Virginia Wayman Davis
Assistant Professor
Music Education
Department of Music and Dance
College of Arts and Humanities
The University of Texas - Pan American
Email: wayman@utpa.edu
Office: Fine Arts Building 132
Phone: (956)292-7439

Dr. Virginia Wayman Davis, Music Education, received her Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Arizona in 2005. She has taught public school music at all levels, including elementary school music, middle school general music, and high school band. She now specializes in elementary music education. Dr. Davis teaches courses in Elementary Music for future music educators, as well as a courses in music teaching skills for non-majors. She holds Level I & II certification in Orff and Level I in Kodaly techniques. Dr. Davis received her Master's Degree in Music from the University of Arizona in 2000 and her Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1996.


Dr. Davis is published in the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, with an article entitled "An Exploratory Investigation of Three Middle School General Music Students' Beliefs about Music Education" (2004) as well as in the journal Contributions to Music Education. She has presented her research at symposia and poster sessions in Arizona, Minnesota, Texas, and Utah. Her research interests include general music at the middle school level, teacher education, and the meaningfulness of music education to students. Dr. Davis is also a performing percussionist, currently interested in African hand-drumming.