2023
Schupp, Karen, Artemis Preshel, and Joya Scott. 2024. “Undervalued, Underpaid, Underappreciated’: The Live Experiences of Adjunct Faculty in the Performing Arts.” In Futures of Performance: The Responsibilities of Performing Arts in Higher Education, edited by Karen Schupp, 221-36. London: Routledge.
Using data gathered through a mixed-method, empirical approach, this chapter discusses the day-to-day experiences of adjunct faculty in dance, music, and theatre, and provides strategies to better support adjunct faculty in the performing arts.
2023
Schupp, Karen. 2023. “Dancing Girls and Dance Moms: Performing Femininity on the Dance Competition Stage.” In Dance in US Popular Culture, edited by Jennifer Atkins, London: Routledge.
This chapter investigates the important role femininity plays for female youth in dance competition culture, how and why femininity is scripted on female dancing bodies, and what the performance of femininity means for understanding dance in popular culture.
2022
Schupp, Karen. 2022. “Age-Appropriateness in Dance Competition Culture: More, More, More!” In Dancing Across the Lifespan: Negotiating Age, Place, and Purpose, edited by Pam Musil, Doug Risner, and Karen Schupp, 191-208. London: Palgrave.
This chapter uses empirical and auto-ethnographic reflections to track how ideas about age-appropriate technique has changed over the last 40 years in dance competition culture.
2022
Musil, Pam, Karen Schupp, and Doug Risner. 2022. “Parenting while Dancing while Parenting.” In Dancing Across the Lifespan: Negotiating Age, Place, and Purpose, edited by Pam Musil, Doug Risner, and Karen Schupp, 129-138. London: Palgrave.
This chapter uses a mixed-methods approach to provide an initial understanding of the experiences of parents in dance.
2020
Theresa Purcell Cone, Doug Risner, and Karen Schupp. 2020. “Challenges and Solutions to Including Students with Disabilities.” In Ethical Dilemmas in Dance Education: Case Studies on Humanizing Dance Pedagogy, edited by Doug Risner and Karen Schupp, 40-48. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.
This chapter raises issues of ability status and who has the right to decide whether a child with a disability should have access to the dance program.
2020
Elizabeth McPherson, Doug Risner, and Karen Schupp. 2020. “Why Grade Inflation and Teacher Disposition Don’t Mix.” In Ethical Dilemmas in Dance Education: Case Studies on Humanizing Dance Pedagogy, edited by Doug Risner and Karen Schupp, 163-172. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.
This chapter exposes the ways in which grade inflation can hide student teachers’ deficiencies in teacher dispositions.
2020
Karen Schupp and Robin Prichard. 2020. “Where Do You Draw the Line?” In Ethical Dilemmas in Dance Education: Case Studies on Humanizing Dance Pedagogy, edited by Doug Risner and Karen Schupp, 199-207. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.
This chapter looks at what happens when differing pedagogical and choreographic approaches collide during a professional guest artist residency.
2020
Doug Risner and Karen Schupp. 2020. “Teaching Artist Advocates.” In Ethical Dilemmas in Dance Education: Case Studies on Humanizing Dance Pedagogy, edited by Doug Risner and Karen Schupp, 288-296. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.
This chapter demonstrates how community dance can serve as a vehicle to promote social change.
2018
Karen Schupp. 2018. “You’ve Got to Sell It! Dancing on the Competition Stage.” In The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Competition, edited by Sherril Dodds, 41-64. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
This book chapter examines the motivations of female adolescent dance competition participants in relation to dance competitions’ marketing practices.
2018
Karen Schupp and Nyama McCarthy-Brown. 2018. “Dancing with Diversity: Students’ Perceptions of Cultural Diversity in Postsecondary Dance Programs.” In Dance: Current Selected Research, edited by Lynnette Overby and Billie Lepczyk. Newark: University of Delaware Library Open Access Publishing Platform. https://journals.udel.edu/dance/index
This book chapter contextualizes and analyzes postsecondary dance majors’ perceptions of cultural diversity using a mixed method research design to reveal what is working and what changes still need to occur to more fully embrace cultural diversity in postsecondary dance education.
2017
Schupp, Karen. 2017. “Sassy Girls and Hard-hitting Boys: Dance Competitions and Gender.” In Dance and Gender: An Evidence-Based Approach, edited by Wendy Oliver and Doug Risner, 76-96. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
This book chapter examines the beliefs and attitudes of adolescents who participate in dance competitions.