Elizabeth McPherson is an associate professor and coordinator of the BA in Dance (with teaching concentrations) at Montclair State University. She received her BFA from Juilliard, followed by an MA from The City College of New York, and a PhD from New York University. The author of The Bennington School of the Dance: A History in Writings and Interviews and The Contributions of Martha Hill to American Dance and Dance Education, 1900-1995, she has also written articles and reviews for Ballet Review, Dance Teacher Magazine, Attitude: The Dancers' Magazine and The Journal of Dance Education. Dr. McPherson is the Executive Editor of the journal Dance Education in Practice. She has staged numerous dance works from Labanotation, including Charles Weidman's Lynchtown and Antony Tudor's Continuo. She is a board member of the Martha Hill Dance Fund and on the professional advisory committee of the Dance Notation Bureau. In the 1990s, Dr. McPherson performed across the country with Avodah Dance Ensemble, was a member of Ernesta Corvino's Dance Circle Company, and appeared with The Louis Johnson Dance Theatre. (http://www.montclair.edu/profilepages/view_profile.php?username=mcphersone)