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Purnima Shah

Professor of the Practice of Dance
Dance Program
Box 90686, Durham, NC 27708-0686
2020 Campus Drive, Suite 209, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of the Practice of Dance · 2023 - Present Dance Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the Practice of Dance · 2009 - 2023 Dance Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of the Program of Dance · 2014 - 2020 Dance Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Dance · 2002 - 2009 Dance Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


Director, Duke Dance Program, 2014-2020
Program Director, DukeEngage International Summer Program in India, 2017-continuing

Academic Positions Outside Duke


Visiting Assistant Professor, Dance Department · 2020 - 2021 University of California, Riverside