CURRICULUM VITA

SUSAN R. KOFF 110 3rd Avenue, Apartment 3D

New York, NY 10003 (212) 260-4908

profkoff@yahoo.com Education 1992-1995 Doctor of Education (Degree Conferred May 1995) Dance Department Temple University Philadelphia, PA Area of Concentration: Dance Education Dissertation Title: Meaning Making Through the Arts: Description

of an Urban High School’s Arts-Based Program [DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL, Vol. 56-06A, p. 2024 No. AAI9535755]

1980-1982 Master of Arts Degree (Degree Conferred May 1982) Department of Movement Sciences and Education Teachers College, Columbia University New York, New York Area of Concentration: Dance Education 1974-1977 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (Degree Conferred May 1977) (with Honors and Distinction)

Dance Department University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Professional Dance Training Modern Daniel Lewis, Limón technique Ruth Currier, Humphrey/Limón technique Various teachers at the Limón Studio, New York Ballet Pamela Critelli, Cynthia Babbit and Ernest Pagnano, all formerly of the Zena Rommett Ballet School Sandra Noll Hammond, Cecchetti Jazz Roy Lozano, Matt Mattox technique Various teachers at the Lynn Simonson Studio, New York

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Teaching and Administrative Experience: University and Certificate Programs 2005 to Present Clinical Associate Professor, Dance Program Director (2007-present) Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions Steinhart School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

New York University Responsibilities include working with Dance Education students, advising the higher education track of the MA program, and collaboration in administration of the Dance Education Program. Teaching includes Research in Dance Education, Teaching Dance in Higher Education and Seminar in Dance Education. Since 2007 responsibilities include directorship of the program.

2002 to 2005 Instructor Departments of Kinesiology, Curriculum and Instruction Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 2001 to 2002 Clinical Assistant Professor College of Education University of Denver Responsibilities include teaching graduate courses in Curriculum Theory,

Curriculum and Instruction for K-12, Professional Development: Integrating arts into the classroom (Denver Public Schools, K-5)

1995-2001 Assistant Professor and Dance Program Coordinator Department of the Arts and Humanities Teachers College, Columbia University New York, New York

Responsibilities included the complete administration of the MA degree program, advising all students including thesis advising as well as student teacher placement and supervision, and a full teaching load in theory and practice.

1994-1995 Administrative Assistant Dance Department, Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities included assisting the chairperson with all administrative duties in the department.

1992-1994 Graduate Teaching Assistant Dance Department, Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities included teaching undergraduate classes in the Dance Department including modern technique and Dance as Art. Additional

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responsibilities included related administrative work in recruitment and outreach programs in public schools.

1987-1992 Full-Time Instructor Department of Exercise and Sport Science The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities included teaching all levels of modern dance and composition, beginning levels of ballet and jazz, and dance fundamentals for physical education majors; advising dance minor students; department committee work; four outreach programs each year through the Arts in Education Central Intermediate Unit 10; and Assistant Director of the university-based Contemporary Dance Company which included choreography, rehearsal direction, publicity, and coordination of performances.

1984-1987 Instructor The Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance Jerusalem, Israel. JRA is affiliated with Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Responsible for technique classes for upper division students. 1986-1987 Instructor The Acting School of Nissan Nativ Jerusalem Theater, Jerusalem, Israel

Responsibilities were to assist the opening of the Jerusalem branch of the Tel Aviv school and to teach beginning movement to acting students in a three year certificate program.

Teaching and Administrative Experience: Private Studio and Guest Teaching 2012 Guest Instructor Taipei Physical Education College Creative Pedagogy in Dance 2010 Guest Instructor Danish National School for Contemporary Dance, Copenhagen Three day workshop in Dance Education, Theory and Practice 2007 Guest Instructor Danish National School for Contemporary Dance, Copenhagen One week intensive introduction to Dance Education 2006 Fulbright Senior Specialist Visit to The Danish National School for Contemporary Dance Lecture and Curriculum Development in Dance Education

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2002 Guest Lecture, Definition of Dance Education Dance and Dance Education Program New York University, New York 1999, 2000, 2001 Guest Lecture, Definition of Dance Education Masters Degree Physical Education Students Teachers College, Columbia University 1996 Summer Guest Faculty, Interdisciplinary Learning Standards and Assessment in the

Arts and Humanities New York State Education Department State University of New York at New Paltz 1992 Summer Dance Instructor Woodward Gymnastics Camp Woodward, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities included all levels of dance instruction for student gymnasts, dance clinics for gymnastic coaches.

