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Book Chapters
“Shufflin' Fools: Reclaiming Tap from Metaphor" in Oxford Handbook of Dance Praxis edited by Anurima Banerji, Royona Mitra and Jasmine Johnson, Oxford University Press (forthcoming 2026)
“Resistance in Rhythm: The Shim Sham Shimmy” in Dance in US Popular Culture edited by Jen Atkins, Routledge 2023
“'Tuck in Your Derrière:' Butts and Bodies in Ballet and Tap” in Embodied Difference: Divergent Bodies in Public Discourse, Lexington Books, 2019
“Tap Dancing on Tile: Sidestepping Failure at Guilford Elementary School” in White Women Getting Real About Race, Stylus Publishing 2013
“Resistance in Rhythm: The Shim Sham Shimmy” in Dance in US Popular Culture edited by Jen Atkins, Routledge 2023
“'Tuck in Your Derrière:' Butts and Bodies in Ballet and Tap” in Embodied Difference: Divergent Bodies in Public Discourse, Lexington Books, 2019
“Tap Dancing on Tile: Sidestepping Failure at Guilford Elementary School” in White Women Getting Real About Race, Stylus Publishing 2013
Journal Articles
“Black and Blue: The Women Who Reclaimed Tap” in The Journal of American Culture, Special Issue: Black Women, the Body, and Dance, edited by Katrina Thompson Moore and Kwakiutl Dreher, Volume 46, Issue 2, 2023
“How High the Moon: Deborah Mitchell’s Archiving of Black Vernacular Dance through the New Jersey Tap Ensemble” in The Dancer Citizen, Special Edition: Black Women Choreographers edited by Takiyah Nur Amin, Julie Johnson, and Saroya Corbett, Issue 15, 2022
“Anthropology with an Agenda: Four Forgotten Dance Anthropologists” in Research in Dance Education, Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2010
“How High the Moon: Deborah Mitchell’s Archiving of Black Vernacular Dance through the New Jersey Tap Ensemble” in The Dancer Citizen, Special Edition: Black Women Choreographers edited by Takiyah Nur Amin, Julie Johnson, and Saroya Corbett, Issue 15, 2022
“Anthropology with an Agenda: Four Forgotten Dance Anthropologists” in Research in Dance Education, Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2010
Book Reviews
“Book Review: The Bloomsbury Companion to Dance Studies and Futures of Dance Studies” in Dance Research Journal, Vol. 53, Issue 1, 2021
Papers
“Deborah Mitchell’s Moon Suite: An Inquiry into the Staging, Embodiment, and Archiving of Black Vernacular Dance,” Dance Studies Association, Rutgers University, 2021
“Time to Install Wood Floors: Springing into Engaged Rhythm Tap and Percussive Dance Curricula,” Dance Studies Association, Vancouver, Canada, October 2020 [Conference cancelled due to Covid-19]
“Tapping Common Ground: Fact and Fiction in Percussive Dance Fusions,” Dance Studies Association, Northwestern University, 2019
“Savage Rhythms: Transmission, Marginalization, and Ethnocentrism in Tap,” Dance Studies Association, Ohio State University, 2017
“On Taps: The Dancer/Musician Continuum and its Implications for Tap Pedagogy,” Society for Ethnomusicology & Congress on Research in Dance, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
“Importing Rhythm Tap: Americanizing British Tap with the Shim Sham Shim,” Congress on Research in Dance, Florida State University, 2011
“Trading Taps: Spectacle and Meaning in the Percussive Dance Challenge,” Society of Dance History Scholars, Surrey University, 2010
“Time to Install Wood Floors: Springing into Engaged Rhythm Tap and Percussive Dance Curricula,” Dance Studies Association, Vancouver, Canada, October 2020 [Conference cancelled due to Covid-19]
“Tapping Common Ground: Fact and Fiction in Percussive Dance Fusions,” Dance Studies Association, Northwestern University, 2019
“Savage Rhythms: Transmission, Marginalization, and Ethnocentrism in Tap,” Dance Studies Association, Ohio State University, 2017
“On Taps: The Dancer/Musician Continuum and its Implications for Tap Pedagogy,” Society for Ethnomusicology & Congress on Research in Dance, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
“Importing Rhythm Tap: Americanizing British Tap with the Shim Sham Shim,” Congress on Research in Dance, Florida State University, 2011
“Trading Taps: Spectacle and Meaning in the Percussive Dance Challenge,” Society of Dance History Scholars, Surrey University, 2010
Courses Taught
Rutgers University
ENG 101 | English Comp 1: Writing as Argument
ENG 102 | English Comp 2: Writing as Research
Stockton University
GAH 1323 | Dance and Culture
GAH 2393 | Tap Dance: Roots and Rhythms*
DANC 2204 | Tap I
DANC 2208 | Tap II
DANC 3301 | Dance History*
*Courses awarded Stockton University's R2 attribute for engagement with themes of race and racism
Temple University
DANC 1805 | Tap I
Rowan College at Burlington County
ANT 102 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
THR 103 | Introduction to Dance
ENG 101 | English Comp 1: Writing as Argument
ENG 102 | English Comp 2: Writing as Research
Stockton University
GAH 1323 | Dance and Culture
GAH 2393 | Tap Dance: Roots and Rhythms*
DANC 2204 | Tap I
DANC 2208 | Tap II
DANC 3301 | Dance History*
*Courses awarded Stockton University's R2 attribute for engagement with themes of race and racism
Temple University
DANC 1805 | Tap I
Rowan College at Burlington County
ANT 102 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
THR 103 | Introduction to Dance