Teaching Evaluations

Since tenure, I have continued to teach courses across all three of our department’s degree programs. This includes courses in both graduate and undergraduate composition, improvisation, pedagogy, contemporary and jazz techniques, and digital technologies. I have selected teaching evaluations from each year during this review period and across all of the kinds of courses I teach. My evaluations for undergraduate and graduate courses are routinely exceptional. Robust written responses point to effective course development, organization, clarity, facilitation, creativity, flexibility and compassion. It's worth noting that I am the only FTE faculty member who has taught studio pedagogy since it was re-instituted as a graduate student requirement in 2015.

Note: My teaching load was reduced when serving as department chair from four courses per year to two.

Practice / Technique

Winter 2016 - DNCE 73B: Intermediate Jazz

Winter 2017 - DNCE 73B: Intermediate Jazz

Spring 2019 - DNCE 75B: Contemporary (Flying Low/Floor Work)

Undergraduate Dance Making

Fall 2015 - DNCE 114C: Advanced Choreography

Fall 2017 - DNCE 14: Intro to Choreography

Winter 2020 - DNCE 115E: Dance as Storytelling

Undergraduate Capstone Projects

Winter 2017 - DNCE 180G: Advanced Choreography / Production / Artistic Direction of UCR is Dancing

Winter 2018 - DNCE 189E: Capstone Research Projects / Artistic Direction of UCR is Dancing