Peter Miksza

Peter Miksza is Professor of Music Education and Chair of the Music Education Department at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. He serves as affiliate member of the IU Cognitive Science Program and co-director of the IU Jacobs Music and Mind Lab.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Doctor of Philosophy from Indiana University (2007)
• M.M. in Master of Music from Indiana University (2004)
• B.M. in Bachelor of Music from The College of New Jersey (1998)

His research centers on social- and cognitive-psychological aspects of musical skill acquisition—including practicing techniques, expertise development, musical expression, and memory—and extends to music teacher preparation methodologies and policy analysis using national datasets. This interdisciplinary work bridges music pedagogy with cognitive science.

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Miksza mentors graduate students in thesis and dissertation research while teaching undergraduate/graduate courses in music pedagogy, psychological dimensions of music learning, and quantitative research methods. He serves as faculty advisor for the IU collegiate chapter of the National Association for Music Education and currently edits the Journal of Research in Music Education.

He co-directs the IU Jacobs Music and Mind Lab and maintains affiliations with the IU Cognitive Science Program, driving collaborative research at the intersection of music, cognition, and education.