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Lecturer Pool - Dance Studies AY 2026/2027

California State University, San Marcos
Edinburg, Texas52

Assistant Professor of Tap and Musical Theatre Dance

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Syracuse, New York58

Part-Time Faculty: DRA 441.1 Ballet IV (Spring 2027)

Syracuse University
Salt Lake City, Utah67

Director of the School of Dance

University of Utah
Tuscaloosa, Alabama67

BCAS - Assistant Professor of Dance in Theatre & Dance - 530739

University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
Houston, Texas69

Scholar-in-Residence

University of Houston
Champaign, Illinois50

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Tenure Track), Contemporary Dance Forms

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Houston, Texas52

Scholar-in-Residence - (497011 )

University of Houston
Saratoga, California66

Part-Time Physical Education

West Valley-Mission Community College District

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