Margaret Stover Mertz has served as Executive Director of the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts since July 2003. Dr. Mertz was Dean of the Division of General Studies at the North Carolina School of the Arts from 1999 until 2003. She currently also serves on the board of directors for the Southern Arts Federation (Atlanta, GA) and for the Piedmont Chamber Singers (Winston-Salem, NC). From 1995-2007, she served in various roles as a consultant for the International Baccalaureate Organization. She holds her bachelor’s degree in the liberal arts from St. John’s College, Santa Fe; and her master’s and doctoral degrees in music from Harvard University. She has held teaching and administrative posts at St. John’s College, Santa Fe; |
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| Harvard University; the Armand Hammer United World College of the American West; and New Mexico Highlands University. Her professional interests include contemporary issues in teaching and learning; the integration of the fine and performing arts into the standard course of study at the secondary and tertiary levels; the development of academic technology and e-learning environments; and international curriculum and assessment in music, in addition to various studies of western and world music traditions. |
