Kimberly Sena Moore Profile

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Music Education/Curriculum & Instruction (University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2015)

MM in Music Therapy (Colorado State University, 2006)

BM in Music Therapy (University of Iowa, 2003)

Music therapy, Music intervention development, Emotion regulation, Systematic reviews, Government relations and advocacy, Social media and communications

My research focuses on emotion regulation development, particularly in preschoolers who are neurodevelopmentally at-risk, as well as clinical music intervention development.

My approach to teaching centers on one primary purpose—to help students succeed. I believe there is a developmental trajectory to learning, which is shaped by contextual factors. My goals for students are to empower creative critical thinking, stimulate curiosity, and nurture compassionate care.

Complete list of published works in Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mHukj2kAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1

Liang, Z., Sena Moore, K., Ferreira, T., Munro, C., Kip, K., Clochesy, J., & Yip, H. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of a self-managed exercise to rhythmic music intervention for ICU survivors. Applied Nursing Research, 54, 151315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2020.151315
Sena Moore, K. (2018). Music therapy and childhood mental health. In A. Knight, B. LaGasse, & A. Clair (Eds.), Music therapy: An introduction to the profession (pp. 341-356). American Music Therapy Association, Inc.

Sena Moore, K. & Hanson-Abromeit, D. (2018). Feasibility of the Musical Contour Regulation Facilitation (MCRF) intervention for preschooler emotion regulation development: A mixed methods study. Journal of Music Therapy, 55(4), 408-438. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thy014
Sena Moore, K., & LaGasse, B. (2018). Parallels and divergence between neuroscience and humanism: Considerations for the neuroscience-informed music therapist. Music Therapy Perspectives, 36(2), 144-151. https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miy011

Sena Moore, K. (2015). Music therapy advocacy for professional recognition: A historical perspective and future directions. Music Therapy Perspectives, 33(1), 76-85. https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miu043

Sena Moore, K. (2013). A systematic review on the neural effects of music on emotion regulation: Implications for music therapy practice. Journal of Music Therapy, 50(3), 198-242. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/50.3.198

Sena Moore, K., & Hanson-Abromeit, D. (November 2020). Can music support emotion regulation development in under-resourced preschoolers? Results from a clinical pilot study. Research poster at the 2020 virtual conference of the American Music Therapy Association.

Hanson Abromeit, D., & Sena Moore, K. (July 2020). “It’s in the manual!” Creating an intervention manual and training program for a novel music intervention. Presentation for the virtual 16th World Congress of Music Therapy, Pretoria, South Africa.

Register, D., & Sena Moore, K. (November 2018). Collaboration and connection: Designing an advocacy strategy that works. Concurrent session for the 2018 conference of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence, Austin, Texas.

Sena Moore, K. (April 2017). Music therapy advocacy in action. Pre-conference 5-hour continuing music therapy education course, joint Midwestern and Western Regions of the American Music Therapy Association Conference, Broomfield, Colorado.

Sena Moore, K. & Hanson-Abromeit, D. (November 2016). Fidelity of Musical Contour Regulation Facilitation for ER development: A retrospective analysis. Concurrent session for the 2016 conference of the American Music Therapy Association, Sandusky, Ohio.

Member Laureate, Sigma Alpha Iota, 2021

Arthur Flagler Fultz Research Award ($20,000), American Music Therapy Association, 2018

Research and Publications Award, Southeastern Region of the American Music Therapy Association, 2016

Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellowship ($10,000), University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2013

Superior Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, School of Graduate Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2013

Service Award, Midwestern Region of the American Music Therapy Association, 2011