Karen D. Goodman, Professor, Music, credentialed as a music therapist, a special education teacher and a licensed creative arts therapist, received her education at University of Wisconsin – Madison, Montclair State College, Hunter College-C.U.N.Y., and New York University.

She has conducted research-based clinical work in child and adult psychiatry and neurodevelopmental disabilities at facilities throughout the Greater New York area including New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Creative Arts Rehabilitation Center, Child Development Research Center, Communication Disorders Demonstration Program-MSU, and Regional Day School at Morris.

Former Editor-in-Chief of Music Therapy: The Journal of the American Association for Music Therapy, Professor Goodman serves on the Editorial Board to both the International Journal of Clinical Medicine and Higher Education, Teaching and Learning, the publication of the International HETL Association; she also provides editorial consulting to Oxford, Pearson and Routledge.

Currently overseeing program assessment for the Cali School of Music and providing oversight for the music therapy programs, Professor Goodman served as Coordinator, Music Therapy for two decades, founding the graduate program in 1998, and has been a primary contributor to curriculum development throughout the College of the Arts.