Andrea Crimmins

Biography

Dr. Crimmins has been teaching music therapy at Illinois State University since 2009. She earned her doctorate in music therapy from the University of Kansas, where her primary research focused on aggression disorders and abnormal psychology. Before entering academia, she worked as a music therapist and treatment team coordinator at a state forensic psychiatric facility. Her clinical experience also includes work in addiction recovery, hospice care, dementia care, and long-term residential care for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

Dr. Crimmins remains actively engaged in the music therapy profession at the international, national, and local levels. She has presented widely at conferences and workshops and currently serves on the Board of Directors as Chair for the Certification Board for Music Therapists.