Research and Publications
Bethany's research examines the benefits of musical involvement on youth in the juvenile justice system, and was conducted with the youth in her detention string program, Chatham Strings.
This research was the subject of Bethany’s doctoral dissertation, and was published in the String Research Journal (2022). She also presented a poster on the research at the International Society of Music Educators Community Music Activity Commission at the 2021 ISME World Conference.
Also check out her guest column, which appeared in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and opinion piece with Lemaro Thompson, which was published in South Florida Sun Sentinel!
Sarasota Herald-Tribune Guest Column
Drawing on our fields of business and music, Lemaro Thompson (Assistant Professor of Management at Florida Southern College) and I collaborated on this opinion piece to argue that classical music training can serve as a strategic tool for minority teens in juvenile detention to counteract the negative effects of statistical discrimination in future employment and education. By signaling elite cultural capital, skills like playing the cello can disrupt biases, reshape perceptions, and create new opportunities.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/02/27/how-the-cello-hacks-the-system-and-fights-racial-bias-opinion/?share=e2deiint2lytcssthme0
South Florida Sun Sentinel Opinion Piece
