EDUCATION
PhD University of California, Riverside
Critical Dance Studies
Dissertation - Gaga as Politics: A Case Study of Contemporary Dance Training
June 2016
BA Marymount Manhattan College
Dance, English
2011, Magna Cum Laude
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Kennesaw State University
Assistant Professor, Department of Dance
2017-18 Dance History I
Dance in Society (Online)
Senior Seminar
Lecturer, Department of Dance
2016-17 Dance History I
Dance History II
Dance in Society (Online)
Senior Seminar
Analysis and Criticism of Dance
Contemporary Concert Dance Survey
Santa Ana College
Adjunct Faculty, Dance Department
2015-16 Dance History and Appreciation
University of California, Riverside
Writing Workshop Graduate Student Instructor, Writing Across the Curriculum Program
2015 Dance Cultures and Contexts
2016 The Historian’s Workshop
Graduate Student Instructor, University Writing Program
2014 Beginning Composition
2015 Intermediate Composition
Teaching Assistant, Department of Dance
2013 Dance Cultures and Contexts (Online)
2013 Introduce to Dance (Studio)
2012-13 Dance Cultures and Contexts (Writing Intensive)
Teaching Assistant, Department of Ethnic Studies
2012 Introduction to Race and Ethnicity
PUBLICATIONS
2021 “The Cultural Politics of Practicing Israeli-ness in Gaga,” in Oxford Handbook on Jewishness and Dance in Contemporary Perspective, edited by Naomi Jackson, Rebecca Pappas, and Toni Shapiro-Phim. Oxford University Press.
2021 “The Economic Politics of Pleasure,” in The Bloomsbury Handbook of Dance and Philosophy, edited by Rebecca L. Farinas and Julie C. Van Camp. Bloomsbury Academic.
2019. “Freedom to Compete: Neoliberal Contradictions in Gaga Intensives,” in Oxford Handbook of Dance and Competition, edited by Sherril Dodds. Oxford University Press. 928-958.
2017 “Gaga as Metatechnique: Negotiating Choreography, Improvisation, and Technique in a Neoliberal Dance Market.” Dance Research Journal. 49(2): 26-43.
2017 “Moving in Solidarity: Thinking Through the Physicality of Recent Protests.” The Dancer-Citizen. Issue 4, Spring 2017. Co-authored with Natalie Zervou.
2016 “Abstractions of Whiteness in Downtown Los Angeles: Ate9’s Kelev Lavan.” TDR/The Drama Review. 60(3): 171-7.
2016 “Boycotting Bodies: The Politics of Practice and Performance.” Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings. 315-322.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2017-18 International Community Engagement Grant: Division of Global Affairs, Kennesaw State University
2017 The Mellon School of Theater and Performance Research Fellow - 2017 session on Research, Pedagogy, Activism: Harvard University, June 2017
2017 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Travel Grant: Kennesaw State University, June 2017
2015 Dissertation Year Program Award: Graduate Division, UCR (Fall 2015-Winter 2016)
2015 Mellon Dance Studies in/and the Humanities Seminar Fellow: Northwestern University (Summer 2015)
2015 Department of Dance Dissertation Research Grant: Department of Dance, UCR (Summer 2015)
2015 Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Research Grant: Graduate Division, UCR (Spring 2015)
2014 Humanities Graduate Student Research Grant: Center for Ideas and Society, UCR (Summer 2014)
2012-15 Gluck Move More Fellow: Gluck Program for the Arts, UCR (Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014)
2011-15 Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellow: Graduate Division, UCR (Fall 2011-Spring 2016)
INVITED TALKS / GUEST LECTURES
2017 Dancing Politics: Strategies of Embodied Engagement. (Performative talk in collaboration with Natalie Zervou)
Friday Forums, Dance Department – University of Wisconsin, Madison (April 14)
2017 Guest Lecture: Gender in Gaga
Dancing Gender: Embodiment, Politics and Feminist Theory - UW Madison
2016 Guest Lecture: Boycotting Dance / Protesting Dance
Political and Cultural Perspectives in Dance Studies - UW Madison
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2017 The “People” In Gaga/People Classes: Ordinary Bodies?
Atlanta, GA: American Society for Theatre Research (November 16-19)
2017 Embodying the Israeli-ness of Gaga: Challenging Universalist Rhetorics of Individualism
Columbus, OH: Dance Studies Association (October 19-22)
2017 Embodying Gender in Gaga Classes
Atlanta, GA: Southeast Women’s Studies Association 2017 (March 23-25)
2016 The Economic Politics of Pleasure in Gaga
Texas State University: Engagement - Philosophy and Dance (September 8-10)
2015 Writing Dance: Mutual Benefits for Dance Courses in Writing Across the Curriculum
UC Riverside: University of California Council of Writing Programs (October 16)
2015 The Glocalization of Gaga
Clemson University: ASAP/7 (September 24-7)
2015 Boycotting Bodies: The Politics of Practice and Performance
Athens, Greece: CORD/SDHS 2015 (June 4-7)
2015 Boycotting Bodies: The Politics of Practice and Performance
UC Riverside: Dance Under Construction Graduate Student Conference (April 10-11)
2014 Reading Gaga: Danced and Discursive ‘Freedoms’
University of Iowa: CORD/SDHS 2014 (November 13-16)
2013 Affective Politics of Pleasure in Gaga Classrooms
Northwestern University: Performance Studies Conference (October 11-13)
2013 Glocalizing Hip Hop: Palestinians Breaking in the Gaza Strip
UCLA: Dance Under Construction/CORD Special Topics Conference (April 19-21)
2012 After-Hours Laundry Room Dancing: Female Labor and the Creation of Israeli Folk Dance
UCLA: Thinking Gender Graduate Student Conference (February 3)
2012 Batsheva: Re-writing Discourses of Violence?
UC Riverside: Dance Under Construction Graduate Student Conference (April 13-14)
SERVICE
2017 Peer Reviewer: Women and Performance
2017 Diversity Task Force Member: Kennesaw State University, College of the Arts
2017 Learning Communities Faculty Scholars Course Completion: University College, Kennesaw State University (June 2017)
2016-17 Department Faculty Council, Secretary: Kennesaw State University, Department of Dance
2016 Panel Moderator: CORD/SDHS Conference, Pomona College (November 2016)
2015 Conference Proceedings Editorial Assistant: CORD/SDHS Joint Conference 2015 at Athens, Greece (September – October 2015)
2015 Panel Moderator: Dance Under Construction Graduate Student Conference, UC Riverside (April 2012)
2013 Assistant to the Program Committee: CORD/SDHS Joint Conference 2013 at Riverside, CA (June – November 2013)
2012 Abstract Review Committee Member: Dance Under Construction / CORD Special Topics at UCLA (December 2012)
2011-12 Conference Co-Chair: Dance Under Construction Graduate Student Conference (October 2011-April 2012)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2013 Graduate Student Research Assistant – Archival Research for Book Project
Dr. Anthea Kraut, UC Riverside (June – July 2013)
2013 Graduate Student Research Assistant – Lecture Material Preparation
Dr. Jens Richard Giersdorf, UC Riverside (March-June 2013)
2010-11 Research Assistant for NEA Masterpieces Grant
Dance Department, Marymount Manhattan College (May 2010-May 2011)
LANGUAGES
English
Spanish (Intermediate)
Modern Hebrew (Basic)