Selected Presentations & Appearances
“Re-Structuring? Policy and Performance Today”
- Institutional Theatrics Working Group Symposium -
· May 7, 2022
- May 8, 2022
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
NYU Skirball,
Zoom
"Gestural Economies and Production Pedagogies in Deaf West's Broadway Revival of Spring Awakening"
- Musical Theatre Futures
· July 2021
Keynote/Named Lecture
University of Melbourne,
Melbourne, Australia
Music Theatres Futures.
University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia, December 7, 2020. “Gestural Economies and Production Pedagogies in Deaf West’s Broadway Revival of Spring Awakening.” Biennial gathering hosted by VCA Music Theatre, Faculty of Fine Arts & Music.
"Bureaucratic Angling, Institutional Activism: Dance's "covert" Culture Wars (1981-1996)"
- Columbia University Seminar "Studies in Dance"
· February 3, 2020
Invited Talk
Columbia University,
New York
Bureaucratic Angling: Funding Bodies in Dance at the National Endowment for the Arts
- American Society for Theater Research Annual Conference
· November 7, 2019
- November 10, 2019
International Meeting or Conference
ASTR,
Arlington, VA
Funding Bodies: Working Identities in Dance at the National Endowment for the Arts
- Dance Studies Association Annual Conference
· August 9, 2019
- August 9, 2019
Keynote/Named Lecture
Dance Studies Association,
Northwestern University
"Funding Bodies: Working Identities in Dance at the National Endowment for the Arts"
- Annual Conference "Dance works for the Commons: Actions, Interventions, Innovations" Keynote Plenary
· August 9, 2019
Invited Talk
Dance Studies Association ,
Northwestern University
Bureaucratic Angling, Institutional Activism: The NEA Dance Program’s Covert “Culture Wars"
- Arts Patronage in Modern America Symposium
· June 26, 2019
- June 29, 2019
International Meeting or Conference
Rothermere American Institute,
Oxford University
“How to Dance in a Crisis: Emergency Maneuvers at the US Department of Veterans Affairs”
- American Studies Association Annual Conference
· November 10, 2018
International Meeting or Conference
ASA,
Westin Peachtree, Atlanta Hotel & Conference Center
“NEA Policy and (as) Possibility: Organizing African Disapora Dance"
- Collegium of African Diaspora Dance Conference
· February 18, 18
International Meeting or Conference
Duke University,
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Principal Investigator - Public Art as Public Health - Moving Messages of Dementia Inclusion
· May 12, 2021
- June 25, 2021
Research
Franklin Humanities Institute - Story+
, Virtual
North Carolina
Arts Sector Lead - Dementia Inclusive, Durham
· July 8, 2020
Projects & Field Work
Dementia Inclusive Inc.,
United States of America
Coordinate and facilitate creative engagement gatherings across six DID site organizations, including storytelling and participatory art making with persons living with Dementia and their care partners.
Service to the Profession
Participant
- Faculty Curriculum on Anti-Racism
·
January 11, 2021
- January 14, 2021
Professional Development
Duke Office of Faculty Advancement,
Member
- Anti-Racist Dance Studies Pedagogies, Practices, Initiatives
·
2020
Committee Service
Davidson College,
Virtual
Member
- Finance and Development Committee
·
September 1, 2019
Committee Service
Dance Studies Association,
Director, Board of Directors
- Dance Studies Association
·
September 2019
- September 1, 2024
Other
Currently entering the start of a second term on the DSA Board.
2019-2021 (term I)
2021-2024 (term II)
Participant
- Faculty Success Program
·
2019
Professional Development
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD),
Reviewer
- Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts
·
2018
- 2019
Editorial Activities
Herberger Institute Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Programs,
Arizona State University
Member
- Dismantling White Supremacy in Dance Studies Working Group
·
2017
Committee Service
Dance Studies Association,
Service to Duke
Committee on Interdisciplinary Collaboration
(University)
·
2021
Committee Service
Duke Arts ,
Member
. Disability Justice Alliance
·
September 2019
Other
Health Humanities Lab,
Franklin Humanities Institute
Trinity Arts & Sciences Council Representative
(University)
·
August 26, 2019
- July 1, 2021
Committee Service
Duke University Arts & Sciences,
Rubenstein Arts Center Advisory Committee
(University)
·
2019
- 2020
Committee Service
Duke Arts,
Trinity Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee
(University)
·
2019
- 2021
Committee Service
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences,
Academic & Administrative Activities
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
- Trinity Curriculum Development Committee (2022-present)
- Trinity Arts and Sciences Council Representative - Duke Dance Program (2019-2021)
- Trinity Arts and Sciences Council Subcommittee on (undergraduate) Curriculum (2019-2021)
Duke Arts
- Rubenstein Arts Center Advisory Committee (2019-2021)
Health Humanities Lab - John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
- Disability Justice Alliance (2019-present)
Duke Dance Program
- Director of Graduate Studies - Dance Program (July 2021-present)
- Director of Undergraduate Studies - Dance Program (2020-2021)
- MFA Advisory Committee - Dance Program (2018 - present)
- UG Curriculum Committee - Dance Program (2020 - present)
- Production Coordination - Dance Program Spring CHOREOLAB (2020)