Jacqueline Henninger

Dr. Jacqueline C. Henninger (PhD, Music Education, MM, Music Education, and BM Music Studies, The University of Texas at Austin) joined the Texas Tech University (TTU) School of Music (SOM) faculty in 2014 and is currently the Senior Division Head of Music Education and an Associate Professor of Music Education. In 2025, she was a recipient of the Chancellor's Council Distinguished Teaching Award. Prior to that, in 2018, she was inducted into the TTU Teaching Academy and was also named a recipient of the TTU Alumni Association New Faculty Award. Before joining the faculty at TTU, Dr. Henninger was a Fulbright Scholar in Sub-Saharan Africa, which enabled her to teach and research at Tumaini University Makumira in Usa River, Tanzania, East Africa from 2012 - 2014. Dr. Henninger has also held faculty appointments at The University of Texas at Austin (2005-2013) and The Ohio State University (2000 - 2005). Her teaching responsibilities across these different institutions have included undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, coordinating and supervising student teachers, and advising master and doctoral level examinations, projects, theses, and dissertations.

Dr. Henninger’s research, which has been presented at state, national, and international conferences, is focused on the following academic areas: music teacher preparation; representation, affirmation, and belonging in music settings; and the teaching and learning of culturally diverse music in the music classroom. Her articles have been published in the following journals:

Journal of Research in Music Education
International Journal of Music Education
Update: Applications of Research in Music Education
Journal of Music Teacher Education
Journal of Band Research
Texas Music Education Research
Southwestern Musician
Global Music and Culture: Intersections and Inclusion
Texas Music Educators Conference (TMEC): Connections
TRIAD.

Dr. Henninger is the author of a textbook chapter entitled The Teaching and Learning of Music of East Africa: Songs and Dances of Tanzania, which is included within the textbook entitled Teaching General Music: A K-12 Experience and is published by Routledge. She also has another book chapter that is currently in press with Oxford Press.  This chapter is entitled The Life of a Single Mom of Color in Academia: Challenges and Rewards and will be within the book Motherhood in the Music Education Academy.  In addition to presenting at different conferences and publishing in various journals and textbooks, Dr. Henninger has also served (and is currently serving) on the editorial boards/committees for several state, national, and international refereed journals in the field of music education.

Dr. Henninger is active in state, national, and international professional organizations. She is currently the Board Advisor for the Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE).  She has also served in several different roles on the executive board of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) – Texas, which is the state affiliate of the national organization. Those roles have included Past President, President, President-Elect, Member-at-Large, and a member of the Council of Chairs.  She has also served as a Facilitator for the SMTE ASPA (Areas of Strategic Planning and Action), Cultural Diversity and Social Justice for Music Teacher Education.  Additionally, Dr. Henninger has served as the Chair for the Special Research Interest Group (SRIG): Instructional Strategies with NAfME, is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Research Committee, and has served as a consultant for other professional organizations.

After earning her Bachelor of Music degree from UT-Austin, Professor Henninger had a highly successful public school teaching career as a choral and band director at Fulmore Middle School in the Austin Independent School District. Dr. Henninger continues to enjoy working with public school music students, prospective music educators, and music practitioners as an events adjudicator, guest clinician, guest conductor, guest lecturer/presenter, and guest panelist on local, state, national, and international levels.