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., & 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
  2. 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2025.2607104
  3. Goopy, J. (2025). Young people healing and growing through trauma-informed positive music education. Music Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2025.2591059
  4. Goopy, J., & MacArthur, S. (2025). Music learning and school-aged children’s and adolescents’ wellbeing: A scoping review. Research Studies in Music Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X251323562 [Open Access]
  5. Forbes, M., Goopy, J. & Krause, A. (2024). 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].
  6. 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
  7. 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]
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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

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