1990 Guest Instructor Women’s Softball Team

Penn State University. 1988 Instructor Penn State University Summer dance classes for members of the Penn State football team. 1985-1987 Instructor Dance Studio of Emek HaYarden Jordan Valley, Israel

Responsible for all levels of dance technique at this regional dance school for the kibbutzim of the Jordan Valley.

1985 Guest Instructor The Dance School "Mateh Asher," home of the Kibbutz Dance Company Kibbutz Ga'aton, Israel

Responsibilities were to teach technique classes for high school and professional dance students.

1984-1985 Company Teacher The Jerusalem Dance Ensemble, Israel Responsibilities were to teach a weekly company class to a professional

dance company. 1984-1985 Instructor

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The Jerusalem School of Dance, Israel Responsibilities were to teach all levels of technique to high school and professional dance students.

1984 Guest Teacher Wingate Institute, College of Teachers Netanya, Israel A day of master classes in dance technique. 1984 Student Teacher Ruth Currier Dance Studio New York, New York

Technique classes taught in completion of a teacher's seminar with Ruth Currier.

1976-1977 Instructor Continuing Education University of Arizona, Tucson Semester long technique classes in beginning modern dance. 1975-1976 Teacher Assistant Dance Department University of Arizona, Tucson Assist teaching beginning modern dance classes. Publications Koff, Susan R. (2013). Impact of conscious pedagogy. In S.W. Stinson, C. Svendler Nielsen &

S-Y. Liu (Eds.), Dance, young people and change: Proceedings of the daCi and WDA Global Dance Summit. Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan, July 14th – 20th 2012. http://www.ausdance.org/ [Accessed on 3/26/13] ISBN 978-1-875255-19-1

Koff, Susan R., Charlotte Svendler Nielsen, Corneila Baumgart & Ivancica Jankovic (2013). Curriculum in motion – Special event. In S.W. Stinson, C. Svendler Nielsen & S-Y. Liu (Eds.), Dance, young people and change: Proceedings of the daCi and WDA Global Dance Summit. Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan, July 14th – 20th 2012. http://www.ausdance.org/ [Accessed on 3/26/13] ISBN 978-1-875255-19-1

Koff, Susan R. & Mistry, Gianna L. (2012). Professionalism in dance education. Research in

Dance Education, 13(1), 83-97. Koff, Susan R. (2012). Apollo’s angels: A history of ballet. Journal of Dance Education, 12(1),

26. Koff, Susan R. (2011). The organization of dance scholarship. Dance Chronicle, 34(3), 492-495.

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Koff, Susan R. (2008). Dance education in post-Katrina New Orleans. Conference Proceedings, Aesthetic Education, Queens College, CUNY, http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/Education/AE%20Conference%20Proceedings/articles/Dance%20Education%20in%20Post%20Katrina.pdf

Koff, Susan R. (2007). Psychomotor domain: Dance. In R.J. Seidel & A. Kett (Eds.). From

principles of learning to strategies for instruction: Workbook companion. NY: Springer, 307-321.

Koff, Susan R. (2007). Review of book: Knowing bodies, moving minds: Toward embodied

teaching and learning, Journal of Dance Education, 7(4), 127-128. Koff, Susan R. (2006). Dance education in post-Katrina New Orleans. In D. Risner (Ed.). Focus

on Dance Education: Celebrating the Whole Person (Conference Proceedings), 237-241. Koff, Susan R. (2005). Dance education as an aspect of movement and mobility in everyday

living. Quest, 57, 148-153. Koff, Susan and Sara Lee Gibb. (2004). Published literature in other disciplines. In J.M.

Bonbright and R. Faber (Eds.).Research Priorities for Dance Education: A Report to the Nation. Bethesda, MD: NDEO.

