Research Interests
Music TherapyMusic Therpay supervisionMusic Therapy in SchoolSchool violencemusic and emotionmusic and physiological responses
Opportunities
Work Study Positions Available: No
Grant Funded Positions Available: No
Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No
Volunteer Research Positions Available: No
Biography
Dr. Eun Sil Suh is a Board-Certified Music Therapist and Korea Certified Music Therapist who served as associate professor and the director of music therapy at Marywood University from 2018-2024. Eun Sil earned her PhD in Expressive Therapies from Lesley University, Master’s in music therapy at Illinois State University, and completed the Equivalency Music Therapy program at Arizona State University. She received her bachelor’s in piano performance from Kyungpuk National University in Korea.
Eun Sil has received specialized training in Advanced Vocal Psychotherapy (AVPT) and Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT). Dr. Suh has taught in the Music Therapy graduate school at Ewha Womans University as an invited professor and the clinical coordinator, and Daegu Arts University as an assistant professor in Korea.
Eun Sil’s clinical experience includes working with children and adolescents with disabilities and emotional/behavioral challenges, as well as working with adults with psychiatric diagnoses, and Alzheimer’s disease. Her current interests are music therapy and its relationship to school violence and aggression prevention, music therapy supervision, interdisciplinary collaboration in music therapy, and the physiological response of music.
Dr. Suh is serving as a committee member of the Academic Program Approval Committee (APAC) at the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA), Publication Commission for the World Federation of Music Therapy, Certified Emirati Music Therapy (CEMTP) for the music therapy certification program in the United Arab Emirates. In addition to this, she serves as a Board Member and Editorial Board member of the Korean Music Therapy and Education Association. She also served as a mentor for BIPOC doctoral students at Lesley University for several years.
