Lindsey Reymore and I founded MASCATS in 2018
And were co-chairs from 2018—2020

The Music & Science Colloquium and Teaching Series (MASCATS) is a symposium combining research across the humanities and social sciences, with a focus on how music-related subjects can inform—and be informed by—other disciplines and engage researchers across the university in STEAM-related creative ideas.

MASCATS aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers involved in the cognitive sciences across the OSU campus and among universities in North America. In particular, the focus is on the exploration of music and the mind as it interacts with a variety of empirical disciplines. The target audience for MASCATS includes graduate students, post-docs, and undergraduate students from across the university and greater-Columbus area, including those studying music, dance, English, psychology, neuroscience, speech and hearing science, and those involved with the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD).

Some Past Speakers:
Laura Wagner
How Children Perceive Regional Dialect

Yune Lee
The Connection Between Speech, Language, and Music

Vita Berezina-Blackburn
Ways of Seeing Movement: Motion Capture and Visualization at ACCAD

Megan Kaes Long
Three Myths about the History of Tonality

Andrew Goldman
Using Neuroscience in Music Research: Critical Challenges and Contributions

MASCATS hosts a variety of events

  • Presentations and public lectures

  • Outreach events

  • Symposia for undergraduate and graduate students

  • Academic workshops

  • Specialized conferences

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Thank you to the organizations who have funded MASCATS!