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Mary Catherine Stoumbos Adjunct Professorial Lecturer Performing Arts

Contact
DOF | Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning
Hurst Hall 203
Degrees
PhD, Music (Ethnomusicology), Columbia Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ, 2023
MPhil, Music (Ethnomusicology), Columbia Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ, 2020
MA, Music (Ethnomusicology), Columbia Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ, 2018
MMus, Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Kings College London, 2014
BA, Mathematics and Music (Piano Performance), Emory Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ, 2012

Bio
Mary Catherine Stoumbos, PhD, (she/her) joined American Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ in 2023 after earning her doctorate in Music from Columbia Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ with a focus in Ethnomusicology. As an educational developer, Dr. Stoumbos works to further equitable pedagogical practices by developing resources and offering workshops, learning communities, and individual consultations to support faculty and graduate student instructors’ growth in student-centered teaching. Her research interests include the effects of public and institutional policies on student learning experiences.

Prior to joining CTRL, Dr. Stoumbos worked at the Center for Teaching Excellence at Catholic Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ and at the Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning. She has taught in the First Year Experience at Catholic Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ and in the Undergraduate Writing Program at Columbia Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ; she previously taught at the Ben Franklin Academy in Atlanta, GA, and was a private piano teacher.
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Teaching

Spring 2025

  • WRT-100 College Writing