Member of the Perkins faculty since 1992
mhawn@smu.edu
214.768.2348

Education
D.M.A., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1975; M.C.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1972; B.M.E., Wheaton College, 1970

Teaching Specialties
Worship and music, worship and culture, Seminary Singers, hymnology

Research Interests
Global music and worship, cross-cultural worship, enlivening congregational song

Selected Publications
Gather into One: Praying and Singing Globally (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2003); One Bread, One Body: Exploring Cultural Diversity in Worship (Bethesda, MD: The Alban Institute, 2003); editor, For the Living of These Days: Resources for Enriching Worship (Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys Pub., 1995; editor, Stepping Stones: An Ecumenical Children's Choir Curriculum (Garland TX: Choristers Guild, 1995, 1996, 1997); author and compiler, Halle, Halle: We Sing the World Round (Garland TX: Choristers Guild, 1999)

Professional Distinctions
Regional winner and national finalist, National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards contest, 1974; Citation for Excellence in Teaching, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1988; grant from Association of Theological Schools for sabbatical study in Nigeria and Kenya, 1989; Chair, Board of Directors, Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas, 1996-1998; Louisville Institute Sabbatical Research Grant, Lilly Foundation, 1998-1999; Worship Renewal Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, MI, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment, Inc., 2000; Choristers Guild, President of the Board of Directors, 1990-92, 2001-03. Ordained Baptist minister (1980).