About Renee Garris

Renee Garris is an Asst. Professor of Humanities in Virginia.
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NBN Episodes hosted by Renee:

Karen Schupp and Sherrie Barr eds., "Stories We Dance / Stories We Tell: Essays on Dance in Higher Education" (McFarland, 2025)

February 15, 2026

Stories We Dance / Stories We Tell

Karen Schupp and Sherrie Barr eds.
Hosted by Renee Garris

Higher education continually mediates long standing traditions while seeking new ways of thinking, creating a quiet tension as institutions respond to…

Georgia Finnegan, "Grace & Grit: A History of Ballet in Minnesota" (Afton Historical Society, 2024)

March 6, 2025

Grace & Grit

Georgia Finnegan
Hosted by Renee Garris

The names are iconic and familiar to anyone in Minnesota with an interest in dance: the Andaházy School of Classical Ballet, Minnesota Dance Theatre, …

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 …