Lora Gingerich Dobos

Area: Music Theory & Composition
Lora Gingerich Dobos

Lora Gingerich Dobos, associate professor, holds Ph.D. and M. Phil. degrees in music theory from Yale University, and a B.A. in music and mathematics from Wellesley College. She taught at Southern Methodist University before coming to The Ohio State University. Her publications include articles and reviews in Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Intégral, and in theory only. She has served on the nominations committee for the Society for Music Theory, the publications committee for The College Music Society, and the editorial board of College Music Symposium. Her research interests include melodic motivic analysis in the music of Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, and other early twentieth century composers; pedagogical games; mathematical models of music; music theory pedagogy; and transformational theory.