Councill, K., Edgar, S. N., Eros, J., Fulcher, L., Hairston, M., Hoffmann, E. G., Melago, K., Rathgeber, J. C., Schmidt, M., & Stringham, D. (2017). Visual representations of music education on music teacher education programs’ websites. Poster presented at the Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Minneapolis, September 7-9.

Schmidt, M., & Smith, M. (2016). ¿A Mariachi Musician Teaching Elementary Beginning Strings? Paper presented for MayDay Colloquium 28: Music Education and Cultural Context, Arizona State University, June 15-18.

Schmidt, M., & Smith, M. (2016). The story of Miguel’s teaching: “I am a mariachi musician.” Paper presented for NIME 5: The Fifth International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 21-23.

Schmidt, M., & Dopp, V. (2016). Creating more diverse ensemble classes: What students tell us. Presentation for the Social Sciences SRIG at the national conference of the National Association for Music Education Biennial Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 17-19.

Castañeda, C., & Schmidt, M. (2015). Cultural straddling: The double life of a mariachi music education major. Paper presented at the biennial symposium of the Society for Music Teacher Education, Greensboro, NC, September 16-18.

Schmidt, M., & Dopp, V. (2014). Retaining and motivating diverse students in string ensembles: What students tell us. Presentation at the national conference of the American String Teachers Association, Louisville, KY, March 5-8.

Schmidt, M., & McCall, J. (2014). An investigation of cultural capital and student achievement in music education. Paper presented at for the national conference of the National Association for Music Education, St. Louis, April 10-12.

Schmidt, M., & McCall, J. (2013). Worlds apart: An investigation of cultural capital and student achievement in music education. Paper presented at the annual international conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 27-May 1.

Schmidt, M. (2012). Hispanic students talk about orchestra class. Paper presented at the international conference of the American Educational Research Association (Music Education SIG), Vancouver, April 13-17.