Assoc. Prof. Dr. Smilena Smilkova

Dr. Smilena Smilkova is an associate professor of Music Education Methodology in Kindergarten and Primary School at Burgas State University “Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov”, Bulgaria. Her scientific interests are in the field of music education methodology, piano methodology, psychology. She has published 3 books and many scientific articles in the field of music pedagogy. Her main research and interests are in the perception of classical instrumental music by children and students.University in the US. He is also a lecturer at SMBA University in Fes, Morocco. He was a PhD Joint-Supervision fellow at SIU, Illinois, and MVU, Rabat, Morocco. He obtained his PhD in media and communication in 2014. He served as a US Dept of State Fulbright P4T at UD Delaware (2007/2008). His works focus on cultural studies and anthropology, mainly media, gender, and religious studies. He has edited some books and published articles in these related research areas. El Bakkali has conducted other educational research, having taught English for over 24 years.