Koff, Susan R. (2004). Ethics of being a dance educator. Ethics and Politics Embodied in

Dance: Proceedings. Helsinki Theatre Academy: http://www.teak.fi/Tutkimus/Tutkimushankkeet#kohtierilaisuutta

Koff, Susan R. and Richard A. Magill (2003). Review of the book: Teaching Dance Skills: a

Motor Learning and Developmental Approach, Journal of Dance Education 3(4), 145-146.

Koff, Susan R. (2003). Multiculturalism through interdisciplinary curriculum design. Diálogos

Possíveis, 2, 329-331. Koff, Susan R. (Guest Editor) (2003). The theory of multiple intelligences (special issue).

Journal of Dance Education 3 (1). Koff, Susan R. & Warner, Mary Jane. (2001). Curriculum integration: Teaching in, through, and

about dance in primary and secondary education. Journal of Dance Education. 1 (4), 142-147.

Koff, Susan R. (2000). Toward a definition of dance education. Childhood Education, 77 (1), 27-

31. Koff, Susan R. (2000). Dance in the interdisciplinary curriculum: Parameters and possibilities. In

J.E. LeDrew and H. Ritenburg (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eighth International Dance and the Child Conference (pp. 69-74), Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Koff, Susan R. (1999). The role of the arts in the undergraduate curriculum. Journal of General Education, 48 (1), 9-16.

Koff, Susan R. (1998). Dance science considerations of dance educators. JOPERD, 69 (5), 61-63. Koff, Susan R. & Elkins, Leslie. (1997). Art making in a technique class: A contructivist

paradigm for teaching dance. In N. Stokes (Ed.), Proceedings 30th Annual Conference Congress on Research in Dance (pp. 321-334), Tucson, Arizona.

Koff, Susan (1997). Dance and public education: Forms of implementation. In E. Anttila (Ed.),

Proceedings of the Seventh International Dance and the Child Conference. (pp. 180-185), Kuopio, Finland.

Koff, Susan R. (1996). Experiment in education: Description of an urban high school's arts-based

program. Impulse, 4 (4), 293-301. McNitt-Gray, Jill; Koff, Susan R.; & Hall, Barbara L. (September 1992). The influence of dance

training and foot position on landing mechanics. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 7,87-91.

Koff, Susan. (August 1989). Review of the book Science in Dance Training. International

Journal of Sport Biomechanics, 5 (3), 365-366. Koff, Susan. (February 18, 1989). Program notes and commentary about "The Great Gatsby"

performed by the Pittsburgh Ballet, The Center for the Performing Arts, Penn State University.

Brochures Koff, Susan R. & Richard, Byron. (1999). Dance teacher licensure: State by state requirements.

Bethesda, MD: National Dance Education Organization. Presentations and Scholarly Papers 2012 November Curriculum Event World Alliance for Arts Education Summit: Cultural Encounters and Northern Reflections University of Lapland Rovaniemi, Finland 2012 July Impact of Conscious Pedagogy Dance and the Child international Taipei National University of the Arts Taipei, Taiwan 2011 September Interdisciplinary Teaching, Curriculum Design and Program Structure

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Invited Panel Member, National Association of Schools of Dance, St. Petersburg, Fl

2011 April Comparison of Evaluation of Dance Education projects in New Orleans:

Pre- and Post-Katrina AERA, New Orleans, LA 2010 October Modern Dance Pedagogy: Best Practices with a Medical Perspective National Dance Education Organization, Phoenix, Arizona 2010 September Education Outreach, Internships and Apprenticeships Invited Panel Member, National Association of Schools of Dance Tucson, Arizona 2010 May Transitions: The Meaning of Embodiment, Self, and Identity in Education

Dancers (with Co-Author, Eeva Anttila) American Education Research Association Denver, Colorado 2009 October Ballet Pedagogy Meets Higher Education Invited Keynote, Ballet at the Crossroads, International Seminar Helsinki Theatre Academy, Finland Panel: Towards a Global Dialogue Ballet at the Crossroads 2009 August Evaluation Report: Dance Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans Dance and the Child International, Kingston, Jamaica 2009 August Training New Teachers to Apply Innovative Instructional Strategies in the

Teaching of Dance: Instructional Strategies Symposium American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada 2009 June Modern Dance Pedagogy: Best Practices with a Medical Perspective National Dance Education Organization, New York City 2008 September Dance in Higher education in the US: Evolving Characteristics Invited Keynote Address Korean Dance Association, KAHPERD, Seoul, Korea 2008 June Evolving Theories of Teaching and Learning in Social and Political Contexts: Research Conclusions (An organized student thesis panel) National Dance Education Organization, Towson University, Baltimore 2008 June Connecting with Dance and Dance Education Politics Invited Panel Member

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NDEO, Towson University, Baltimore, MD 2007 October Well and Sound: Holistic Approach in Educating Artists Art, Education and Embodiment Invited panel participation to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Dance Pedagogy Department, Helsinki Theatre Academy 2007, June Dance Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans A Second Year Report NDEO, Mobile, Alabama 2006, October Dance Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans National Dance Education Organization, Long Beach, CA 2006, July Observational Learning and Creativity in Dance Dance and the Child International, The Hague, Netherlands 2005, October Comparison of Arts Education Integrated Models National Dance Education Organization, Buffalo, NY 2005, October Research as Creative Endeavor: A Roundtable Discussion of RDE National Dance Education Organization, Buffalo, NY 2005, September What is Dance Education? NYC Ballet Education Department Teaching Artists 2004, December Ethics of Being a Dance Educator: Implications of the Name Ethics and Politics Embodied in Dance Helsinki, Finland 2004, September Dance Education as an Aspect of Movement and Mobility in Everyday

Living American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education Oak Brook, IL 2003, October Theory of Multiple Intelligences in Dance Education National Dance Education Organization, Albuquerque, NM 2003, August Multiculturalism Through Interdisciplinary Curriculum Design Dance and the Child International, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 2003, February The Role of Arts in Education Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Denver, CO 2002, June Dance Curriculum in a Changing World

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National Dance Education Organization, Providence, RI 2001, April Toward a Definition of Dance Education National Dance Education Organization, Minneapolis, MN 2000, August Dance in the Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Parameters and Possibilities Dance and the Child International, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 2000, April Artistic Development in Dance: A Research Report National Dance Education Organization Conference, Salt Lake City, UT 2000, February Viewing and Responding to Dance: A Developmental Guide from

Children to Adults Eastern District Association, AAHPERD, Philadelphia, PA 1999, November Arts Education: Enhancing Learning Abilities and Creative Capacity Invited Panel Member Not Just Any Body, Global Conference, Toronto, Canada 1999, May The Status of K-12 Dance Certification National Dance Education Organization, Cincinnati, OH 1999, April New York City Ballet Bridges: Designing Integrated Elementary School

Dance Curriculum National Dance Association, Boston, MA 1999, December “You Want Me White”: Exploring Cultural Identity Through Dance Moderated discussion School for International and Public Affairs, Columbia University 1998, April Designing Integrated Dance Curriculum National Dance Association, Reno, NV 1997, November Research in Dance: The Creative Process Faculty Research Symposium Teachers College, Columbia University 1997, October Current Issues in Dance Education: K-8 Invited Panel Member Congress on Research in Dance (CORD), University of Arizona, Tucson

Art-Making in a Technique Class: A Constructivist Paradigm for Teaching Dance

Congress on Research in Dance (CORD), University of Arizona, Tucson 1997, August Dance and Public Education: Forms of Implementation"

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dance and the Child international (daCi), Kuopio, Finland 1997, July Dance as an Integrating Force Within the Curriculum Invited member of panel presentation dance and the Child international (daCi), Kuopio, Finland 1997, June Response-The President's Committee Report on Creative America Identity and Representation in Arts and Humanities Summer Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University

Seminar-Interdiscipinary Explorations in Art and Dance Identity and Representation in Arts and Humanities Summer Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University 1997, March New Paradigms for Dance Education in the 21st Century National Dance Association, St. Louis, MO 1996, November Modern Dance, Limón Technique NY State Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Melville, Long Island, NY

Dance Certification and Standards NYSAHPERD, Melville, Long Island, NY 1996, October The Arts as Emancipatory Pedagogy Focus on Dance Education Conference, National Dance Association, Minneapolis, MN 1996, July Dance Science Considerations of Dance Educators International Association for Dance Medicine & Science, Aspen, CO 1996, April Beyond the Classroom Walls: The Influence of Contextual Factors on the

