Research
Just as a steadfast commitment to equity and justice serves as the foundation of my teaching philosophy, so to do these principles serve as the bedrock of my research agenda. I have been a leading voice in my two academic fields (music education and choral conducting) on equity for persons of LGBTQA/queer experience. I was one of the first scholars in music education to foreground the voices and experience of trans and gender-expansive students (TGX) persons.
For a full CV listing my academic publications and presentations, click here.
Recent Publications
Palkki, J., Hsieh, B., & Fitch, C. (in press). Musical counterstories: Racialized experiences of Asian/Asian American music teachers. Journal of Research in Music Education.
A qualitative exploration of the racialized experienced of 10 Asian and Asian American music educators.
Palkki, J. (2024). Misogyny and masculinity: American boys and singing in an age of gender-expansiveness. International Journal of Educational Research, 124. Advance online publication https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102273
An interrogation of masculinities and singing exploring what should be done about boychoirs in the 21st century.
Palkki, J. (2023). Navigating cisgenderism: The experiences of three gender-expansive music educators. Journal of Music Teacher Education, 33(1), 103–121. doi: 10.1177/10570837231169487
A case study of three gender-expansive music educators as they navigate the field.
Palkki, J. (2022). ‘It just fills you up’: The culture of monthly community singing events in one American city. Research Studies in Music Education, 44(3), 475-490. doi: 10.1177/1321103X221078534
An ethnographic case study of the community singing culture of one Midwestern U.S. community.