Dr. Scott N. Edgar is an Associate Professor of Music, Music Education Chair, and Director of Bands at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Dr. Edgar is also the author of Portraits of Music Education and Social Emotional Learning— Teaching Music with Heart for Elementary, Middle School, and High School and Director of Practice and Research for The Center for Arts Education and Social Emotional Learning. In this episode, Dr. Edgar joins co-hosts Aysar Abdelgelil and Jennifer Keyt from the Rutgers SECD Lab to discuss an overview of the history and current importance of SEL in Arts and Music education, and to shed light on Dr. Scott N. Edgar’s research and work. Original Podcast Music by Harry Stopek.