Daniel Walzer, Ph.D.

Critical Listening Education in Sound Engineering: Theories and Strategies for Segmented Learning Critical Listening Education in Sound Engineering: Theories and Strategies for Segmented Learning provides structured guidance for understanding and teaching critical listening within sound engineerin...

Finalizing proofs for a chapter in a forthcoming edition for Focal Press on Critical Listening in Sound Engineering. Excited to work on this with (recent) PhD students Chris Dobbs and Jerelle Austin. www.routledge.com/Critical-Lis...

I’m pleased to share that doctoral student Jerelle Austin successfully defended his thesis this afternoon pending revisions. Proud advisor!

Drum restoration project is nearly complete.

Manuscript submitted. Now for the long wait.

Love to see the great work of our MAT faculty in the press. MAT faculty member Jason Palamara was quoted in the most recent issue of Newsweek. www.newsweek.com/breaking-rus...

Thinking of both of my grandfathers on Veteran's Day. My paternal grandfather was a doctor in the army. My maternal grandfather was in the army and stationed in Florida. Both in WWII; both complex figures with complex legacies. My father worked in the Public Health Service at the CDC. Grateful.

Finished wrapping the first drum. Like the progress so far.

The first stage of drum rewrapping is complete. More work to be done but happy with the progress so far.

Encouraged by last night's election results.

Considering graduate studies in music technology? Please join us for a free informational session next Tuesday evening at 7:00pm EST. IU Indianapolis offers a Master of Science in Music Technology (online/in person) and a PhD in Music Technology. Please see the poster with registration information.

Going to rewrap some drums to match this bass drum.

Symposium is a peer-reviewed journal and this might be an excellent opportunity for early career researchers, graduate students, and industry professionals. Please reach out if you are interested in discussing this in more detail. Happy to chat about it.

symposium.music.org/submissions....

College Music Society's Symposium will be accepting submissions for the February edition due out in 2026. I oversee the Music-Business-Industry component of the journal. Sharing the guidelines for those who might consider submitting.

We received a bit of good news today. Our department received an IU Indianapolis Institute for Engaged Learning grant to implement high impact learning practices into our courses beginning next semester. Very excited to integrate more project based learning into our teaching and assessments.

Something like that.

I cleaned out 14k emails from my inbox today.

Kate is awesome.

This grant marks an important step in advancing music therapy’s role in supporting recovery and mental health across the state.

Congratulations to Dr. Myers-Coffman!

Their team's yearlong study will expand programming at the Indianapolis Comprehensive Treatment Clinic, establish collaborations with three methadone clinics in high-need Indiana counties, and pilot tailored programming at Dove Recovery House, a residential recovery center for women.

We're very excited to share some research news from IU Indianapolis's music therapy area.

Dr. Kate Myers-Coffman, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Therapy, has been awarded $310,000 through the State Opioid Response Grant from the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addictions.

Today I will be participating in Conversations in STEM Education at the IU Indianapolis Library at 2:00pm. Please do stop by if you're in the area. events.iu.edu/seiri/event/...

A lot of my research integrates learning science and music technology pedagogy. The hard part is finding the right balance and way of presenting what are sometimes abstract concepts in a practical way.

Indeed. Been on both sides of it unfortunately!

I appreciate the perspective. We'll see what happens!

I have no issue submitting elsewhere. I also don't disagree with many of the comments. It just feels like lazy editing. We do this in good faith and it feels somewhat dismissive not to find a compromise towards publication. Maybe I'm wrong, though.

I get that competitive journals don't have a lot of space. I'm puzzled by this one because it's not the first time it's happened, and I'm confused as to why they would reject the positive feedback and only focus on the new comments brought on by nitpicky reviewers. What am I missing here?

We're coming up on a year of work. I'm not new to rejection. But I can't help but be frustrated. Stringing along R&Rs without a reasonable set of expectations is a waste of time. I've asked them to reconsider their decision. As an editor, I find R&Rs are generally a path towards publication. Odd.

After addressing a reviewer's concerns, that person somehow identified NEW issues as a result of what they asked me to change. So, the editors send out to a fourth reviewer, not familiar with the context, who wasn't happy. The journal rejects with no particular reason. I'm torn on this one for sure.

An article for a top journal goes through two rounds of revision. Each time, I responded to all of the comments and addressed concerns within word counts. After the first round, one reviewer recommended publication. After the second round, one brought up minor points. That's not where it ends.

A whole lot of people are fighting these days. Just know that you are seen and appreciated.