Marcia Jenneth Epstein

Acoustic Ecology: Effects of sound on individual and community health, listening as a conscious practice.       

Auditory Culture: Music, Noise and Silence as social phenomena and modes of communication.

History and Sociology of Music: late medieval devotional song, medieval  liturgical drama, ethnomusicology.

Music Therapy: collaborative projects with the Faculty of Nursing.

Epstein, Marcia Jenneth (1997) ‘Prions en chantant': Devotional Songs of the Trouveres. Toronto: University of Toronto Press; 341 pages.

Epstein, Marcia Jenneth (2020) Sound and Noise: A Listener's Guide to Everyday Life. Montréal: McGill-Queen’s Press; 388 pages.

Epstein, M. J. (2012). "Notes from a Pre-history of Peer Mentoring", in Peer Mentoring in Undergraduate Courses: An International Perspective, ed. T. Smith. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield (Lexington Press) pp. 127-141.

Epstein, M. J.  (2004) "The Acoustics of Health" in  Creating Connections  between Nursing Care and the Creative Arts Therapies: Expanding the  Concept of Holistic Care, ed. C. L. LeNavenec and L. Bridges. Charles C.  Thomas.

Epstein, M. J. (2004) "Northern Aurages: The Soundscapes of Allan Gordon  Bell", in Challenging Frontiers. ed.  L.Felske and B. Rasporich.  University of Calgary Press.

Epstein, M. J. (2019). Healing the urban soundscape: reflections and reverberations. Cities and Health, 5(1-2), p. 74-81.

Epstein, M. J. (2019). Dyslexia, distraction and ambient noise. SoundEffects - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Sound and Sound Experience, 8(1), p. 20-32. Sound and Senses, 2019-07-11.

Epstein, M. J. (2016). Soundscaping Health: Resonant Speculations. SoundEffects - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Sound and Sound Experience, 6(1), p. 105-130: Sound and Listening in Healthcare and Therapy, 2016-11-30.

Epstein, M. J. (2007)  "Cats, Dogs, Earthquakes and Hominids: Toward a  Holistic Approach to Noise Control."  Proceedings of the 2007 Spring  Conference on Environmental and Occupational Noise (Alberta Energy and  Utilities Board).

Epstein, M. J. (2006) "Noise:  Annoyance, Abatement, Evolution." Proceedings of the 2005 Spring Conference on Environmental and Occupational Noise (Alberta Energy and Utilities Board).

Epstein, M. J.  (2004) "Teaching a ‘Humanistic Science': Reflections on  Interdisciplinary Course Design at the Post-Secondary Level", in Current Issues in Education.       

LeNavenec, C.L., McEachern, O., and Epstein, M. J. (2004) " An Introduction to Music and Sound Approaches for Health professionals: Overview of an undergraduate web-based nursing course", Australian Journal of Holistic Nursing 10 (2); 19-25.      

Epstein, M. J. (2003) "Growing a Hybrid Science: The Case of Acoustic  Ecology",  in  Interdisciplinarity as Resistance: New Possibilities ,ed. T. Seiler et al. Published online in History of Intellectual Culture 2003 (Interdisciplinary Studies, Acoustic Ecology).

Epstein, M. J. (2007)  "Cats, Dogs, Earthquakes and Hominids: Toward a  Holistic Approach to Noise Control." Presented at the 2007 Spring Conference on Environmental and Occupational Noise (Alberta Energy and Utilities Board).

Epstein, M. J. (2006) "Noise:  Annoyance, Abatement, Evolution." Presented at the 2005 Spring Conference on Environmental and Occupational Noise (Alberta Energy and Utilities Board).

"Singing the Spirit: Anatomy of an Intuitive Healing Practice", presented at the third Canadian  'Health and Spirituality' conference, held at the Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, in May, 2004.

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