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The official page of the Undergraduate, Equivalency, and Graduate programs in Music Therapy at UGA.

12/01/2025

Congratulations to senior music therapy and entrepreneurship student Adelaide Mangum on a successful presentation of her capstone project! Her group worked to create Biobeats, a software that utilizes live bio-feedback to change a patient’s music to help regulate their heat rate and reduce stress.

This project was a part of NASA’s Technology Transfer University (T2U) program. T2U allows students to utilize a NASA patent to create a new product and present their final project to a NASA representative. Read more about the program in the article below. Way to go, Adelaide!

UGA Today: https://news.uga.edu/nasa-launches-t2u-collaboration-with-uga/

11/20/2025

Thank you to Rachelle Ellis, MA, ATR, CHWC from the UGA Fontaine Center for facilitating a mask making art therapy session for our music therapy students during seminar this week! We are excited to collaborate with other creative arts therapists on campus! 🎨🎭

11/19/2025

It’s been a busy weekend for UGA Music Therapy! This weekend, students Rinaldo Bonomi, Caitlin Smith, and Hailey Hilton volunteered at a veterans songwriting retreat directed by Mallory Even, LPMT, MT-BC. These students had the opportunity to work with veterans of all ages with symptoms of PTSD. Veterans at this retreat participated in group music therapy sessions and worked with professional songwriters to write their own original song. Thank you Music Therapy Retreats for allowing our students to volunteer and learn about your work with veterans!

11/18/2025

Last week, Professor Stull presented her research on using music therapy to support the psychosocial needs of caregivers at the Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston! Out of nearly 1,975 research posters, hers was one of only three authored by a board-certified music therapist. This conference offered a wonderful opportunity to learn, network, and advocate for the role of music therapy in supporting older adults!

11/13/2025

This weekend, undergraduate music therapy major Lauren Smith presented at the Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (GURC) at the Oxford College of Emory University in Covington, Georgia. GURC is a multidisciplinary conference that provides undergraduate students the opportunity to showcase their research. Lauren’s study, titled “The effects of live versus recorded music on the engagement of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in music therapy,” was the only research presented regarding music or music therapy at GURC.

Congratulations Lauren!

11/05/2025

Congratulations to Therabeat, Inc., a UGA Music Therapy alumni owned private practice, on being recognized as one of America’s Top 100 Small Businesses! Last month, Jennifer Puckett was recognized in Washington, DC for this accomplishment. Here what she has to say about the experience:

“I’m thrilled to share some incredible news with my fellow Bulldogs!
As a proud UGA alum and the owner of Therabeat, Inc., I recently attended the CO—100 Awards in Washington D.C. from October 4th through 6th, 2025, to celebrate our company being named a CO—100: America’s Top 100 Small Business by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce!
This national award, earned nearly two decades after Therabeat, Inc. was created in 2006, is a tremendous honor.
More than anything, this recognition belongs to Team Therabeat—our amazing staff of Board-Certified and State-Licensed Music Therapists. Their dedication to providing evidence-based, compassionate care is the real engine behind our growth and community impact.
Thank you to the entire UGA family for your support over the years. We’re carrying the Bulldog entrepreneurial spirit forward!
Go Dawgs!”

10/30/2025

This week, Professor Nichols represented UGA at the American Congress for Rehabilitation Medicine () annual conference in Chicago, IL. She was nominated through the ACRM Rising Star Program to attend. In addition to the conference, she completed both brain injury specialist training through the Brain Injury Association of America () and the ACRM Early Career Development Course.

10/23/2025

Yesterday we welcomed some of our 2025 music therapy interns back to seminar. It was great to hear about all of your experiences in internship, and thank you for sharing advice with our current students. Congratulations as you take this final step to becoming a MT-BC!

10/17/2025

Did you know three of our recent alumni are music therapists at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio?

Karen Lee, LPMT (middle), MT-BC (BM ’23) works with patients in the Cardiology/Cardiothoracic ICU, General/Adolescent Medicine Unit, Neonatal ICU Step Down, and Outpatient Intensive Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program.

Bekah Rawle (left), LPMT, MT-BC (BM ’23) works with the Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.

Maddie Alexander (right), LPMT, MT-BC (BM ’24) Is currently working at their Behavioral Health Pavilion with their Youth Crisis Stabilization Unit and their Partial Hospitalization Program.

We are proud of you and the work you have been doing!

10/10/2025

In late September, Dr. Evans traveled to Denver, Colorado to present research at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition. Her research with the National Institute of Infant and Child Music Therapy investigated the effects of Multimodal Neurological Enhancement on preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), as well as the impact of music therapy on their receptive and expressive language outcomes.

As an allied health profession, we are grateful for opportunities to connect with other disciplines and share about how music therapy can support patient care.

09/30/2025

Yesterday, we welcomed UGA alumna Lizzie Digiovanni, MT-BC back to campus! Lizzie shared advice with our Guitar Techniques class on being a new UGA student and different ways to be involved on campus. We are so thankful for her coming and sharing her knowledge with our students!

09/19/2025

Are you interested in learning more about the UGA Music Therapy program? If so, attend one of our information sessions to hear about our undergraduate, equivalency, and master’s degrees!

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