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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

Awards & Honors


Richard K. Lublin Distinguished Teaching Award

University Duke University · April 2013

Visiting Artist Grant

Other Council of the Arts, Ofice of the Provost, Duke University · September 2010

Major Faculty Collaborative Fund Grant

University Provost, Duke University · January 2009

Mary Duke Biddle Fellowship

Other Mary Duke Biddle Foundation · September 2008

Arts and Science Fellowship

University Duke University · June 2008

Joshua Charles Trent Foundation Grant

Other Trent Foundation · June 2008

In the News


Published October 4, 2015
$25 Million Gift, $50 Million Center to Elevate Arts
Published October 1, 2013
Dan Blue to Speak at Duke’s 2013 Founders' Day Ceremony
Published July 22, 2013
Modernity tripping garba, U.S. professor says
Published April 24, 2013
Teaching Excellence In and Outside the Classroom