Eileen Strempel

Eileen Strempel

445 Charles E Young Dr E, Suite #2520
Los Angeles, California, 90095

P: (310) 206-9593

W: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/

Curriculum Vitae

Eileen Strempel

Inaugural Dean, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music; Professor of Music; Professor of Education, School of Education and Information Studies

Dr. Eileen Strempel currently serves as the Inaugural Dean of UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music and is also a Professor in UCLA’s School of Education and Information Studies. Strempel is recognized as one of “The Top Ten Deans in U.S. Colleges and Universities,” and has served as PI or co-PI on ~$11M in extramural funding from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Labor, the Department of Education, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the NY State Education Department and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. A Presidential Scholar, Strempel is a nationally recognized transfer champion and views access to superb public education as one of the principal social justice issues of our time. Her most recent book with co-author Stephen J. Handel is entitled: Beyond Free College: Making Higher Education Work for 21st Century Students. Strempel received her Bachelor of Music from Eastman School of Music and her doctorate from Indiana University.

Programs

Interests

Expertise

Titles and Positions

  • Inaugural Dean, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
  • Professor of Music
  • Professor of Education

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

  • Presidential Scholar in the Arts

Education

  • Doctor of Music: Indiana University, 1998
  • Master of Music: Indiana University, 1991
  • Bachelor of Music: Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, 1988

Select Publications

  • Beyond Free College: Making Higher Education Work for 21st Century Students. First author with Stephen Handel. Rowman & Littlefield Press, 2021
  • Transition and Transformation: New Research Fostering Transfer Student Success. Co-editor with Stephen Handel. University Press of North Georgia, 2018
  • Transition and Transformation: Fostering Transfer Student Success. Co-editor with Stephen Handel. University Press of North Georgia, 2016
  • “A Second Swing for the Fences: Higher Education Investment in the Time of COVID-19.” College and University, co-author with Stephen Handel, Vol. 96, Issue 1, (Winter 2021): p. 41-46, 48
  • Book Chapter, “Thriving as Women Leaders in Higher Ed,” in Thriving as a Woman in Leadership in Higher Education: Stories and Strategies from Your Peers, Academic Impressions Press, Denver, Colorado, 2021
  • “US States are Turning Their Backs on Bachelor’s Degrees,” Times Higher Education, Co-author with Stephen Handel, April 7, 2023.
  • “Post-COVID-19 Leadership Holds Promise for Renewal in Higher Education,” Trusteeship Magazine, Co-author with Stephen Handel, Volume 31, No. 2, March/April 2023.
  • “Longing for the Voice: Song Settings of e.e. cummings.” Journal of Singing, Vol. 67, No. 1, Jan. 2013
  • “Crafting Love Songs from Sonnets: Judith Cloud’s Settings of Pablo Neruda.” Journal of Singing, Vol. 68, No. 2, Nov./Dec. 2011
  • “A 21st Century Overview of African-American Women Composers.” Co-authored with Sonya Baker. Journal of Singing, Vol. 67, No. 3, Jan. 2010