Dr. Holly Hubbs currently teaches courses in music history and world music. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Hubbs holds music education degrees from Quincy University (Quincy, IL) and Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL), and received her Doctor of Arts degree in saxophone performance from Ball State University (Muncie, IN). In spring 2018, Hubbs was recognized with Ursinus’ Laughlin Award for Professional Achievement, and in 2015 she received the Laughlin Award for Distinguished Teaching. As a saxophonist, Hubbs has performed in venues in both the United States and Europe and is currently an active recitalist in the Philadelphia area. Hubbs recently contributed a chapter to the 2024 edition Contemporary Perspectives on Elise Hall (Leuven University Press) and she is currently engaged in research into the life of early Black American saxophonist and Harlem music educator Isabele Taliaferro Spiller.