Jill Green

770 Monroeton Road

Reidsville, NC 27320

336-342-1874

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

1993:  Ph.D. Somatic Studies and Movement Arts, The Ohio State, University, Columbus, OH.

 

1981:  M.A. Dance and Dance Education, New York University, NYC.

 

1976:  B.S. Dance, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. Summa Cum Laude

 

 

OTHER CERTIFICATION:

 

North Carolina Public School Teaching License in Dance (K-12)

 

Kinetic Awareness Teaching Certification and Master Certification

 

New York City Public High School Teaching License in Modern Dance (1985-1989)

 

University Program Approval Training Certificate in Dance Education for North Carolina

            Department of Public Instruction

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

 

2008-Present   Professor, Dance Department, The University of North Carolina at

                        Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

 

1998-2007       Associate Professor, Dance Department, The University of North Carolina at

                        Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

 

1993-1998:      Assistant Professor, Dance Department, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

 

1992-1993:      Lecturer,  School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

 

1992-1993:      Movement and Body Awareness Educator, The Columbus Somatics Center, Columbus, OH.

 

1989-1992:      Teaching Associate, School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

 

1989-1992:      Movement and Relaxation Specialist, The Columbus Psychological Center, Columbus, OH.

 

1985-1989:      Dance Teacher,  Sheepshead Bay High School, Brooklyn, NY.

 

1983-1986:      Dance and Movement Instructor, The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, NYC.

 


1981-1983:      Dance Teacher,  Public School 46, Bronx, NY.

 

1980-1982:      Dance Teacher,  Alpha Omega 1-7 Dance Studio, NYC.

 

1981:               Dance Instructor,  Department of Dance and Dance Education,  New York University,  NYC.

 

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

 

2008-Present   Director, Graduate Studies, Department of Dance, University of North Carolina at

                        Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

 

1993-2008:      Coordinator, Undergraduate Dance Education Program, University of North

                        Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

 

2003-2006:      Co-editor, Dance Research Journal

 

2006:               Program Approval Evaluator for North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction, at Eastern Carolina University.

 


1997:               Director, Summer Dance Connections, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

 

1996, 2000:     Reviewer, Dance Curriculum,  North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction.

 

1991-1992:      Mentor, University Teaching Associate Workshop, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

 

1988-1989:      Member,  Dance Cluster Committee, The New York City Board of Education, NYC.

 

1989:               Consultant, High School Performing Arts (Dance) License Examination, The New York City Board of Education.


 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Green, J. (2008). Les politiques et Žthiques de la santŽ en Žducation de la danse au Etats-Unis.

            In Fortin, S. (ed.), Les politiques et Žthiques de la santŽ en Žducation de la danse au

            Etats-Unis, (pp. 169-180) Presses de l'UniversitŽ du QuŽbec ˆ MontrŽal, Collection

            SantŽ (invited).

 

Green, J (2007). American Body Pegagogies: Somatics and the Cultural Construction of

            Bodies.  CORD 2008 Conference Proceedings.

 

Green, J (2007). Student bodies: Dance pedagogy and the Soma. In Bresler, L. (ed.),

            International Handbook on Research in Arts Education.  (pp. 1119-1132), The

            Netherlands: Springer (invited and peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (2005). Kinetic Awareness TM  Pedagogy: Elaine Summers and second generation            practitioners.  In Overby, L. Y. & Lepczyk, B. (eds.).Dance:  Current Selected Research Volume V. (pp. 245-258). New York, NY: AMS Press (invited)..

 

Green, J. (2005). Postpositivist inquiry: Multiple perspectives and paradigms.  In  Cruz, R. F. &

            Berrol, F.  (eds.), Dance/Movement Therapists in Action: A Working Guide to Research

Options (pp.109-124). Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas (invited and peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (2004). The politics and ethics of health in dance education in the United States.

             In Anttila, E, S. Hamalainen & L. Rouhiainen (eds.), The Same Difference? Ethics and

 Politics Embodied in Dance, (pp. 65-76). Helsinki, Finland: Theatre Academy of Finland

(invited).

 

Green, J. (2004). Docile bodies: A threat or a necessity in educating dancers (panel discussion). Ethics and Politics Embodied in Dance Conference Proceedings, The Theatre Academy of Finland , Helsinki,  Finland  (invited).

 

Green, J (2004).Creativity and management in dance institutions.  Ethics and Politics Embodied in Dance Conference Proceedings, The Theatre Academy of Finland ,Helsinki, Finland  (invited).

