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295 CONTRIBUTORS Takiyah Nur Amin, PhD, is assistant professor of world dance at UNC Charlotte , where she teaches courses in dance history. Dr. Amin has shared her research with the Congress on Research in Dance and the Society of Dance History Scholars and through publication in Dance Chronicle, the Western Journal of Black Studies, the Journal of Pan African Studies, and the Community Arts Network. Bob Boross is known internationally for his artistic excellence as a jazz dance teacher, choreographer, and author. His career has taken him from dancing on Broadway to choreographing musicals and concert dances across the globe, as well as contributing articles to Dance Magazine, Dance Chronicle, and Dance Teacher, where he also serves on their advisory board. He currently teaches dance at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. Patricia Cohen, MA, RDE, is a faculty member in the NYU/Steinhardt Dance Education Program, where she created the syllabus for, and teaches, Jazz Dance: Culture and Pedagogy. Cohen is also adjunct professor in the Fine and Performing Arts Department at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. A certified teacher of Simonson Jazz Dance Technique, she studied extensively with jazz legends Matt Mattox and Luigi, and she has presented jazz workshops nationally and internationally. Saroya Corbett is a certified Dunham Technique instructor and has an MFA in dance from Temple University, where she also holds a certificate in women’s studies. Currently Saroya is a dance artist in the Philadelphia community. Jill Flanders Crosby is professor in the Department of Theater and Dance, University of Alaska Anchorage, and has performed, choreographed, and taught jazz dance since 1976. She conducted fieldwork in Ghana, West Africa, and New York City from 1991 to 1993 for her doctoral research on jazz dance. She continues research in Ghana and concurrently in the Matanzas province of Cuba investigating religious dance forms. 295 Teal Darkenwald is on faculty at East Carolina University. After earning her BFA from the University at Buffalo and her MFA from the University of Arizona, Darkenwald taught at the University of Arizona, Glendale and Scottsdale Community Colleges in Arizona, and Ottawa University. Most recently, she was a recipient of the Teaching Grant Award by the University of North Carolina system to continue her research on the lineage and comparative styles of jazz dance. Moncell Durden is a Philadelphia-based embodied dance historian specializing in pedagogical practices both practical and theoretical that provide a cultural/ historical context in American Afro-Latin social dance. He spent ten years as a member of the NYC hip-hop pioneering group Mop-Top and twelve as a member of Philadelphia’s hip-hop theater company, Rennie Harris Puremovement. Melanie George is the dance program director at American University. She holds a BA in dance from Western Michigan University, an MA in dance and a graduate certificate in secondary teaching from American University, and is a certified movement analyst. She has presented her research on jazz dance pedagogy throughout the United States, Canada, and Scotland. Lindsay Craven Guarino is assistant professor of dance and the director of the dance program at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. She has taught modern and a variety of jazz dance styles at the University of Arizona, Providence College, Salve Regina University, and a number of private dance studios across the country. She holds a BFA in dance from the University at Buffalo and an MFA in dance from the University of Arizona. Kirsten Harvey is assistant professor of jazz and musical theater dance at Western Michigan University. She received her BA and MFA from the University of California, Irvine, and danced professionally in the Los Angeles area both in concert and commercial venues. Ms. Harvey’s research on jazz dance improvisation and acting for dancers has been published and presented in the United States, Australia, Britain, and Germany. Karen Hubbard, associate professor in the UNC Charlotte Dance Department, holds a BA in sociology from Kent State University, an MA in dance from Ohio State University, and a certificate in African/Kenyan studies from the University of Nairobi as a Fulbright-Hays scholar. Her jazz-related training includes modern jazz, ballet-based jazz, Dunham-based jazz, and authentic jazz. Karen performed on Broadway and film and has taught traditional jazz dance master classes in the United States and abroad. Her writing appears in academic journals and books, and her innovative teaching methodologies are utilized nationally. 296 · Contributors [3.137.218.215] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 02:48 GMT...

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