Professor Marjoris Regus

Marjoris Regus (she/ella) is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Prior to her appointment at Rutgers, Regus was a music educator in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she taught high school band, jazz band, choir, orchestra, music theory, piano, and music appreciation. At Rutgers, Regus has taught courses in Codeswitching in Reggaetón, Foundations of Music Education, Philosophical Foundations of Music Education, Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education, and Psychology and Sociology in Music Education. She is also the Director of Clinical Experience and Practice.

Her research interests include secondary general music, ethnomusicological studies, and linguistic, behavioral, and musical codeswitching. Her work employs qualitative methodologies such as phenomenology and grounded theory to examine musical experiences and teaching practices. Her 2022 dissertation, “’Ni de aquí ni allá’ resonates with me a lot”: The Experiences of AfroLatina/o/x Students in Undergraduate Music Education Degree Programs,” was awarded the National Center for Institutional Diversity and Rackham Graduate School’s Anti-Racism Grant at the University of Michigan. Regus currently focuses on the bicultural competencies of first- and second-generation Latina/o/é music students.

Regus has served on the editorial board of Visions of Research in Music Education and is an active member of the National Association for Music Education and the International Society for Music Education. She regularly presents her scholarly work at national and international conferences and is published in the Journal of Research in Music Education, International Journal of Music Education, and Teachers College Press. Regus earned her Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Michigan and holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education and a master’s degree in Saxophone Performance from the University of Utah.