Publications

Books

  1. Goopy, J. (2024). Teenage boys, musical identities, and music education: An Australian narrative inquiry. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003438878

Journal Articles

  1. Goopy, J. (accepted). “I’m ready for the world”: Visualising adolescent wellbeing and flourishing in a music-focused secondary school. International Journal of Music Education.
  2. Lemon, N., Gray, C., Goopy, J., Holmes, L., Ball, B., Parry, M., & Fear, E. (2026). Beyond compliance: Transformative co-design for gender-based violence prevention in higher education. Pedagogy, Culture and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2026.2721675
  3. Meng, H., Goopy, J. & Lemon, N. (2026). Music teacher wellbeing and flourishing in Australian primary schools. Music Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2026.2710630
  4. Meng, H. & Goopy, J. (2026). School music teacher wellbeing: A systematic review. Issues in Educational Research, 36(2). 582–598. https://www.iier.org.au/iier36/meng.pdf
  5. Goopy, J. (2026). Multimodal narratives of adolescents’ music-wellbeing literacy capabilities in a music-focused secondary school. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 11. Article 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-026-00289-7.
  6. Goopy, J., & MacArthur, S. (2026). Psychological needs and wellbeing in community music education for young people experiencing challenging life circumstances. Research Studies in Music Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X251410565
  7. James, R., Gray, C., Goopy, J., Clayden, D., Meng, H., Lemon, N., Tytler, C., Sanbrook, C., Ghosh, M., Brooks, M., & Selkrig, M. (2026). The joy of art-based reflection: Building shared academic wellbeing literacy through collage. Reflective Practice, 27(4), 490–506. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2025.2607104
  8. Goopy, J. (2026). Young people healing and growing in trauma-informed positive music education. Music Education Research, 28(1), 53–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2025.2591059
  9. Goopy, J. & MacArthur, S. (2026). Music learning and school-aged children’s and adolescents’ wellbeing: A scoping review. Research Studies in Music Education, 48(1), 25–44. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X251323562 [Open Access].
  10. Forbes, M., Goopy, J. & Krause, A. (2025). Becoming singular: Musical identity construction and maintenance through the lens of Identity Process Theory. Psychology of Music, 53(5), 746–761. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356241267863 [Open Access].
  11. Young, A. & Goopy, J. (2024). Making space for inclusive approaches: A review of adolescent gender identity in high school choirs. International Journal of Research in Choral Singing, 12, 1–12. Open access
  12. Forbes, M., Goopy, J. & Krause, A. (2024). The existential salience of music in identity for singing teachers. Musicae Scientiae, 28(2), 237–253. https://doi.org/10.1177/10298649231198002 [Open Access]
  13. Meng, H. & Goopy, J. (2023). Early-career music teachers’ perspectives of their initial teacher education program in China. Research Studies in Music Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X231157190
  14. Goopy, J. (2023). Intersections and conflicts between adolescent boys’ musical possible selves, university study, and parent values. Psychology of Music, 51(2), 624–639. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356221101651
  15. Goopy, J. (2022). Children’s identity work in daily singing-based music classes: A case study of an Australian boys’ school. Research Studies in Music Education, 44(3), 570–588. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X221109482
  16. Goopy, J. (2013). ‘Extra-musical effects’ and benefits of programs founded on the Kodály philosophy. Australian Journal of Music Education (2), 71–78.

Book Chapters

  1. Goopy, J. (2025). Young adolescents’ musical identities and wellbeing: Narratives of psychological needs satisfaction in class music education. In S. Cronenberg (Ed.), Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Arts and Arts Integrated Learning for Middle Level Education (25–40). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003562047-5
  2. Goopy, J. (2025). Musical flourishing as a music teacher educator. In N. Lemon, S. McDonough & M. Selkrig (Ed.), The Making Academic: Perspectives on Expressive Practice and Wellbeing in Higher Education (161–168). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003592556-25
  3. Lemon, N. Gray, C., & Goopy, J. (October 2025). Cultivating safety, connection, and emotional regulation: Insights from the intersection of arts, education, and research. In N. Lemon, S. McDonough & M. Selkrig (Ed.), The Making Academic: Perspectives on Expressive Practice and Wellbeing in Higher Education (238–246). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003592556-36
  4. Lemon, N., Goopy, J., & McPherson, M. (2025). Using the arts to explore multi-modality of wellbeing to grow wellbeing literacy. In Oades, L., Lemon, N., Francis, J., & Lomas, T. Wellbeing Literacy: Theory and Practice Through Multidisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Lenses (178–192). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003644293-17

Reports

  1. Lemon, N., Holmes, L., Gray, C., & Goopy, J. (2026). Co-designing impact: Student-led prevention messaging for the primary prevention of violence against women. Research report prepared for the Department of Communities, Government of Western Australia. Edith Cowan University.
  2. Goopy, J., Lemon, N., McPherson, M., Jackson-Barrett, L., Kosanovic, JW. (2026). Noongar culture, arts learning and wellbeing literacy in early childhood education: A case study of The Song Room’s Deadly Arts Early Years program in Western Australia government primary schools. Perth, Australia. Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.25958/v6yh-7868.
  3. Kallio, A. A., Ballantyne, J., Barry, G., Canham, N., Dollman, E., Fuller, B., Goopy, J., Hardy, R., Humberstone, J., Jones, T., Kradolfer, R., Kruger, C., Petty, S., Yarnold, R. (2025). Music Education Research and Policy Summit: Feedback Report from the Access to Music for Inclusion and Equity (AMIE) network. Brisbane, Australia. Creative Arts Research Institute, Griffith University. https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/5793

Conference Proceedings

  1. Goopy, J., Boron, J., Wilson, E., Meng, H., Howard C., & Chapman, P. (2025). 2025 Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research: Conference proceedings. Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.25958/xzt7-y402

Textbooks

  1. Goopy, J. (2008). Connections. Brisbane, Australia: Sound Thinking Australia.

Thesis

  1. Goopy, J. (2020). Adolescent boys’ music beliefs, values, and identity work in a single-sex independent school. (Doctoral dissertation), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. https://doi.org/10.14264/uql.2020.193