Scholarship and Creative Expressions per year
Scholarship and Creative Expressions per year
Personal profile
Biography
Melanie McLaurin, PhD is a Assistant Teaching Professor in Dance at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University and Co-Director of The E. Gwynn Dancers of NC A&T. Affiliated with the student company since 1993, McLaurin has studied traditional dance forms in Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, South Africa, Senegal, and Ghana. McLaurin is a graduate of Texas Woman’s University. Her dissertation is titled African Dance in Diverse Higher Education Settings: Perspectives from the Practices of Five Experienced Instructors. Her research area is world dance in higher education with particular interest in dance of Africa and the African Diaspora.
Education/Academic qualification
Dance, Ph.D., African Dance in Diverse Higher Education Settings: Perspectives from the Practices of Five Experienced Instructors, Texas Woman's University
… → 2016
Dance, M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
… → 2002
Elementary Education, BS, N/A, North Carolina A&T State University
… → 1995
Scholarship and Creative Expressions
- 4 Paper
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African Dance in Diverse Higher Education Settings
McLaurin, M. & Dalton, M., 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Keeping the African and African American Traditions Alive: Dunham Technique Pushing the Limits
McLaurin, M. & Dalton, M., 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Bullet Holes in the Wall: Reflections on Acts of Courage in the Struggle for Liberation
McLaurin, M. & Dalton, M. L., 2013.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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From Charleston, SC to Cape Town, South Africa: Descendants of Enslavement find Common Ground Through Theatre
McLaurin, M., Vanita, V., Henry, J. P., Stevens, C. M., Dalton, M. L. & Seiz, J., 2010.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper