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EDUCATION â€‹

Master of Fine Arts in Dance, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, NY, NY

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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, GRANTS & AWARDS ​

Dance Films Association Dance for Camera Production Grant; NYC, 2024  

           

The Floor; Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY, 2024  

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Orange County School of the Arts; Commission, Orange County, CA, 2022                

                       

Art Film Awards- Winner Best Super Short, August, 2022

 

Boden International Film Festival, Best Short Film,  2022

 

Art Blocks Film Festival, Denmark, Winner Best Female Work,  DK 2022

 

Zagreb International Film Festival, Best Short Film, 2022

 

Shawbrook Residency, Artist Residency, Ireland, 2021                                                                        

 

Engaged Research Faculty Fund, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 2021                                    

                                                                                         

Faculty Research Grant, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 2020-2021                                         

                       

Nirenska/ Choreography of a Free Fall, Commission for multi-media production, Swarthmore, PA, 2020  

 

Aydelotte Faculty Seminar on Pedagogy Award; Swarthmore, PA, 2020             

                                   

James Madison University;   Artist residency ,Harrisonburg, VA , 2019                                                             

                      

Dancio.com; Commission to film class for online class forum, New York, NY  2019                                                                                           

ARTerra Artist Residency;    Creative process space grant, Tondela, Portugal   2019                                                               

                     

The Cooper Series Grant; The Lang Center, Doug Varone & Dancers residency at Swarthmore, Swarthmore, PA, 2019-2020                            

Engaged Scholarship Grant; commission for new work and new course development, Swarthmore, PA , 2019                                                                

 Faculty Research Grant; 2-year creative process grant, Swarthmore, PA, 2018-2019                                                            

                    

Artist in Residence Velocity Dance Center; Creative residency with e-textile artist Afroditi Psarra, Seattle, WA, 2018                                             

photo: Mary Trunk

TEACHING â€‹â€‹

Chapman University; Instructional Assistant Professor, 2024-present    

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American Dance Festival, Faculty and Recruiting Faculty, 2024-2025

                       

California Lutheran University; Adjunct Faculty, 2022-2024 

                            

California State University Fullerton; Adjunct Faculty, 2023-2024    

                       

 Loyola Marymount University; Adjunct Faculty, 2022, 2023      

                       

California State University Channel Islands; Adjunct Faculty, 2023                

                       

Ventura County Community College; Adjunct Faculty, 2023                

                       

Swarthmore College; Assistant Professor , 2018-2021   

 

University of Washington; Lecturer, 2015- 2018

 

Long Island University-Brooklyn, Assistant Professor, 2013-2015                                                          

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