Research
Jake Hertzog’s current research focuses on higher music education, organizational adaptation in higher education, the digital music industry, and music ecosystems within the creative economy.
Jake Hertzog and Justin Hunter win Research Grant from National Endowment for The Arts
The project will investigate the role of collegiate jazz programs in music ecosystems in three U.S. cities. Read the press release here!
NEW ARTICLE!
‘Mapping the scene: Creative ecosystems in post secondary jazz education’
This study examines the creative organizational ecosystems for jazz programs in colleges and universities.
Journal Articles:
Hertzog J. & Hunter, J. (2024). Mapping the scene: Creative ecosystems in post secondary jazz education. Jazz Education Research and Practice, 5(1), 27-46.
Hertzog, J. (2023), ‘#Trending: Environmental perception in US higher music education’, Journal of Popular Music Education, online first, https://doi.org/10.1386/jpme_00117_1
Hertzog, J. (2023). The Museum, the Laboratory, the Venue, the Embassy: Public Universities and the Future of Jazz. Jazz Education in Research and Practice 4, 132-149. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/874927.
Hertzog, J. (2022). The great generalization: Organizational adaptation strategies as entrepreneurship in higher music education. Artivate, 11(1), 1-28. doi.org/10.34053/artivate.11.1.169
Download The Great Generalization
Recent Conference Presentations:
[for questions and downloads of presentation materials, please email: jhertzog@uark.edu]
Hertzog, J. B. (June, 2023). #The Hill Records Experiment: How Student Record Labels Foster Inclusivity. Association for Popular Music Education, New Orleans, LA.
Hertzog, J. B. (June, 2023). Enable, Ennoble, Exclude: Accreditation and Popular Music in Higher Music Education. Association for Popular Music Education, New Orleans, LA.
Hertzog, J. B. & Hogan, A. (February, 2023). The Experimental Performance and Research Ensemble. International Network of Artistic Research in Jazz. Vienna, Austria.
Hertzog, J. B., & Hunter, J. (January, 2023). Creative Ecosystem Mapping in Post-Secondary Jazz Degree Granting Institutions. Jazz Education Network, Orlando, FL.
Hertzog, J. B. (November, 2022). Effects of Environmental Perception on Organizational Adaptation at the Single Discipline Level. Association for the Study of Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV.
Hertzog, J. B. (June, 2022). #Trending: Environmental Perception in Higher Music Education. Association for Popular Music Education, Detroit, MI.
Hertzog, J. B. (June, 2022). The Songwriters Ensemble. Association for Popular Music Education, Detroit, MI.
Hertzog, J. B. (June, 2021). An academic freedom framework for 21st century popular music education. Accepted. Pop 10! talk at the Association for Popular Music Education, Chicago, IL.
Hertzog, J. B. (October, 2020). Almost famous: Entrepreneurial pedagogy in higher music education. Lecture presented at the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education, Virtual.
Op-Eds:
Check out Jake’s Op-Ed on Creative Campuses
Recent Grants:
National Endowment for the Arts, Grants for Arts Research. $45,000. To support an investigation on the role of collegiate jazz programs in music ecosystems. 2024-2025. Study in Progress
National Science Foundation, I-CORPs Program Phase II – Commercial development grant. $5000. Continued funding and mentorship for commercialization of music data analytics technology. January 2021. Co-PI.
National Science Foundation, I-CORPs Program Phase I – Commercial development grant. $3250. Grant and mentorship for commercialization of music data analytics technology. September 2020. Co-PI.
National Science Foundation, Professional Awareness, Advancement, and Development Program Fellowship. Music Data Analytics. Fellowship and funding to develop activities for graduate students in STEM. July 2020. PI.
University of Arkansas, $75,000. The 21st Century Music Industry: Imagining a New Role For Higher Education. January, 2020. Internal Grant to establish a student-run record label. Co-PI.
University of Arkansas, $75,000. Experimental Performance Research Ensemble. January, 2020. Internal Grant multi-media performance research. Co-PI.
Consulting
Hertzog offers consulting services in the areas of music administration, accreditation, music policy, organizational development, and music leadership. To request additional information please email jhertzog@uark.edu
Dissertation:
Remixed, Remastered: Investigating Organizational Adaptation in Higher Music Education
This study surveyed academic leaders in higher music education to evaluate how the field is changing in response to the music industry’s digital revolution.