She also serves as an applied viola instructor and supervises student-teachers. Dr. Ihas is a Founding Director and Master Teacher of the Pacific University String Project, an after-school community program that provides affordable, high quality string education to community student while at the same time providing undergraduate students to practice their teaching skills under the supervision of music faculty. The Pacific University String Project is the first program of its kind in the state of Oregon and was awarded the 2018 ASTA National String Project Award.