Presenter Profile

Donna Mejia is an international touring artist and Assistant Professor of dance at CU-Boulder specializing in transnational fusion and traditions of the Arab/African Diaspora, ethnic studies, gender studies, pedagogy and ethics. Donna served as Artist in Residence for fifteen universities, and completed her graduate studies on full fellowship. She has headlined over 50 international festivals since 2012, received the Fulbright Association’s 2011 Selma Jeanne Cohen honor for International Dance Scholarship, and performed her solos at the Kennedy Center, The Apollo Theatre, and the venerable La MaMa Theatre in NYC. For more information please visit her at donnainthedance.com