 

 Green, (2004).The body politic: Constructions of health and healing in dance education. 2004 National Dance Education Conference Proceedings,  Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (peer reviewed).

           

Green, J.  (2002-03). Foucault and the training of docile bodies in dance education.  Arts and

            Learning, 19(1), 99-126 (peer reviewed).

 

 

Green, J. (2002).  Somatic knowledge: The body as content and methodology in dance

            education. Journal of Dance Education, 2(4), 114-118 (peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (2002).Somatics: A growing and changing field.  Journal of Dance Education, 2(4),

            113 (peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (2001). Towards a globalization of dance research: The scholarly Disciplines. In J.

            LaPointe-Crump (Ed.), CORD 2001 Conference Proceedings, Transmigratory Moves:

            Dance in Global Circulation (pp. 156-160).

 

Green, J.  (2001, Fall). Somatics: Studying the body from inside out. Congress on Research in

              Dance Newsletter.

 

Green, J. (2001). Socially constructed bodies in American dance classrooms. Research in Dance

            Education, 2(2), 155-173 (peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (2001). Social somatic theory, practice, and research: An inclusive approach in higher education.  Conference Proceedings, Dancing in the Millennium: An International Conference (pp. 213-217). Washington, D.C.

 

Green, J. (2001). Emancipatory Pedagogy?: WomenÕs Bodies and the Creative Process in Dance.

Frontiers, 21(3), 124-140 (peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (2000). Power, service, and reflexivity in a community dance project. Research in Dance Education, 1(1), 53-67 (peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (2000). Summer Dance Connections: A community-based education program. Journal

of  Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 71(4), 29-31 (peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (1999). Somatic authority and the myth of the ideal body in dance education. Dance

Research Journal, 31(2), 80-100 (peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (1999). Community dance: Moving toward the future of dance education. Proceedings of the First Inaugural Dance Education Association Conference.

 

Green, J., & Stinson, S. (1999). Postpositivist research in dance.  In S. H. Fraleigh & P. Hanstein (Eds.), The Art of Research: Systematic Inquiry in Dance (pp. 91-123). Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press (invited and peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (1998). Dance performance and education: Moving from inside the studios to the outside community. In N. L. Stokes (Ed.),  Proceedings of the 31st Congress on Research in Dance. The Art of the Moment: Looking at Dance Performance from Inside and Out (pp. 77-87). The Congress on Research in Dance.

 

Green, J. (1998). Dance in retrospect: Moving out again. Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Physical Education, 2(1) (invited and peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (1997, Spring). North Carolina Dance Education: A Fragile State, Dance Voice, pp. 1,

            3.

 

Green, J. (1996). Moving through and against multiple paradigms:  Postpositivist research in somatics and creativity - Part II. Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Physical Education, 1(2), 73-86 (invited and peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (1996). Moving through and against multiple paradigms:  Postpositivist research in somatics and creativity - Part I. Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Physical Education, 1(1), 43-54 (invited and peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (1996). Choreographing a postmodern turn: The creative process and somatics. Impulse, 4 (4), 267-275 (peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (1993). Fostering creativity through movement and body awareness practices: A postpositivist investigation into the relationship between somatics and the creative process (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1993). Dissertation Abstracts International, 54(11), 3910A.

 

Green, J. (1992). The use of balls in Kinetic Awareness. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance,63(8), 61-64 (peer reviewed).

 

Green, J. (1991, Summer). Learning holistically through the bodymind:  A rationale for movement in the curriculum, Kinetic Awareness, pp. 1, 4.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

 

2008:   Student Bodies: Dance pedagogy and the Soma. American Educational Research

            Association,  New York, NY. (invited, peer reviewed)

 

2007:   American Body Pegagogies: Somatics and the Cultural Construction of

            Bodies.  Congress on Research in Dance,  New York City, New York. (invited, peer 

            reviewed)

 

2007:   A Fulbright to Finland: Culture, Somatics, and Body Pedagogies. Ways of Knowing in

            Dance and Art Symposium, Helsinki, Finland. (invited)

 

2007:   The Body Politic: Constructions of Health and Healing in Dance Education. Ways of

            Knowing in Dance and Art Symposium, Helsinki, Finland. (invited)

 

2006:   The Struggle Between Sociopolitical Awareness of the Body and Student Agency.                                          Creative Action: Gender and the Arts Conference. Greensboro, North Carolina (peer reviewed).

