Stories We Dance / Stories We Tell Essays on Dance in Higher Education

Karen Schupp is a professor of dance at Arizona State University. Her research commitments include ethics and equity in dance education, postsecondary dance education, and dance competition culture. She is the recipient of the National Dance Education Organization's Outstanding Dance Education Researcher Award, NDEO's Ruth Lovell Murray Book Award, and the Susan W. Stinson Book Award for Dance Education. Sherrie Barr, professor of dance, taught in a range of dance programs in postsecondary institutions, including as a Fulbright Lecturer in Portugal, for over 40 years before retiring. Her scholarship examines the juncture of dance pedagogy, somatics, and critical pedagogies, an intersection that now leads her to research the shifting terrain of higher education dance programs in the U.S. She lives in Corvallis, Oregon.