that Kruse co-leads with Dr. William Patterson and others has been awarded grants from the university’s Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Impact of the Arts and the Humanities; the Student Sustainability Committee; and the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion’s Call to Action to Address Racism and Social Injustice. This project also earned the 2021 Campus Excellence in Public Engagement award.
Pete Shungu is a Teaching Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His areas of expertise include Hip-Hop music education, jazz music education, multilingual (ELL) education, and more. Prior to joining UIUC, Pete taught music, English, history, ESL, service-learning and other subjects at both the high school and university level in several different locations, including Champaign, IL, Boston, MA, Brooklyn, NY and Colima, Mexico. He is a “Double Jumbo,” having earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations and a Master of Arts in teaching, both from Tufts University in Massachusetts. In addition, he holds teaching endorsements in ESL and bilingual education, and he is trilingual, speaking English,
Spanish and French. Pete was born in New Jersey to a father from the heartland of Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo) and a mother from the heartland of the U.S. (Kansas). He is an award-winning Hip-Hop MC, spoken word poet, and trumpet player. He is also the MC/trumpeter/bandleader of Afro D and Global Soundwaves, a six-piece blend of jazz, funk, soul and socially-conscious Hip-Hop. Pete has taught Hip-Hop music to youth in a variety of settings, including at the University of Illinois’s ISYM Hip-Hop Camp. Pete and his wife Melissa are proud parents to four children: Paula, Malia, Naima and Isaac.
GPME poster session and reception to follow. Master of Arts in Music Education students present posters describing research they have done. Reception open to the Jane Frazee Distinguished Scholar-Artist Series and poster session attendees describing their research projects.
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