Janelize Morelli is an associate professor of music at the North-West University and a member of the MASARA research entity. She teaches undergraduate modules in community music and music education. Janelize holds a PhD in Music Education from NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. She supervises postgraduate students interested in transformative music education and community music.

Her research interests include the ethics of post-human music education, music technology and accessibility, and community music. She is currently exploring themes related to the ways in which human-computer interactions contribute to or detract from participatory musicking ethics. Janelize is an avid supporter of arts-based research exploring data sonification and participatory musicking as acts of public scholarship. She has been awarded the Faculy of Humanities Teaching Excellence Award (2022), Teaching with ICT Award (2023), and the Scholarship of Engagement Award (2024).

[2025-02-03]