RESUME
Academic Training
PHD IN CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE
University of California Los Angeles, Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance
Dissertation title: Becomings: Pregnancy, Phenomenology, and Postmodern Dance
Committee chair: Dr. David Gere. Members: Dr. Anurima Banerji, Dr. Susan Leigh Foster, Dr. MarySue Heilemann (RN, FAAN), and Dr. Janet O’Shea
MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN DANCE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CHOREOGRAPHY
The University of Iowa
Thesis title: of air and amnion
Committee chair: Armando Duarte. Members: Eloy Barragan and Dr. Rachel Williams
BACHELOR’S IN DANCE WITH A MINOR IN ART HISTORY
Barnard College, Columbia University
Thesis title: Towers of Iron and Elastic: New York City and its Female Embodiments
Thesis advisor: Dr. Lynn Garafola
STUDENT OF FRENCH ART HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE, AND DANCE
Reid Hall, Columbia University in Paris and Paris VII Université
Designed and completed 12-month study of the Paris Opera Ballet under the mentorship of dance historians at the Centre National de la Danse, supervised by Natalie LeCompte (Paris)
ACADEMIC AWARDS
University of California Los Angeles
2020-2021 Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division
2018-2019 Clifton Webb Scholarship Fund recipient
2017 Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Fellowship recipient
2017 Center for the Study of Women Fall Travel Grant
University of Iowa
2012 Jakobsen Award for Graduate Scholastic Excellence in the Arts
2012 Graduate Summer Fellowship
2011 Course Innovation Grant
2010-2012 Academic Scholarship
2009 Iowa Arts Fellowship
Barnard College, Columbia University
2007 Summa Cum Laude
2007 Phi Beta Kappa
2007 Eleanor Thomas Elliott Prize
2007 Excellence in Francophone Studies
2004-2007 Centennial Scholar
2004-2007 Writing Fellow