Paula J. BIshop, PhD – Scholarship, Teaching, and More

Courses Taught

Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 2010-2024

  • Music Fundamentals
  • Comprehensive Musicianship I and II – Sight Singing and Ear Training
  • Music History I and II (Medieval to 21st Century)
  • Introduction to Western Classical Music (in-person and asynchronous online)
  • American Popular Music
  • Folk Musics of the United States (first year seminar)
  • Native American Music (second year seminar)
  • Music in American Television (second year seminar)
  • Race, Class, and Gender in Country Music (first year seminar)
  • Conspiracy Theories and Cults in Music (second year seminar)
  • Class Piano
  • Upper-level electives for music majors
    • Women Composers
    • Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi
    • Music of the Classical and Romantic Era

Bridgewater State University Senior College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 2023-2026

  • Beginner Ukulele
  • Advanced Beginner Ukulele
  • History of the Ukulele in American Popular Culture

Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, 2015, 2019-2021

  • History of Rock (in-person and online)
  • Nature of Music (in-person and online)

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006-2008, 2015-2016

  • Music Appreciation (undergraduate level)
  • American Music (distance education program)
  • Foundations of Music Education II:  Sociology and Psychology (distance education program)
  • Musical and Cultural Perspectives on the Blues (distance education program)
  • Research and Bibliography (graduate level)