Kimberly Lansinger Ankney

Kimberly Lansinger Ankney serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance at Christopher Newport University (CNU), Virginia. She specializes in music education methods, string pedagogy, and educational research, focusing on teacher noticing during improvisation/composition, responsive pedagogy, and preservice/inservice teacher development. As Director of Music Education, she bridges academic theory and practical classroom implementation.

• PhD in Music Education, Northwestern University
• MM in Music Education, University of Michigan
• BM in Music Education, Temple University

Her research explores:

• Teachers' cognitive responses to student creativity
• Development of improvisation confidence in group settings
• Musicianship-focused approaches for beginner ensembles
• Technological innovations in compositional representation

Notable contributions include co-authoring Music Discovery: Improvisation Activities for the Large Ensemble and Music Classroom (2020) and presenting at major conferences like NAfME and AERA. Her work appears in journals such as Advances in Music Education Research and Music Education Research.