About Renee Garris

Renee Garris is a professor of Humanities in Virginia. She teaches the Humanities as a discipline as well as hosts authors on this network as well as the Performing Arts channel.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Renee:

Julie Pfeiffer, "Transforming Girls: The Work of Nineteenth-Century Adolescence" (UP of Mississippi, 2021)

May 3, 2022

Transforming Girls

Julie Pfeiffer
Hosted by Renee Garris

Transforming Girls: The Work of Nineteenth-Century Adolescence (UP of Mississippi, 2021) explores the paradox of the nineteenth-century girls’ book. O…

Adesola Akinleye, "(Re:) Claiming Ballet" (Intellect Books, 2021)

October 21, 2021

(Re:) Claiming Ballet

Adesola Akinleye
Hosted by Renee Garris

(Re:) Claiming Ballet (Intellect Books, 2021) by Dr. Adesola Akinleye explores the history of movement through ballet, representation, and the future …

Stanley J. Rabinowitz, "And Then Came Dance: The Women Who Led Volynsky to Ballet's Magic Kingdom" (Oxford UP, 2019)

December 18, 2020

And Then Came Dance

Stanley J. Rabinowitz
Hosted by Renee Garris

Dr. Stanley Rabinowitz once again immerses us into the world of ballet and Akim Volynsky with his book And Then Came Dance: The Women Who Led Volynsky…

Victoria Phillips, "Martha Graham's Cold War: The Dance of American Diplomacy" (Oxford UP, 2019)

November 24, 2020

Martha Graham's Cold War

Victoria Phillips
Hosted by Renee Garris

Dr. Victoria Phillips adeptly tells the story of Martha Graham's role as diplomat, arts innovator, and dancer. Her book Martha Graham's Cold War: The …