Christy J. Talbott is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the music theory department at Ohio University. She holds degrees from Hiram College, Kent State University, the University of South Florida, and The Ohio State University. A full member of ASCAP, her music has been performed in large and small arenas. She is also a member of the College Music Society (CMS), the Society for Music Theory (SMT), The Ohio State University Association for Scholarship of Teaching (TOAST), and Pi Kappa Lambda.

With a degree in Education, her passion is student development motivated by a practical application of theoretical concepts, and has presented this research at numerous conferences and workshops. As a mentor to other Graduate Teaching Associates, she compiled a guidebook of significant pedagogical practices designed to instruct the new TA with little classroom experience or little background in educational methodologies. She also has offered workshops on behavioral objectives and lesson planning, given private consultations on teaching practices, and is developing a course for new teachers on “Tenets of Effective Teaching.”