Dr. Hourigan specializes in research on students with exceptionalities. He is the co-author of Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Label-free Approach and his workshop: Reaching Students with Autism Through the Arts: Implications for Inclusive Arts Classrooms is now on the National Roster of presentations through the Kennedy Center. Dr. Hourigan currently teaches music education and is the Director of the School of Music at Ball State University.

Sponsored by the U-M NAfME Collegiate Chapter and the Department of Music Education.