DR KYNA ELLIOTT
MEET DR. ELLIOTT
Dr. Kyna Elliott graduated Summa Cum Laude with a doctorate in leadership specializing in international education. Her dissertation titled ‘Arts Integration on Intercultural Competence in International Undergraduate Students: A Qualitative Study’ was published in 2020. In 2021 Kyna authored a chapter titled ‘Trauma-Informed Leadership in the 21st Century’ for the education resource book ‘Barriers for Teaching 21st-Century Competencies and the Impact of Digitalization’ published by IGI Global. Kyna has a bachelor's and master's in cello performance and is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music graduate program. She is a member of the international honor society Kappa Delta Pi and Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity. Combining her specialties of leadership, international education, trauma, and the arts, she continues to work with marginalized communities using music and the arts as a tool for resiliency and social change.
EDUCATION
Doctorate in Educational Leadership, specialism in International Education (Summa cum laude)
Masters Music Performance, cello
Bachelors Music Performance, cello
School for International Training Graduate Institute
CONTACT Summer Peacebuilding Program: Conflict resolution, peacekeeping, restorative justice
AWARDS
International Society for Music Education World Conference Award
Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship
Graduate full-tuition music performance scholarship
Undergraduate full-tuition music performance scholarship
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MEMBERSHIPS
International Teaching Artist Collaborative
International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement
International Society for Music Educators
Americans for the Arts
American String Teachers Association
National Association for Music Educators
Georgia Music Educators Association
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Trauma Support Specialist
Music Education k-12th Grade
PUBLICATIONS
'Research Anthology on Interventions in Student Behavior and Misconduct' on trauma-informed leadership in organizational settings.
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Handbook of Research on Barriers for Teaching 21st-Century Competencies and the Impact of Digitalization
​Copyright: © 2021
​Chapter 18 - Trauma Informed Leadership in the 21st Century
Contributor: Kyna Elliott