2006:   Somatics in the Academy: The Body and Institutional Authority. Congress on Research in Dance, Tempe, Arizona.

2006:   Student Bodies: Dance pedagogy and the Soma. Congress on Research in Dance, Tempe, Arizona.

 

2005:   Health and Human Rights in Dance Education.  Congress on Research in Dance.

            Montreal, Canada (invited, peer reviewed).

 

2005:   Reflections on Fulbright to Finland. Translating Gender: A Series on International

            Feminist Issues, Greensboro, NC (invited).

 

2004:   Docile bodies: A threat or a necessity in educating dancers (panel discussion). Ethics and Politics Embodied in Dance Conference, The Theatre Academy of Finland , Helsinki,        Finland  (invited).

 

2004:   Creativity and management in dance institutions.  Ethics and Politics Embodied in Dance Conference, The Theatre Academy of Finland ,Helsinki, Finland  (invited).

 

2004:   The body politic: Constructions of health and healing in dance education. 2004 National Dance Education Conference,  Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (peer reviewed).

 

2004:   A dis/ease with health:  Social constructions of healing in dance. 2004 Congress on Research in Dance Conference, Taipei, Taiwan (keynote presentation).

 

2004:   From inner somatic practice to global social action:  The location of the body in feminist

             work. Southeastern WomenÕs Studies Association (peer reviewed).

 

2004:   Journal Editors Research  Symposium, The Center for WomenÕs Health and Wellness, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.          

 

2003:   Kinetic Awareness. American Voices Conference. University of Turku, Turku, Finland

            (invited).

 

2003:   Research in somatics and dance pedagogy. Theatre Academy of Finland, Helsinki,

            Finland (invited).

 

2003:   Postpositivist research in dance. Presentation for faculty and students at Arizona State

             University (invited).

 

2002:   Foucault and the training of docile bodies in dance education. Paper presented at the

            annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

            (peer reviewed).

 

 

2002:   WomenÕs Studies Panel. Discussion at the Graduate Forum, UNCG Department of           Dance.

 

2001:   Towards a globalization of dance research: The scholarly disciplines, The Congress on Research in Dance 34th International Conference, NYC (peer reviewed).

 


2001:     Somatic knowledge: The body as content and methodology in dance and arts education,  National Dance Education Organization Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MI (peer reviewed).

 

2001:   Somatic practices and body awareness, Frontiers of Health and Healing Conference,

            UNCG, Greensboro, NC (invited)



2000:   Frameworks for dance/arts education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (invited).

 


2000:   Social somatic theory, practice, and research:  An inclusive approach in higher

            education dance, Dancing in the Millennium: An International Conference, Washington,

            D.C. (peer reviewed).


 

2000:     The gendered student body: An investigative tool for future dance and somatic research, Southeastern WomenÕs Studies Association (SEWSA), Boone, NC. (peer reviewed).


 

2000:     Scholarship and dance:  A research agenda, Graduate Forum, UNCG Department of Dance.

 

1999:   Community dance: Moving into the future of dance education, First Inaugural Dance Education Association Conference, Cincinnati, OH (peer reviewed).

 

1998:   Dance performance and education: Moving from inside the studio to the outside community, 1998 Congress on Research in Dance Conference, Columbus, OH (peer reviewed).

 

1998:   Engendering bodies: Somatic stories in dance education, American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA (peer reviewed).

 

1997:   WomenÕs bodies and the creative process in dance, 1997 Congress on Research in Dance Conference, Tucson, AZ (peer reviewed).

 

1997:   Body awareness for arts education research, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Ill (peer reviewed).

 

1997:   Choreographing a postmodern turn:  The creative process and somatics, Women's History Month Dance Department Performance, Lecture and Discussion, Women in Dance: Issues in Creativity and Funding, UNCG Dance Theater, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

 

1996:   Body stories:  Researching women in somatics and creativity, Women's Studies Research Series, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC (invited).

 

1996:   Choreographing a postmodern turn:  Postpositivist research in somatics and dance, Pre-conference Research Workshop, 1996 Congress on Research in Dance Conference, The Body in Dance:  Modes of Inquiry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

 

1996:   Kinesiological and Somatic Perspectives in Dance, Somatic Education in Dance Panel, Summer Symposium Dance Department of the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada (invited).

 

1996:   The student body: Dance education and the issue of somatic authority, National Conference, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (National Dance Association), Atlanta, GA (peer reviewed).

