Joseph P. Scartelli, Ph.D. received his undergraduate degree in Music Education from Mansfield University(Pennsylvania) and the Master of Music in Music Therapy and Ph.D. in Music Education/Music Therapy from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. He has worked as a public school instrumental music teacher in Pennsylvania and Florida, and as a music therapist with cerebral palsied, socially maladjusted, emotionally disturbed, and developmentally disabled populations. From 1981 through 1989, he held the position of Program Director of Music Therapy at Radford University. Since 1988, he has served as the Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the rank of Professor of Music. Prior to his work at Radford, he was Chair of the Music Therapy Department at the University of Miami. He holds and has held many positions within the American Music Therapy Association and the Certification Board for Music Therapists, including membership on the editorial boards of the Journal of Music Therapy and The Arts in Psychotherapy. His work includes research applying music and biofeedback to relaxation training/stress management, neurological effects of music, and education issues within music therapy with numerous publications and presentations on those topics throughout the country.