Dr. Daniel Evans MT-BC, NICU-MT
Assistant Professor of Music
Office: Mary Moody Northen Hall 260
Email: devans@wtamu.edu
Phone: 806-651-2862
Professional Profile
Dr. Evans is a board-certified music therapist with certifications in Neonatal intensive care music therapy, and is a certified dementia practitioner. Throughout his career, Dr. Evans has worked in multiple healthcare and educational settings: as a bereavement coordinator and music therapist in the hospice setting, behavioral health, school systems, private practice, and medical settings including the NICU.
Dr. Evans’s research topics include: affect on music therapy practice, pedagogical efficiency, kinesthetic empathy, and issues surrounding higher education.
Dr. Evans has been a guest lecturer for multiple professional organizations discussing music therapy in mental health, hospice, and music therapy with survivors of stroke, as well as a guest lecturer for music education courses at the collegiate level. Before becoming a music therapist, Dr. Evans was a music educator and director of bands, teaching: band, percussion, and general music for grades 6 - 12. He has played clarinet, percussion, guitar, recorder, and piano with various ensembles while at Florida State. Dr. Evans received an undergraduate degree in instrumental music education from Florida State University, a master’s degree in music therapy from Florida State University, and a PhD in music education with a music therapy emphasis from Florida State University.