Rockin’ Staff Bios
Educational Department Staff Bios
Jason Hanley: Education Department Manager
Jason Hanley holds a Masters Degree in Music and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Musicology and Composition at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has taught music history, electronic music and popular music studies at Hofstra University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook (including the Stony Brook Pre-College Program and the Humanities Institute), and he has published articles in books and journals on the topics of popular music, film music and music technology. Active in the music industry since 1988, Jason has performed on, composed for, and produced numerous recordings and has performed live with many bands. He continues to record with his current musical project Radiophonic (Intentcity Records). Jason is a guest editor for an upcoming special issue on pedagogy for the Journal of Popular Music Studies and sits on the Executive Committee for the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-US). He is a Presidential Fellow appointed to teach in the SAGES general education program at Case Western Reserve University.
Susan Oehler: Education Programs Manager
Susan Oehler holds a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology and the M.Ed. in Secondary Social Studies Education. She began her career in education as a public school teacher. Since 1990, she has taught both youth and adults about blues, rock and roll, sacred and secular African American music, world music, American and world history and economics. Her ethnomusicological research has focused on African American music and culture and a related interest in West African performance. Susan’s recent article on the blues in cross-cultural contexts appears in African American Music: An Introduction (Routledge, 2006). Susan has held positions at Indiana University, Hanover County Public Schools in Virginia, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and the Summer Enrichment Program of the University of Virginia. Susan is also a proficient violinist and trained vocalist. Susan is a guest editor for an upcoming special issue on pedagogy for the Journal of Popular Music Studies and chairs the Popular Music Pedagogy Committee for the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-US). She is a Presidential Fellow appointed to teach in the SAGES general education program at Case Western Reserve University.
John Goehrke: Education Coordinator
John Goehrke holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Kenyon College, where he graduated cum laude in May 2005. He volunteered for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum as a member of the Teen Advisory Board in 1999 and interned for the education and development departments in the summers of 2003 and 2004. Between 1998-2000, John was a music journalist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s NEXT (News Exclusively for Teens) section. During his senior year at Kenyon, John was awarded distinction by the music department for his thesis entitled, “The Message: A Study of Authenticity and Stylistic Change Within Hip-Hop as a Cultural Movement.”
For Students
James Brown's Tuxedo Stage Jacket, 1983.
Red with satin and rhinestone lapels.
Photo by Design Photography
Collection of James Brown
