Huilin Guan
Ph.D. Student (1st Year)
HuilinGuan2028@u.northwestern.edu
Areas of interest
Huilin Guan is a first-year Ph.D. student in Music Education. She graduated with honors from both Shandong Normal University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Master of Music Education. Her undergraduate research projects secured highly competitive government funding, one from Shandong Province for “A Report of Curriculum Offerings for General Music Courses in 114 National Key Universities in China” and another from the Ministry of Education for a project on restoring Han Dynasty music and dance. With six years of diverse teaching experience, Huilin has taught in various settings, spanning China and the United States, encompassing public and private schools, urban and rural contexts, formal learning, and informal learning. Her academic interests revolve around elementary general music education, music teacher education, world music pedagogy, culturally responsive teaching, and Asian American studies.