My background is in neurobiology. I do not come from the arts, but I’ve always been dancing, so I’ve always had a deep interest in the arts. As a biologist, I worked on animal and insect movement. Then, I moved towards cognition and the cognitive science of movement, Then, I thought that based on my enthusiasm for dance that dance must have a lot of things to offer to this kind of research.

from MasonARC’s Interview Blog Series: The Impact of Covid-19 on Arts Programming, Practice, and Research Megan Stutesman: Tell me a little bit about your background […]

from MasonARC’s Interview Blog Series: The Impact of Covid-19 on Arts Programing, Practice, and Research   Tevis Tucker: Tell me a little bit about your […]

from MasonARC’s Interview Blog Series: The Impact of Covid-19 on Arts Programing, Practice, and Research Lesley Currier and Dameion Brown were interviewed together to talk […]

from MasonARC’s Interview Blog Series: The Impact of Covid-19 on Arts Programing, Practice, and Research   Darian Stapleton: Tell me about your background in arts […]

from MasonARC’s Interview Blog Series: The Impact of Covid-19 on Arts Programing, Practice, and Research   Amber Zhang: Tell me about your background, role, and […]

A MasonARC Interview Blog Series The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted everyday life and practices. While felt around the world, artists and educators in particular felt this […]

Part 3 – What we’ve learned about academic benefits of in-school arts enrollment from MasonARC’s 3 Part Series: The Fundamental Questions of Arts Education and […]

Part 2 – Existing Research on Selection and Possible Solutions from MasonARC’s 3 Part Series: The Fundamental Questions of Arts Education and Causal Outcomes. This […]

Reflections by Joanne Seelig Lamparter, Director of Education and Theatre for Change, Imagination Stage Though the MasonARC convening was several weeks ago, the conversations still […]