Innovation of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Transgressing Boundaries, Chapter 9. 2014. Springer.




Jazz Pedagogy & ARTS EDUCATION REsearch

Hammonds, Lenora Helm. “The Gender Imperative in Jazz: The Role of Intercultural Maturity in Jazz Curricula.” The Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender. June 2022. ISBN 9780367534141. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Jazz-and-Gender/Reddan-Herzig-Kahr/p/book/9780367534141

The Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender identifies, defines, and interrogates the construct of gender in all forms of jazz, jazz culture, and education, shaping and transforming the conversation in response to changing cultural and societal norms across the globe. Such interrogation requires consideration of gender from multiple viewpoints, from scholars and artists at various points in their careers. This edited collection of 38 essays gathers the diverse perspectives of contributors from four continents, exploring the nuanced (and at times controversial) construct of gender as it relates to jazz music, in the past and present, in four parts:

  • Historical Perspectives

  • Identity and Culture

  • Society and Education

  • Policy and Advocacy

Acknowledging the art form’s troubled relationship with gender, contributors seek to define the construct to include all possible definitions—not only female and male—without binary limitations, contextualizing gender and jazz in both place and time. As gender identity becomes an increasingly important consideration in both education and scholarship, The Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender provides a broad and inclusive resource of research for the academic community, addressing an urgent need to reconcile the construct of gender in jazz in all its forms.


STUDY GUIDES COMMISSIONED BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION, 2021

Hammonds, Lenora. Music Education Study Guides: Stephen Hill. For filmRespect/Aretha Franklin. Zenzalai Group LLC for National Association for Music https://nafme.org/my-classroom/respect-film-discussion-guides/

Hammonds, Lenora. Music Education Study Guides: Lalah Hathaway. For film Respect/Aretha Franklin. Zenzalai Group LLC for National Association for Music Education (NAfME). 2021. https://nafme.org/my-classroom/respect-film-discussion-guides/

 Hammonds, Lenora. Music Education Study Guides: Jessica Rodriguez. For film Respect/Aretha Franklin. Zenzalai Group LLC for National Association for Music Education (NAfME). 2021 https://nafme.org/my-classroom/respect-film-discussion-guides/

 Hammonds, Lenora. Music Education Study Guides: Syreeta Butler. For film Respect/Aretha Franklin. Zenzalai Group LLC for National Association for Music Education (NAfME). 2021 https://nafme.org/my-classroom/respect-film-discussion-guides/