- Royce Fellowship
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Kristin's project focuses on her interests in a new philosophy of improvisational, rhythmic music education. While taking classes at the New England Conservatory, she will continue to work on her current ethnomusicological research project on the relationship between educational methods and improvisational ability.
Dr. Kirstin Aschbacher is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco. She has been awarded a Patient-Oriented Career Development Award through the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and she is a Fellow with The Institute for Integrative Health in Baltimore, MD. She holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Joint Doctoral Program between the Department of Psychiatry at University of California San Diego and the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University.