Wendy Oliver
Emeritus
Education:
Ed.D. - Dance Education, Columbia University
Area(s) of Expertise:
Wendy Oliver has been teaching and choreographing at Providence College since 1985, and is the director of the PC Dance Company. Before coming to Providence College, she performed with the Minneapolis-based company Contactworks, performing and teaching throughout the upper Midwest. Dr. Oliver is Chair of the Department of Theatre, Dance and Film, and also runs the Children's Dance program on Saturdays on the Providence College campus. She co-edited Jazz Dance: A History of Its Roots and Branches, University Press of Florida in 2014. Her book Writing about Dance was published by Human Kinetics in 2010. She has also published articles in the Journal of Dance Education, Dance Research Journal, and the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, among others. Oliver is the Editor of the Journal of Dance Education and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Dance Education Organization.
Selected Publications:
Oliver, W. Risner, D. In Wendy Oliver & Doug Risner (Ed.), Dance and Gender: A Collection of Empirical Research. Gainsville, FL: University Press of Florida
Oliver, W. Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches. Gainsville, Florida: University of Florida Press
Oliver, W. Writing about Dance. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics
Oliver, W. “The Audience/Performer Connection: Impulse 1962.” .
Oliver, W. (2011) College and University Dance Companies in the U.S.: A Descriptive Study. . Journal of Dance Education.(2011),
Selected Presentations:
Oliver, W. National Dance Education Organization. , Miami, FL - "Board Member: Editor-in-Chief Journal of Dance Education" October, 2013
Oliver, W. National Dance Education Organization. , Miami, FL - "Panel: What to Publish? Ask the JODE and RDE Editors!" October, 2013
Oliver, W. National Dance Education Organization. , Los Angeles, CA - "The Roots and Branches of Jazz Dance: Honoring Traditions, Extending the Form; Board Member: Journal of Dance Education" October, 2012
Oliver, W. National Dance Education Organization. , Minneapolis, MN - "Paper: Revisiting a Shared Point of Contact: Dance/Movement Therapist and Dance Educator" October, 2011
Oliver, W. National Dance Association/American Alliance for Recreation & Dance. , San Diego, CA - "Writing Dance Critiques: An Approach for Students & Dance and Culture, Enhance Your Curriculum; Committee: Scholar/Artist Committee" March, 2011
