Karen Schupp is a performer, choreographer, and educator in a variety of dance forms. Currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Dance at Arizona State University, Ms. Schupp teaches both studio and theory courses. Ms. Schupp regularly presents her choreography in the Phoenix area and New York and has performed regionally and nationally with choreographers including Victoria Marks, Mary Fitzgerald, and Ann Ludwig. Ms. Schupp received her MFA in Dance from Arizona State University; a Horton Award for Outstanding Performance in a Small Ensemble for Victoria Marks’ Against Ending; a 2007 Distinguished Teaching Award from the Herberger College of the Arts; and is a Wakonse Teaching Fellow. Her scholarly work has been presented at both the National Dance Education Organization’s and Congress on Research in Dance’s annual conferences.