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Dr. Teresa Marrin Nakra is an Assistant Professor of Music at The College of New Jersey, where she teaches Music Technology, Music Theory, Electronic Music, and Game Design, and advises student researchers and composers.  Prior to her appointment at TCNJ, she was the Technical Director of the Computer Music Studio at MIT and taught courses in Electronic Music and Composition at several Boston-area universities.  She was a Clifton Visiting Artist in residence at Harvard University in 2002.  Teresa founded and runs Immersion Music Inc., a non-profit organization that builds technical solutions for musicians, artists, educators and museums. 

Teresa holds an A.B. in Music (magna cum laude) from Harvard University and Radcliffe College, where she studied with Ivan Tcherepnin and Stephen Mosko.  She holds an M.S. and Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory, where she worked closely with Tod Machover, Rosalind Picard, John Harbison, and Marvin Minsky.  She has received numerous distinctions for her academic work, including Research Fellowships from IBM, Motorola, and Interval Research Corporation.  She served for several years as the Assistant Conductor of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.