I love to Move and Be Moved.

I’ve always been curious about what makes people tick, why they do what they do and how that impacts personal and professional well-being. My university students know me as an energetic professor of Marketing.  My friends and clients know me as a traveler, social dancer, and facilitator of emotional well-being.

As a military brat, I changed schools and houses more times than I care to count, but I did count – at least 35 so far.  Every new place came with its own rules—spoken and unspoken—and you have to figure it out quickly. 

In college, I found myself in a class learning the folk dances of other cultures. And something happened. I didn’t just learn the steps—I felt something come alive. Like I was finally in rhythm with something older, wiser, and strangely familiar.  I felt a connection to those villages, those people, those customs.  All their joy, work, grief, and well, their lives.  I knew I was on to something.  

After a degree in Intercultural Communications (Anthropology), management and a PhD in Health (so I could academically say that dance is healthy) I find myself infusing some of that healing and joy into everything I do.