research & publications
BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS
BOOKS
Coppola, W. J. (in press). Egotism, elitism, and the ethics of musical humility. Oxford University Press.
Coppola, W. J., Hebert, D. G., & Campbell, P. S. (2020). World Music Pedagogy, Vol. VII: World music in higher education. Routledge.
Montemayor, M., Coppola, W. J., & Mena, C. (2018). World Music Pedagogy, Vol. IV: Instrumental music education. Routledge.
INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS
Kohfeld, J. M., Coppola, W. J., Mena, C., Shakerifard, S., & Campbell, P. S. (2019). Teaching and learning improvisation: Culture-specific cases of a cross-cultural musical act. In G.G. Johansen, K. Holdus, C. Larsson, & U. MacGlone (Eds.), Expanding the space for improvisation in pedagogy: A transdisciplinary approach. Routledge.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Coppola, W. J. (2022). Can arts institutions be virtuous? Collective virtues, vices, and epistemic responsibility. Arts Education Policy Review, advanced online publication, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10632913.2022.2126575
Coppola, W. J. (2023). The essence of arrogance: A phenomenology of musical egotism. Research Studies in Music Education, 45(2), 298–314. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X221117114
Coppola, W. J., & Taylor, D. (2022). Cultural humility in music teacher education: Toward transformative dialogues on power, privilege, and social (in)equity. Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 21(1), 110–141. https://doi.org/10.22176/act21.1.110
Coppola, W. J. (2021). Theme and variations on a virtue: Humility as a multidimensional construct for music educators. Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, advanced online publication, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1177/87551233211043887
Coppola, W. J. (2021). What if Freire had Facebook? A critical interrogation of social media woke culture among privileged voices in music education discourse. Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 20(1), 16–52. http://act.maydaygroup.org/articles/Coppola20_1.pdf
Coppola, W. J. (2021). Students' social perceptions of humility and arrogance among band directors. Journal of Research in Music Education. Advance online publication, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022429420981675
Coppola, W. J. (2021). From clubs to concert halls: The influence of performance venue on collective identity formation in jazz. Jazz Education in Research and Practice, 2(1), 135–153. https://doi.org/10.2979/jazzeducrese.2.1.09
Coppola, W. J. (2021). Matters of place and space in school-based performances of world music. General Music Today, 34(2), 13–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/1048371320933250
Coppola, W. J., Kumar, A. B., & Hook, J. N. (2021). Measuring humility in musical contexts: Initial development of the Musical Humility Scale. Psychology of Music, 49(4), 1047–1057. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735619896416
Coppola, W. J. (2020). An artistic virtue? Student perceptions of humility in music participation. Update: Applications of Research in Music Education. Advance online publication, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1177/8755123320944407
Coppola, W. J. (2020). Performing humbleness and haughtiness: Dramaturgical perspectives of musical humility and pride. Music Education Research. 22, 214–228. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2020.1737926
Coppola, W. J. (2019). Musical humility: An ethnographic case study of a competitive high school jazz band. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 222, 7–26. https://doi.org/10.5406/bulcouresmusedu.222.0007
Campbell, P. S., Coppola, W. J., Gestsson, S., & Mena, C. (2019). “Atawit Nawa Wakishwit”: Collective songwriting with Native American youth. Journal of Popular Music Education, 3, 11–28, https://doi.org/10.1386/jpme.3.1.11_1
MISCELLANEOUS
Coppola, W. J. (2019). Music, education, and diversity: Bridging cultures and communities, by P. S. Campbell [Book review]. International Society of Music Education Book Reviews.
Coppola, W. J. (2016). Little Johnny Brown and the music of the Georgia Sea Islands. An Association for Cultural Equity (ACE) lesson plan. Available at http://www.culturalequity.org/resources/lesson-plans/little-johnny-brown-and-music-georgia-sea-islands
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Coppola, W. J. (2018). Musical humility: An ethnographic case study of a competitive high school jazz band. Doctoral dissertation, University of Washington.
Dissertation committee: Patricia Shehan Campbell, Steven J. Morrison, James A. Banks, Shannon Dudley, Kristina Olson.