ALICE-ANN DARROW, Professor of Music Therapy and Music Education, came to Florida State University in 2003 from The University of Kansas. She received her BM, BME, MM, and PhD degrees at Florida State University, and taught in music programs for students with and without disabilities in the Dade County Schools before going to the University of Kansas. Her teaching and research interests are teaching music to special populations and the role of music in deaf culture. Related to these topics, she has been the recipient of eighteen university, federal, or corporate grants, and published numerous monographs, research articles, and book chapters.

Darrow presently serves as chair of the Music Education Research Council for MENC: The National Association of Music Education, and on the editorial boards of the Bulletin for the Council on Research in Music Education and The Journal of Music Therapy.

Dr. Darrow has been the recipient of: the Ella Scoble Opperman Faculty Citation award from the FSU School of Music, research and clinical practice awards from the American Music Therapy Association; and while at The University of Kansas ­ the University's Silver Anniversary Teaching Award, an Intrauniversity Professorship in special education and hearing science, and membership in the KU Women's Hall of Fame.