Mary Catherine Stoumbos
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Performing Arts
Degrees
PhD, Music (Ethnomusicology), Columbia University, 2023 MPhil, Music (Ethnomusicology), Columbia University, 2020 MA, Music (Ethnomusicology), Columbia University, 2018 MMus, Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Kings College London, 2014 BA, Mathematics and Music (Piano Performance), Emory University, 2012
Bio
Mary Catherine Stoumbos, PhD, (she/her) earned her doctorate in Music from Columbia University 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 University and at the Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning. She has taught in the First Year Experience at Catholic University and in the Undergraduate Writing Program at Columbia University; she previously taught at the Ben Franklin Academy in Atlanta, GA, and was a private piano teacher.
