Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Julie Kerr-Berry - Season 14, Episode 157

Julie Kerr-Berry retired in 2023 after 35 years at Minnesota StateUniversity, Mankato (MSUM). In 2020, she became chair of theDepartment of Theatre & Dance. Throughout her tenure, she helped tobuild multiple degrees in Dance. Julie is Editor Emerita of the Journal ofDance Education. Her scholarly publications focus on the intersections ofdance, race, and history specific to whiteness. Recently she was namedof Minnesota Dance Educator of the Year and was the recipient ofa Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award at MSUM (2019). From the NationalDance Education Organization, she received a Top Paper Citation (2011),an Outstanding Leadership Award (2012), Executive Director’s Award (2020),and Presidential Award for dedication to the National Dance EducationOrganization’s, Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Project/JDEI Project(2022). The American College Dance Association (ACDA) recognized hercreative research. War Story was the 2nd Alternate for ACDA’s 2014 NationalDance Festival at the Kennedy Center. Julie taught in a federal prison forwomen which she hopes to continue. As a Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia,she became an advocate of international dance education, which latermotivated her travels to Nigeria, Australia, New Zealand, Cuba, andFrance. In France, Julie co-led a study abroad course to Paris and Dijon onseveral occasions where students danced, performed, traversed bothcities, and the French countryside. She is an avid practitioner of Vinyasayoga. Currently, she is writing a book that is a cultural critique of Americandance history through the lens of whiteness. Julie earned her EdD andMEd in Dance from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.