Rate My Professor Anita Hardeman

Dr. Hardeman's research centers on the performative intersections of text, music, staging, and dance in French opera during the 17th and 18th centuries, with particular attention to the goddess Vénus in French theatrical works. She has an article forthcoming, "Travels with Hésione: the tragédie en musique outside Paris," derived from her dissertation research, as part of a collection published by Steglein Press. Currently, she is preparing a scholarly edition of André Campra's Hésione. Hardeman has presented her research at national and international conferences across the United States, Canada, England, France, and Poland, including the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society and the Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music. Her publications appear in prestigious journals such as Early Music and the Journal of the American Musicological Society. In teaching, she offers graduate and undergraduate music history courses, Women and Music, and What to Listen For in Music. Recognized for her pedagogical excellence, she received the Provost's Award for Academic Excellence in Teaching in 2019, the College of Fine Arts and Communication Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2018, and the Honors College Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2016. Hardeman also advises the Beta Omicron chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon and InVoxicated, WIU's A Cappella Association.