Curriculum (Teaching Dance in High Schools) National Dance Association, Atlanta, GA 1996, March Dance: Urban Issues in Public Education Eastern District Association, Stamford, CT

Limón-based Modern Dance Technique Class EDA of AAHPERD, Stamford, CT 1995, March A Critical Analysis of the Fundamental Underlying Primary Goal

Education and the Place of National Arts Education Within that Goal NDA of AAHPERD, Portland, OR

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1994, December The Arts in the High School Curriculum: The Meeting of Theory and Reality Pennsylvania State Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (PSAHPERD), Lake Harmony, PA

1993, December A Beginning Analysis of the Role of National Arts Education within

Educational Goals PSAHPERD Convention, Seven Springs, PA 1992, December The Limón Technique A Master Class, PSAHPERD Convention, Lancaster, PA 1992, February Bridging the Gap Between Dance and Movement Science EDA of AAHPERD, Baltimore, MD 1991, November The Limón Technique A Master Class, Penn-Ohio Dance Consortium, Slippery Rock University,

Slippery Rock, PA 1991, March Bridging the Gap Between Dance and Movement Science A Panel Presentation, EDA, Newport, RI 1990, December The Limón Technique A Master Class, PSAHPERD, Hershey, PA 1990, September Technology of the Robot in Contrast to the Science (technology) and Art of

Human Motion "Tomorrow's Leonardos," Palmer Museum of Art and College of

Engineering, Penn State University 1990, March Kinematics and Impulse Characteristics of Modern Dance Landings

Poster Presentation with Jill McNitt-Gray, Research Consortium, AAHPERD, New Orleans, LA

Grants and Awards 2007-2008 Curricular Development Challenge Fund New York University, $5000 Competitive Award for Curricular Proposal:

Best Practices in Dance Education Research 2008 Mentor Honor Award National Dance Education Organization 2006 Fulbright Senior Specialist Award Visit to The Danish National School for Contemporary Dance Lecture and Curriculum Development in Dance Education

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1999-2000 Arts Professional Development Services Board of Education, New York City

$200,000, to furnish and deliver professional development in Arts Education to New York City Public schools.

1991 Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction, Penn State University.

$500, to augment the teaching of dance technique 1989 Equal Opportunity Planning Commission, Penn State University.

$15,000, to bring an African Dance instructor to the Dance Program at Penn State.

Honors and Awards 1992-1994 Graduate Teaching Assistant Dance Department, Temple University Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities included teaching and administrative responsibilities (Included full tuition remission and cost-of-living stipend. Awarded in open competition)

1977 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors and Distinction University of Arizona, Tucson Consulting and Related Professional Experience: Current 2011 YoungArts Master Class Study Guide Advisory Committee 2011 Arts Assessment Review Department of Education, Albany, New York 2006-present Dance Assessment Writing Team Department of Education, NYC Develop assessment from the NYC Blueprint for Dance 2002-present Dance Education Consultant New Orleans Ballet Association Assessment and training for public schools dance education curriculum 2001-present Content Area Chair

Research in Dance Education Chair of one area of US Department of Education Grant to NDEO

1997-present Consultant, New York City Ballet Education Department Design dance integrated public school curriculum; Professional development of New York City Public School teachers, K-12

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Completed 2003-2004 External Reviewer Dance Content Standards, Teachers Guide to Statewide Assessments Louisiana Department of Education 1999-2002 Dance Consultant, Glen Rock (New Jersey) Public Schools Professional development to implement arts standards 2000-2002 Interdisciplinary Curriculum Committee National Consortium of Arts Education Associations Wrote national guidelines for interdisciplinary arts education 2000-2001 Dance Consultant, Bedford (New York) Central School District Wrote a K-12 Dance Curriculum for the school district 1999, 2000 Dance Consultant, Yonkers Public Schools Professional development for Yonkers dance educators. 1998-2001 Dance Consultant, NY State Education ASSETS Project

Invited as nationally recognized expert in dance assessment to serve as a consultant to the development of dance assessment for the State of New York.

