Dance educators in higher education have a long history of enriching the lives of others through community-based teaching, choreography, research, and service. Yet their valuable contributions to community development may not be acknowledged as legitimate scholarship by the university or other educational organizations.
If you are a dance educator or student seeking to engage in public scholarship in dance and want to ensure your work receives the attention it deserves, this resource is for you. Public Scholarship in Dance is a dance-specific guide that provides examples of what others have done and suggestions for ways dance educators can evaluate their own projects or work for scholarship. Complete with research, teaching, performance, assessments, and dissemination tools, it is a total package that supports dance educators in their professional development through public scholarship and community engagement.
Chapter 1 What Is Public Scholarship in Dance?
Chapter 2 Public Scholarship in Dance: Teaching
Chapter 3 Public Scholarship in Dance: Choreography
Chapter 4 Public Scholarship in Dance: Research
Chapter 5 Public Scholarship in Dance: Service
Chapter 6 Public Scholarship in Dance: Assessment
Chapter 7 Public Scholarship in Dance: Final Thoughts
Lynnette Young Overby, PhD, has been a dance educator for more than 30 years. Currently she is a professor of theater and dance at the University of Delaware and chair of the Community Engagement Commission. She was associate dean for outreach and engagement at Michigan State University and a fellow of the Michigan Campus Compact. She also has served as a national teaching artist for the Kennedy Center since 2004.