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Sarah Wilbur

Associate Professor of the Practice of Dance
Dance Program
Box 90686, Durham, NC 27708-0685
Rubenstein Arts Center 209F, 2020 Campus Drive, Durham, NC 27705

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the Practice of Dance · 2022 - Present Dance Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies · 2022 - Present Theater Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences · 2018 - Present Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Dance Program's Master of Fine Arts · 2021 - 2024 Dance Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Dance · 2020 - 2023 Dance Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Dance · 2018 - 2022 Dance Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Professional Training and Employment


Certified Facilitator · 2020 - 2020 Duke University, Timeslips
Visiting Faculty · 2019 - 2021 Wesleyan University, Institute For Curatorial Practice In Performance
Guest Faculty, Dance Studies Association Mellon Pre-Conference Seminar for Emergent Scholars · 2019 - 2019 Northwestern University
Guest Faculty, Graduate Advisor · 2018 - 2019 Wesleyan University, Institute For Curatorial Practice In Performance
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Dance Studies and the Humanities · 2016 - 2018 Brown University
Lecturer in Dance · 2013 - 2016 California State University, Long Beach, Dance
Jacob K. Javits Fellow · 2009 - 2012 University of California, Los Angeles, Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance
Lecturer in Dance · 2003 - 2005 Marquette University, College of Communications
Lecturer in Dance · 1997 - 2007 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Dance

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


Member, Trinity Curriculum Development Committee (2022-present)