1998 Dance Resource

Invited discussion leader at "A Contemporary Culture of Arts Assessment" Symposium held by the New York State Alliance for Arts Education, Albany.

1998, 2000 Member, Evaluation Team Evaluation of Secondary Education Programs and PK-12 Dance Program Roger Williams University

Evaluation for Rhode Island State Department of Education for purposes of approving the proposed programs.

1997 Reviewer, Arts and Humanities Standards

Reviewer of standards developed by New York State Education for Arts and Humanities as career goals for high school graduation

1995-1997 Evaluator, Center for Arts Education Research, Teachers College

Participation in ongoing evaluation of Arts Empower Project in Philadelphia Public Schools

1995 Member, New York State Framework for the Arts Exemplar Writing Team

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1995 Member, Design Team, Keystone Integrated Design Project

Funded by the United States Department of Education to created an integrated education framework for K-12 in Pennsylvania including arts, geography, history, civics and English.

1990 Rehearsal Mistress

Rehearsed local children who were chosen to perform with the Pittsburgh Ballet in their production of the Nutcracker, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State University.

1985-1986 Production staff of road tour of Pink Death, original movement/theater

piece, winner of first prize at the Acre Theatre Festival, Israel. Service Activities: Professional 2011-present Manuscript Reviewer Research in Dance Education 2010-2012 Secretary, daCi/WDA 2012 Dance Conference Taipei, Taiwan 2010 Meeting to plan daCi 2012 Conference, Taipei Taiwan 2009-Present Member, Board of Directors, dance and the Child international, Secretary 2009-present Curate and Organize Poster Presentations NDEO, New York City and Phoenix 2006 Manuscript Reviewer Journal of Teaching in Physical Education 2006 Outside Dissertation Reader Dance Department, Temple University, Philadelphia 2003- 2010 Editorial Board Member Journal of Dance Education 2000-2001 Outside Dissertation Reader Helsinki Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland 1999-present Reviewer: Manuscripts submitted to Dance Research Journal 1998-2000 Founding Board Member, National Dance Education Organization 1997-2001 Member, Advisory Board, Arts Education Group; Board mission was "To restore and renew arts education in New York City Public Schools" 1997-1999 Member, Board of Directors, National Dance Association Publications Chair 1997 Reviewer, Graduate student papers submitted for annual Congress on Research

and Dance Reviewer, Annenberg Grants for the Center for Arts Education, New York City 1996 Book Reviewer, National Dance Association University Related Service:

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New York University 2012-present Chair, Committee on Courses and Programs (College) 2011-Present Chair, Department Contract Faculty Merit Evaluations Committee 2009-Present Member and Co-Chair (2010-Present) Department Curriculum Committee 2007-Present Member Committee on Courses and Programs (College) 2006-present Co-Chair Arts Education Group (College) Teachers College, Columbia University 2000-2002 Outside reader-Dissertations: Matta Freund, Art Education; Mark Graham,

Curriculum and Teaching Dissertation Committee: Meg Chang, Adult Education Advised 10 masters projects, Dance Education 1999-2000 Co-Chair, Department Program Committee Member, Faculty Incentive Task Force Dissertation Committee: Meg Chang, Adult Education

Outside reader-Dissertations, Shira Kahn, Music Education; BooYeun Lin, Early Childhood Education; Mark Graham, Curriculum and Teaching

Advised 5 masters projects, Dance Education 1998-1999 Co-Chair, Department Program Committee Member, Sexual Harassment Committee Outside reader-Dissertations: Jill Wecht, Applied Physiology; Claude

Masear, Music Education Dissertation Committee, Martha Eddy, Physical Education Advised 8 masters projects, Dance Education 1997-1998 Member, Teacher Education Policy Committee Member, Faculty Executive Committee Member, Subcommittee on Academic Program Member, Art Education Search Committee Member, Sexual Harassment Committee Member, Department Program Committee Dissertation Committees: Jan Hyatt, Art Education; Martha Eddy,

Physical Education Advised 6 masters projects, Dance Education 1996-1997 Member, Teacher Education Policy Committee Agenda Committee, Teacher Education Retreat Member, Sexual Harassment Committee Member, Preservice Childhood Education Search Committee Member, Department Program Committee Chair, Department Masters Module Committee Dissertation Committee: Martha Eddy, Physical Education Outside Reader-Dissertations:Yong Hee Kim, Music Education; Susan

