Department Chair

Rosemarie Roberts, Dayton Professor of Dance, Chair of the Department of Dance

Rosemarie Roberts

Dayton Professor of Dance, Chair of the Department of Dance

(Chair of the Department of Dance)

Body, knowledge, power and difference • Dance studies • Intersection of arts and social justice in education • Social psychology of performance and dance


Faculty

Rachel Boggia, Associate Professor of Dance

Rachel Boggia

Associate Professor of Dance

Multidisciplinary and mediated performance • Collaborative creations • Improvisation


Shani Collins-Achille, Professor of Dance

Shani Collins-Achille

Professor of Dance

Dance theory and composition • West African dance and folklore • Somatic practices • Dance history


David Dorfman, Professor of Dance

David Dorfman

Professor of Dance

(Sabbatical Fall 2025)

Choreography


Heidi Henderson, Professor of Dance

Heidi Henderson

Professor of Dance

Modern technique • Choreography • Improvisation • Anatomy • Dance writing


Shawn Hove, Associate Professor of Dance

Shawn Hove

Associate Professor of Dance

Dance production • Dance lighting • Mediated performance • Dance film • Dance documentation • Choreography • Dance technique


Lisa Race, Professor of Dance

Lisa Race

Professor of Dance

(Sabbatical Fall 2025)

Post-modern dance technique • Dance improvisation • Composition and choreography


Richard Schenk, Musician/Composer for Dance

Richard Schenk

Musician/Composer for Dance

Dance composition • Music for dance


Martha Tornay, Guest Artist Instructor

Martha  Tornay

Guest Artist Instructor


Marya Ursin, Adjunct Instructor in Dance

Marya Ursin

Adjunct Instructor in Dance

Yoga • Mask, myth, movement


 

 


Staff

Aimee Couture

Academic Department Assistant