Education:
2009 Ph.D. German, University of Cambridge
“Framing Bodies: Physical Dramaturgy in German Dance Theatre (1916-1933)”
2005 M.A. European Dance Theatre Practice, Laban
“I Show You: Negotiating History and the Grotesque Through Exhibition”
2002 B.S. Dance, Northwestern University
also B.A. Comparative Literary Studies
Selected Awards and Grants:
2009-11 Stanford University, Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities
2010 Society of Dance History Scholars, Gertrude Lippincott Award
2009 American Society for Theatre Research, Sally Banes Publication Prize
2009 St. Catharine’s College Cambridge, Graduate Prize for Distinction in Research
2008 Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, Research Grant
2007-08 University of Cambridge: Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme, Tiarks German Scholarship, Cambridge Overseas Bursary, Travel Grants
2007 German Historical Research Institute London, Research Grant
2007 Society of Dance History Scholars, Graduate Student Travel Grant
2004-07 Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, Marshall Scholarship
2001 Northwestern University, Undergraduate Summer Research Grant
2000 Northwestern University, Lynn Ann Blom Award
Academic Positions:
2009-11 Mellon Fellow in Drama/Dance, Stanford University
2007-09 Supervisor and Lecturer, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages and Faculty of English, University of Cambridge
2007 Commission Member and Guest Lecturer, M.A. Solo/Dance/Authorship, Hochschulübergrifendes Zentrum Tanz - Pilotprojekt Tanzplan Berlin
2006-09 Lecturer and Tutor, M.A. Dance Theatre: The Body in Performance, M.A. Choreography, and M.A. Performance, Laban

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