Lisa Huisman Koops, PhD

Lisa Huisman Koops, professor of music education, specializes in early childhood music, elementary general music, and global music in education. She researches musical parenting and the interplay of enjoyment and agency in musical play. Koops is the author of A Family Guide to Parenting Musically (2024) and Parenting Musically (2020), both published by Oxford University Press. She hosts the podcast Parenting Musically (@parentingmusicallypodcast), featuring collaborators including The GRAMMY Museum Foundation (Season 1), the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (Season 2), and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (Season 4). Koops is the recipient of a GRAMMY Museum Foundation Grant for her research on musical parenting and ten research support grants from Case Western Reserve University. In addition to her books, Koops has published over forty articles and has contributed chapters to numerous edited books and handbooks. Koops previously taught general music in Zeeland (Michigan) Public Schools as well as early childhood music at Michigan State University’s Community Music School and The Music Settlement in Cleveland.