 

1995:   The gendered body in dance education, Annual Conference,  North Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Greensboro, NC (peer reviewed).

 

1995:   Somatic authority and the myth of the ideal body in dance education, Annual Conference, Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) Annual Conference, Miami, FL (peer reviewed).

 

1995:   The creative process and somatics: Choreographing a postmodern turn, National

Conference, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

(National Dance Association), Portland, OR (peer reviewed).         

 

1995:  Embodying multiple Positionalities: Postpositivist somatic research, Dance Ethnology

            Forum, Issues, Innovations and Change in Dance and Research:  Shift Happens, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (peer reviewed).


 

1994:     Gender and the body politic:  Researching women's experiences  in somatics and           creativity, Congress on Research in Dance Conference, Engendering Dance: Engendering Knowledge, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX (peer reviewed).

 

1994:   Somatics and the body politic, The Fourth Somatics Conference, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH.

 

1994:   Moving through and against conflicting positionalities: Postpositivist research in somatics and creativity, National Conference, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (National Dance Association), Denver, CO (peer reviewed).

 

 

1993:   Postpositivist research in somatics and creativity, Graduate Forum, Dance Department, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC.

 

1993:   Freeing the body through kinetic awareness, Third Annual  Somatics Conference, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

 

1993:   Analyzing Qualitative Data: Emerging Themes and Writing Data Stories, Spring '93 Research Conference, College of Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

 

1992:   Matching capstone knowledge with curriculum: Student learning opportunities for understanding the breadth of kinesiology, Capstone Knowledge with Curriculum:  Student Learning Opportunities for Understanding the Breadth of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

 

1992:   Closing the gap:  Reconstructing body/mind in theory and practice, Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice (with Seymour Kleinman, Hva He, Gary Joseph and Yijing Sun), Dayton, OH (peer reviewed).

 

1991:   Evaluating Students in Performance Settings, The October TA Forum - Panel discussion presented by the center for Teaching Excellence and the Graduate School, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (invited).

 

1991:   A somatics approach to dance, National Conference, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (National Dance Association), San Francisco, CA (peer reviewed).

 

1990:   Somatic education: Integrating body-mind in the curriculum, Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice (with Seymour Kleinman, Akiko Fukui and Paul Marienthal),  Dayton, OH (peer reviewed).

 

WORKSHOPS:


 

2008:   Body Awareness for Transsexual Students, The North Campus, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

 

2007:   Body Workshop for Love Your Body Week for Womens and Gender Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

 

2005:   Dance and Health, The Jewish Center, Beth David Synagogue , Greensboro, NC.

 

2004:  Eight workshops for International Dance Education Workshops (for dance teachers),

            Tainan, Taiwan.

 

2004:   The body as a core connection between dance and healthful living.  Dance Association

            for North Carolina Educators (DELT) 2004 Workshop, Raleigh, NC.

 

2003:   8 Kinetic Awareness classes for Instructors at The Theatre Academy of Finland, Helsinki

 

2002:  Somatics Presentation for North Carolina Association of Health, Physical

           Education Recreation, and Dance annual conference, Greensboro, NC.         

 

2002:   Somatics Workshop for North Carolina Dance Alliance.      

 

2001:     Body Image and Awareness Workshop, Transitions Program for Girls and their Parents, Grimsley High School, Greensboro.


 

2001:     Special Populations Dance Workshop, 2001 Special Arts Festival, Gateway Educational Center, Greensboro, NC.


 

2000:     Body Awareness Workshop for Girls, Finding Our Places: Strong Bodies, Strong Voices, Strong Selves, Sponsored by WomenÕs Studies, UNCG, Greensboro, NC.


 

2000:     Special Populations Dance Workshop, 2000 Special Arts Festival, Gateway Educational Center, Greensboro, NC.


 

1999:     Somatics Workshop, North Carolina Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, Greensboro, NC.

 

1999:   Special Populations Dance Workshop, 1999 Special Arts Festival, Gateway Educational Center, Greensboro, NC.

 

1999:   Engendering Bodies: Somatic Activities for Women, Workshop for WomenÕs Studies Conference, Breaking Barriers: Embodied and Empowered, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

 

1998:   Special Populations Dance Workshop, 1998 Special Arts Festival, Gateway Educational Center, Greensboro, NC.

 

1997:   Moving Kinetic Awareness into dance, North Carolina Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Greensboro, NC (invited).

 

 

1997:   Moving through stereotypes, Workshop for The Race and Gender Summer Institute, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC (invited).