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DR. KAREN BOND
Associate Professor and EdM Program Coordinator,
phone: 215 204 6280
e-mail: kbond003@temple.edu

 

 

Karen Bond, Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Master of Education, joined the Dance Department in Fall 2000. She was formerly Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Dance Education and Research at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where she developed Australia’s first Master’s level courses in dance. Dr. Bond received her Ph.D. in Dance Education from La Trobe University in Melbourne. A recipient of the Graduate Research Award, Congress on Research in Dance (CORD), she is known internationally for her research into the experience and meanings of dance for participants from a range of populations and settings encompassing education, community arts, performance and therapy. She is currently a Research Associate for Merián Soto’s latest performance project, La Maquina del Tiempo. Dr. Bond is widely published in journals and conference publications, and has presented papers and workshops in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Saipan, Singapore, and the U.S.A. She recently became Chair of Dance and the Child International (daCi), affiliated with UNESCO, for a three-year term. DaCi is the only organization devoted to promotion of dance for children and youth on a global scale. At Temple she teaches graduate courses in foundations of dance education and curriculum; dance teaching; and qualitative research methods. She also teaches Dance, Movement, and Pluralism, a University core course for undergraduates.