Dr. Nathan Kruse 
email: nathan.kruse@unt.edu
Education:
B.M.E. – Butler University, 1994
M.M.E – University of New Mexico, 1999
Ph.D. – Michigan State University, 2007
Area of Expertise:
Instrumental Music Education
Dr. Nathan Kruse is an Assistant Professor of Music Education and Coordinator of the Master’s Program in the Division of Music Education at the University of North Texas. A specialist in instrumental music education, Dr. Kruse teaches methods courses and supervises student teachers at the undergraduate level, sociology of music at the graduate level, and assists the Denton New Horizons Senior Band. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Butler University, his master’s degree at the University of New Mexico, and his Ph.D. at Michigan State University.
Dr. Kruse taught in the public schools of New Mexico and Michigan, and remains an active conductor, clinician, and performer. His current research interests include adult music education, ethnographic traditions of community music, and school-university partnerships. In addition to presenting at national and international conferences in Germany, Thailand, Ireland, and China, he has had several articles published in refereed journals, including the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Community Music, Visions of Research in Music Education, and Texas Music Education Research. Dr. Kruse is also the Southwestern Division Representative of the MENC Adult and Community Music Education Special Research Interest Group (ACME SRIG).
Dr. Kruse is a member of the College Music Society, the Texas Music Educators Association, MENC: The National Association for Music Education, Pi Kappa Lambda, Mu Phi Epsilon, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Tau Beta Sigma. In addition, he was a graduate fellow in the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and was the recipient of the 2007 Excellence-in-Teaching Citation at Michigan State University, the 2008 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the ACME SRIG, and was nominated for the 2010 J. H. Shelton Excellence in Teaching Award at the University of North Texas.