Faculty & Staff
Marjoris Regus
(she/her/hers)
Director of Clinical Experience and Practice
Assistant Professor, Music Education
Assistant Professor, Music Education
Music
Contact Information
mvr51@mgsa.rutgers.edu
I love learning from my students! They all bring rich knowledge to the classroom that enriches my musicianship and teaching pedagogy. I learn something new every day from my students, including new musical artists, the latest musical trends, and different ways of teaching music in our communities.
Degrees & Accomplishments
PhD, University of Michigan
MM in Saxophone Performance, University of Utah
BM in Music Education, University of Utah
Biography
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.