Present | Interim Director - Dance Program and Professor of Instruction, University of South Florida | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
Certified Teacher - ABT, American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum® | Board Member, Arts4All Florida | Member and Affinity Group Member - Deaf and Disability Affinity Group for Dance, Dance/USA | Member, International Association of Dance Medicine and Science | Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors | Member, National Dance Education Organization | Board Member, North Pinellas Advocates for Racial Equity (NPARE) | Member and Ethics Committee Member, Performing Arts Medicine Association |
Honors and Awards
- Cover feature in Inventor’s Digest January 2016
- Golden Key International Honor Society Research Grant recipient (2015)
- • Elected to the Senior Membership of the National Academy of Inventors in 2022
- • Featured in: Duffy, A., 2020. Careers in Dance: Best Practices and Strategies for a Fulfilling Professional Life.
- • Invited Guest Speaker at the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention
- • Featured in the Smithsonian Institution’s Year-Long Inventor Profile, displayed August 2018-August 2019
- • Nominated and chosen for the Tampa Bay Lightning Foundation “Community Hero” Award (50K) – March 2016
- • Strategic Investment Pool Award (USF- Internal Grant 2020)
- Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Diversity and Inclusion Award 2015
Courses
- Dance Kinesiology
- Movement Analysis
- Ballet
- Dance Improvisation
- Research in Dance I and II
2012 - 2017 | PhD, Texas Woman’s University | |
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1998 | MFA, Florida State University | |
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1996 | BA, University of South Florida | |
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