Margaret Schmidt, Associate Professor of Music Education-strings, holds the Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Michigan, the Master of Music in Violin performance from SUNY-StonyBrook, and the Bachelor of Music Education from Lawrence University. Prior to her appointment at ASU, Dr. Schmidt was Associate Professor of Music Education and Chairperson of the Music Department at St. Cloud State University. A specialist in string education, she has held public school string positions in Naperville, Illinois, Jackson, Michigan, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Austin, Minnesota. Dr. Schmidt’s research focuses on preservice and beginning teachers, and teachers in underserved schools. She has published articles in leading education journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education and the American String Teacher. Dr. Schmidt is a frequent presenter at conferences including the Music Educators National Conference, the American String Teachers Association, and the American Educational Research Association, and currently serves as Western Division representative to the National Executive Board of the Society for Music Teacher Education. She is founder and director of the ASU String Project, which in 2005 won the Robert Jesselson String Project Consortium Award for the nation’s outstanding String Project.