Faculty Research
The Department of Theatre and Dance provides a home for innovative research in theatre, dance, design, and technology that intersects with our active performance and production opportunities. Faculty are top scholars and practitioners who lead the way in national and international conversations on contemporary studies and trends in their field. Students at both the undergraduate and graduate are able to work alongside faculty on exciting research, as well as exploring their own areas of interest with departmental support.
Research Areas
Dance
Choreography; Holistic dance training practices; Embodied applications of feminist theory and Theories of the Body
The benefits of dance in arts in education programs in K-12 schools and developmental markers in social the behavioral and cognitive effects of dance in schools
Dance studies; embodiment; critical race studies; early 20th century popular entertainment; musical theatre dance; cognitive studies
Choreography; intersection of yogic philosophy, sports psychology and dance technique (ballet and modern)
Design and Technology
Theatre and Performance Studies
Shakespeare; America’s Nineteenth Century; Digital Humanities; Fight Direction
Methodology and Pedagogy of Acting, focusing on their intersection with Neuroscience and Cognition
