Amy Graziano, Ph.D.

Amy Graziano is Associate Professor, Director of Historical Studies, and Chair of Curriculum and Accreditation at Chapman University Conservatory of Music.  Dr. Graziano received her Ph.D. in musicology (1996) and M.M. (1990) from the University of Texas at Austin and her B.A. (music and psychology, 1985) from Vassar College.  She also completed a two-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Music Cognition at the University of California, Irvine.  At Chapman she teaches introductory and advanced music history courses, The Psychology of Music, and Film Music.

Dr. Graziano’s current research focuses on the history of music psychology; she has published in major journals including Music Perception and Brain and Cognition.  She also presents her work at national and international conferences on music perception and cognition.  Dr. Graziano was a 2002 recipient of an Arnold L. and Lois S. Graves award for research in the humanities.  She is also the recipient of a Chapman University Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching and the recipient of Chapman University’s prestigious Scudder Award for excellence in teaching and scholarship.