Julie Kerr-Berry Editor & Author

Julie Kerr-Berry is a Professor Emerita of Dance at Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA. There, she directed the Dance Program and later chaired its Department of Theatre & Dance. Julie is also Editor Emerita of the Journal of Dance Education. Her scholarly publications focus on the intersections of dance, race, history, and whiteness. She has received awards for her scholarship, leadership, and work relative to social justice and racial equity with the National Dance Education Organization. Her creative research has been featured in the American College Dance Association’s Gala Concerts. Earlier in her career, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study dance in Indonesia. This led to other international dance study and to the development of coursework for her students to study abroad. Julie holds advanced degrees from Temple University’s Department of Dance in Philadelphia, PA.