Glass, Music Education; Joanne Hynes-Dusel, Physical Education

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Advised 14 masters projects, Dance Education 1995-1996 Member Teacher Education Policy Committee Member Dean's Grants for Student Research Committee Member-Applied Physiology Search Committee Outside reader-Dissertation: Albert Tiberio, Music Education Dissertation Committee: Martha Eddy, Physical Education Penn State University 1992 Dance Minor program revisions, co-author 1991 Invited Jury Member, Second year architecture student projects: "Design a Dancing School"

Co-coordinator: Day of Dance: Techniques in Dance Facilitated master classes: Mary Govern, Doug Varone Dance Company;

Carla Maxwell, José Limón Dance Company 1990 Co-coordinator Day of Dance: Careers in Dance Co-coordinator: Interdisciplinary Day of Dance: Ethnic Dance Facilitated master class: Margo Apostolos, University of Southern

California. Talent Show Judge: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Guest Lectures: José Limón, Presented in Dance History; Modern Dance

in Israel 1989 Talent Show Judge: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Facilitated master class: Gary Masters, José Limón Dance Company. Survey of information about dance floors to upgrade facilities Community Service 2003 Professional Development Workshops Presented in conjunction with Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre And Buchanan Elementary School Baton Rouge, LA 1992-1993 Board Member

Movement Theatre International Inaugural "Dance Now!" Season Council of Boards, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1991-1995 Board Member

Pennsylvania Dance Theatre, a regional professional modern dance company located in State College, Pennsylvania

1991 Dance Consultant, Performing Arts Committee Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts

Responsible for recommending all dance programming for the Festival, July 10-14, 1991.

Interviews

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September 1997 "Good Day New York" Fox 5, WNYW-TV, New York

Five minute live interview to discuss the benefits of and interest in partner dancing in the US.

February 1992 "Taking Note" WPSX-TV, Penn State University

Fifteen minute interview to preview the upcoming Limón Company Dance performance at Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State University.

February 1992 "Performance Preview" WPSU Radio, Penn State University Fifteen minute interview about modern dance. February 1992 "Context: Performance" WPSU Radio, Penn State University

Fifteen minute book review of Blood Memory by Martha Graham and Martha by Agnes de Mille.

1987-1992 Dance Consultant The Daily Collegian, an award winning, nationally recognized daily

college newspaper, Penn State University. Choreographic Experience 2011 My sister and I… Music: Dave Schroeder Premiere: Frederick Loewe Theatre, NYU

Second performance as Sisters in TRIANGULATION A Multimedia, Internet2 Event

2010 Equilibre Music: Bobby McFerrin and YoYo Ma Premiere: Frederick Loewe Theatre, NYU 2009 Broken Wing Music: Johnny Cash Premiere: Frederick Loewe Theatre, NYU 1997 A Letter to the Past Music: Samuel Barber Length: Five minutes A duet about a loss. 1992 Morning Sings, Twilight Sighs

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Music: Mannheim Steamroller Length: Six minutes

An ensemble work for five dancers contrasting beginnings and endings, youth and maturity. Premiered at the Playhouse Theatre, Penn State University by the Contemporary Dance Company.

1991 Women Weeping, Women Laughing Music: Johann Sebastian Bach Length: Six minutes

An ensemble work for five dancers about a community of women supporting each other in times of sorrow as well as times of joy. Premiered at the Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State University by the Contemporary Dance Company. Performed at the Penn-Ohio Dance Consortium, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.

Do I Live to Choose or Do I Choose to Live? Original Text by Susan Koff Length: Ten minutes

A performance art solo incorporating text and movement as a political statement in support of the pro-choice movement. Premiered as street performance art in State College, Pennsylvania. Curated for a show at The Birmingham Loft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Hansel and Gretel (An Opera) Music: Engelbert Humperdinck

A performance of the Contemporary Dance Company with the Penn State Opera Workshop, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State University.

