Research and Scholarship
Kat Richter is Adjunct Professor of Dance at Stockton University where she teaches a variety of technique and theory classes including tap, dance history, and the anthropology of dance. Her research interests include percussive dance, dance notation, costume history, and the construct of race and the impact of racism in the performing arts.
Her scholarly publications include contributions to the Journal of Research in Dance Education (Vol 11, No. 3, 2010), White Women Getting Real About Race (Stylus Publishing, 2013), and Embodied Difference: Divergent Bodies in Public Discourse (Lexington Books, 2019). In addition, Richter has given papers at the annual meetings of the Society for Ethnomusicology, the Society of Dance History Scholars, the Congress on Research in Dance, and the Dance Studies Association, where she was part of the inaugural panel on percussive dance in 2017.
Kat holds an MA in Dance Anthropology from Roehampton University, where she earned Distinction; and a BA in Dance and History from Goucher College, from which she graduated magna cum laude and earned a Caplan Scholarship to Oxford University.
Her scholarly publications include contributions to the Journal of Research in Dance Education (Vol 11, No. 3, 2010), White Women Getting Real About Race (Stylus Publishing, 2013), and Embodied Difference: Divergent Bodies in Public Discourse (Lexington Books, 2019). In addition, Richter has given papers at the annual meetings of the Society for Ethnomusicology, the Society of Dance History Scholars, the Congress on Research in Dance, and the Dance Studies Association, where she was part of the inaugural panel on percussive dance in 2017.
Kat holds an MA in Dance Anthropology from Roehampton University, where she earned Distinction; and a BA in Dance and History from Goucher College, from which she graduated magna cum laude and earned a Caplan Scholarship to Oxford University.
Publications
"'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
"Anthropology with an Agenda: Four Forgotten Dance Anthropologists" in Research in Dance Education, Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2010; available online)
"Tap Dancing on Tile: Sidestepping Failure at Guilford Elementary School" in White Women Getting Real About Race, Stylus Publishing 2013
"Anthropology with an Agenda: Four Forgotten Dance Anthropologists" in Research in Dance Education, Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2010; available online)
Papers
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; proceedings available online)
Minors in the Tavern: Archaeology at the Allen House (Co-presentation with Megan Springate; Association of Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2001)
Effective Strategies for Working with Homeschoolers (Panelist; Association of Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums, Mystic Seaport and Old Sturbridge Village, 2000)
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; proceedings available online)
Minors in the Tavern: Archaeology at the Allen House (Co-presentation with Megan Springate; Association of Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2001)
Effective Strategies for Working with Homeschoolers (Panelist; Association of Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums, Mystic Seaport and Old Sturbridge Village, 2000)