ERIC MICHAEL HANDMAN portrait
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Modern Dance Department
  • Associate Professor, School Of Dance
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Professional Service

  • Ground Works, a2ru. Role: Editor. Editorial Board. 08/19/2020 - present
  • A2RU . Role: Editor. Editorial board - Ground Works . 08/19/2020 - present
  • SALT Contemporary Dance. Role: Board member. Artistic committee member. 08/01/2019 - present
  • Oxford University Press. Role: Manuscript reviewer . Review manuscript and evaluate for contract. How to Land: Finding Ground in an Unstable World By Ann Cooper Albright . 10/12/2017 - 12/12/2017
  • Breaking Ground Festival of Contemporary Dance and Film. Role: Adjudicator. Evaluate and prioritize 40 dance submissions for the 2018 Breaking Ground Festival in Tempe, AZ. 10/17/2016 - 11/20/2017
  • Breaking Ground Festival of Contemporary Dance and Film. Role: Adjudicator. Evaluate and prioritize 40 dance submissions for the 2018 Breaking Ground Festival in Tempe, AZ. 10/16/2016 - 11/25/2016
  • American College Dance Association. Role: Northwest Representative, Secretary to the Regional Director. Northwest Representative, Secretary to the Regional Director. 01/01/2016 - 07/01/2016
  • American College Dance Festival Association. Board of Directors. 07/01/2013 - 07/01/2016
  • Congress on Research in Dance. Role: Board of Directors. Podcast director/producer. 11/20/2011 - 03/01/2012

Internal Service

  • Graduate Concert. Director, 10/22/2022 - 12/04/2022. Department service.
  • RPT Committee. secretary, 01/01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Search Committee - Screendance. Chair, 01/01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Graduate Concert . Director, 11/25/2021 - present. Department service.
  • RPT Committee. Secretary, 10/21/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Academic Senate. Senator, 03/23/2021 - present. University service.
  • Academic Senate. Senator, 03/23/2021 - present. University service.
  • CFA Faculty Excellence Awards Committee . Committee member, 04/19/2019 - 04/19/2019. College service.
  • Contemporary Dance/Ballet Tenure-Track Search Committee. Chair, 01/07/2019 - 04/25/2019. Department service.
  • Council of Dee Fellows. Council member, representative of the CFA, 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2019. College service.
  • Take notes on RPT meetings and submit final 1 report to the School of Dance RPT committee. RPT Committee Secretary, 09/29/2017 - 10/17/2017. Department service.
  • Review, evaluate and rank submissions to the Council of Dee Fellows. Member, Council of Dee Fellows, 09/25/2017 - 02/02/2018. University service.
  • Council of Dee Fellows. Council member, 07/01/2017 - 05/01/2020. College service.
  • Entrepreneurial Faculty Scholars . Executive Committee, 01/31/2017 - present. University service.
  • Arts-in-Health Think Tank . CFA representative, 01/25/2017 - present. College service.
  • RPT Committee . Secretary, 09/19/2016 - 10/18/2016. Department service.
  • RPT Internal Reviewer/Theatre. Internal Reviewer, 09/12/2016 - present. College service.
  • Director of Graduate Studies. Director of Graduate Studies, 07/01/2016 - present. Department service.
  • RPT Internal Reviewer/Theatre . Reviewer, 07/01/2016 - present. College service.
  • Marriott Library Liaison. Marriott Library Liaison, 07/01/2016 - present. Department service.
  • College Council. Modern Dance Representative, 07/01/2016 - 07/01/2017. College service.
  • Faculty College Council. Modern Dance Representative, 07/01/2016 - 06/01/2017. College service.
  • Graduate Thesis Committee member. Graduate Thesis Committee member, 07/01/2016 - 09/09/2016. Department service.
  • Department Review Committee. Reviewer, 02/22/2016 - 03/20/2016. Department service.
  • Senior Concert Choreographic Mentor. Senior Concert Choreographic Mentor, 02/13/2016 - present. Department service.
  • University Teaching Assistant Committee. Adjudication Committee Member, 02/01/2016 - present. University service.
  • College Council. Department representative, 07/01/2015 - 12/31/2015. College service.
  • DRC. committee member, 07/01/2015 - 12/31/2015. Department service.
  • Faculty Counsel Committee. 07/01/2015 - 12/31/2015. College service.
  • RPT committee. committee member, 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015. Department service.
  • Internal Review committee School of Architecture. co-chair, 11/04/2011 - 02/10/2012. University service.
  • Physical and Life Science Area Committee. member, 07/01/2010 - 07/01/2013. University service.
  • University Interdisciplinary Teaching Programs Advisory Committee. member, 07/01/2010 - 07/01/2013. University service.
  • Director of Graduate Studies. Director of Graduate Studies, 01/01/2010 - present. Department service.
  • Curriculum Committee. member, 07/01/2009 - 07/01/2012. College service.

Honors & Awards

  • Celebrate U research honoree for virtual reality arts-based anxiety intervention for autism: Choreografish . Celebrate U, 04/05/2017
  • College of Fine Arts Faculty Excellence Award – Research . University of Utah College of Fine Arts, 09/28/2016
  • Winner of "Pretty Creatives" International Choreography Competition. Northwest Dance Project, 07/2014
  • Winner of New Visions Choreography Competition. Idaho Dance Theater, 01/2014
  • Fulbright Specialist Designation. Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, 05/06/2013

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