1990 A Little Bach Music: Johann Sebastian Bach Length: Three minutes

An ensemble work for five dancers that later became the second section of Women Weeping, Women Laughing. Premiered at the Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State University by the Contemporary Dance Company. Performed by the Penn State Dance Collective on tour in Israel and by the Contemporary Dance Company at PSAHPERD and Dance Annual Convention, Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, December 1989.

Parallel Lives Music: Olivier Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time, 5th Movement Length: Eight minutes

A duet and a solo in spatial contrast emphasizing the differences between a woman alone and a woman with a partner. Premiered at the Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State University by the Contemporary Dance Company.

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Dido & Aneas (An Opera) Music: Henry Purcell

Performance of the Penn State University School of Music and the Contemporary Dance Company.

Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State University. 1989 Plateas Majestas Music: Andreas Vollenweider, Mannheim Steamroller Length: Thirteen minutes

An ensemble piece for seven dancers celebrating the beauty and vastness of the desert. Premiered at the Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State University by the Contemporary Dance Company. Also performed at Penn State Ogontz Campus, Philadelphia and Penn State Shenango Valley.

1988 Existence, Essentials, Essence Music: Mannheim Steamroller Length: Eleven minutes

An ensemble piece for six dancers exploring a philosophical statement of movement and meaning. Premiered at the Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State University by the Contemporary Dance Company.

1987 Operetta Delights Music: Various Operetta Composers.

Movement to accompany the semester presentation of operetta excerpts presented by the Penn State University Opera Workshop under the direction of Dr. Richard Davis at the School of Music, Penn State University.

1986 The Messiah Comes

This evening length musical was presented by the Hebrew University Students' Union as an end of year presentation demonstrating collaboration between all the performing arts at Hebrew University.

Premiered at Mt. Scopus Amphitheater, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Student Concerts: Dance Studio of Emek HaYarden, Kibbutz Affikim, Israel. 1985 Student Concerts: Ga'aton Dance Studio, Kibbutz Ga'aton, Israel 1977 Eugene Onegin Music: Tchaikovsky Opera Theater, University of Arizona Senior Concert

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A shared evening length concert in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Arizona.

The Merry Wives of Windsor by Nicolai The Gypsy Baron by Strauss How a Fish Swam in the Air & a Hare in the Water by John Davis Opera Theater, University of Arizona 1975-1976 Student Concerts: Dance Department, University of Arizona Performance Experience 1992, February Do I Live to Choose or Do I Choose to Live?

Performed as a part of "Circumstantial Evidence," Penn State University. 1991, December Do I Live to Choose or Do I Choose to Live? Performed as a part of

"Hidden Agendas," curated at the Birmingham Loft, Pittsburgh, PA 1991, November Hidden Agendas A performance art work by Charles Garoian. Zoller Gallery, Penn State University. 1991, January "The Promised Land" Length: Forty minutes Choreography by Bill T. Jones

Performed as a local cast member in this segment of The Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/The Promised Land with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State University 1987-1992 The Contemporary Dance Company Seasonal Dance Performances Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State University Penn State Ogontz Campus & Shenango Valley Campus 1985 The Jerusalem Dance Theatre Jerusalem Israel Acre Theatre Festival, Israel 1982 Gala of the American College Dance Festival Drake University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1981 Many Geese Migrating Choreography by Amy Sue Rosen Merce Cunningham Studio

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New York, New York 1981 Many Geese Migrating Choreography by Amy Sue Rosen Theatre of the Open Eye New York, New York 1979 Sandra Stewart Dance Theatre Merce Cunningham Studio New York, New York 1974-1977 Student Concerts: University of Arizona 1973-1974 Scripps College Dance Theatre, Claremont, California Professional Memberships American Educational Research Association dance and the Child international National Dance Education Organization Teaching Competencies General Education Curriculum theory Teaching and learning environments Interdisciplinary curriculum design Arts advocacy Introduction to Research in the Arts Dance Theory Dance curriculum and instruction Dance pedagogy Dance research Entry to dance as art--A course designed as an introduction to dance from a cultural perspective Dance in cultural contexts History of dance education Dance Practice Modern dance technique (all levels) - Based in the Limón style Beginning ballet - Based in the Cecchetti style Beginning jazz - Based on the style of Matt Mattox Composition

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Dance kinesiology Pilates (certified)