Oksana Ivanivna Strikhar Head of the Department of Music,  Doctor of Education, Professor Program Coordinator for the Secondary Education Program (Music) Email : oksana.strihar@nuos.edu.ua

ORSID ID – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2510-7878
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?hl=ru&user=Ux6R8zUAAAAJ
EDUCATION
In 1999, she graduated from the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts with a bachelor’s degree in “Musical Arts” and earned the qualification of choir conductor and instructor (diploma with honors No. MM-1225 dated June 26, 1999). Candidate of Arts since 2009. Thesis on the topic “Children’s Choral Culture in the Context of Ukrainian Vocal Art of the 17th–18th Centuries.
was defended on July 8, 2009, in the specialty 26.00.01—History and Theory of Culture—at the specialized academic council of the M.V. Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine. Received diploma DK No. 052954.
Selected through a competitive process for the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Musical Arts effective September 1, 2009.Order No. 175/k dated September 1, 2009.

On September 29, 2015, by decision of the Attestation Board of the Ministry of Education and Science, she was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor of the Department of Musical Arts, diploma No. 044242.
On February 25, 2016, she received a Doctor of Science degree from the Specialized Academic Council D 26.053.01 of the M.P. Dragomanov National Pedagogical University, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, where she defended her dissertation on the topic “Theoretical and Methodological Foundations of Teacher Training for the Development of Students’ Creative Abilities in the Context of Music Education Integration” in the specialty 13.00.04 – Theory and Methods of Professional Education. Diploma No. 005278.
On December 10, 2024, she was awarded the academic title of Professor of the Department of Musical Arts, Diploma No. 006509
WORK EXPERIENCE
September 16, 2002–August 19, 2008: Lecturer, Department of Art History, V.O. Sukhomlynsky Mykolaiv National University;
September 1, 2008 – August 26, 2009: Lecturer, Department of Musical Arts, V.O. Sukhomlynsky Mykolaiv National University;
September 1, 2009 – Associate Professor, Department of Musical Arts, V.O. Sukhomlynsky Mykolaiv National University;
September 1, 2016: Selected through a competitive process (on a contract basis) for the position of Head of the Department of Musical Arts (Order No. 221/k dated August 31, 2016).
MAIN COURSES
“Vocal and Choral Performance with Teaching Methodology,” “Methodology of Teaching Solo Singing,” “History of Styles and Genres in Music,” “Solo Singing,” “Vocal Ensemble.”  Developed teaching manuals and guidelines, assignments for independent study, and internship programs; program coordinator for the Secondary Education (Music) program at the second master’s level. Holds a certificate as an expert in educational program accreditation: online training from the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance dated September 8, 2021.
AWARDS
2016 Certificate of Commendation from the Rector of V.O. Sukhomlynsky National University;
2017 Letter of Appreciation from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine;
2018 Certificate of Commendation from the Department of Education and Science of the Mykolaiv Regional State
Administration.
2019 Certificate of Commendation from the Rector of V.O. Sukhomlynsky Mykolaiv National University;
2025 Certificate of Honor from the Mykolaiv Regional Council;
2025 Award “For Dedication to the Cause,” Order No. 132-k dated April 14, 2025.