Leslie Scott

Associate Chair, Department of Theatre and Dance

Associate Professor
School of Liberal Arts
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Affiliated Faculty

Research

Philanthropy & Social Change, Contemporary Dance, Dance for Camera, Non-Profit Development, Community Engagement through International Collaboration

Degrees

  • MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Choreography, 2016
  • BFA, Texas Christian University, Modern Dance, 2004

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Director, Creative Industries Certificate Program, Tulane University, 2023-
  • Associate Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance, Tulane University, 2021-
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance, Tulane University, 2017- 2021
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Dance, California Institute of the Arts, 2014-2016

Distinctions

  • Faculty Training Advisor - Service-Learning Course Development, Tulane University, 2024-
  • Tenenbaum Fellow – College Scholars – Tulane University, 2021-2024
  • Learning x Giving, National Philanthropy Organization – Faculty Fellow, 2021-2024
  • Mellon Fellow for community-engaged scholarship, 2020-2022

Overseas Experience

  • Brazil

Selected Publications

  • "hymn + them" - Santiago OFF! Festival, Chile, Jan 2025
  • International Dance Festival New Orleans, 2023-
  • "hymn + them" - dance premiere, Valdivia & Valparaíso, Chile, Jan 2022
  • “If Dance Counted”, National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) Conference Proceedings Oct 4-8 2018, San Diego, CA – Presenter, 2018.
  • “Quantifying Dance in a Capitalist Society,” Tafter Economic Journal, Italy N. 95 – LUGLIO AGOSTO, 2017