| 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 |