talks + research

CREATING SPACE FOR STORY

Keynote presentation and workshop
Create Appalachia film conference, 2023

WOMEN IN PRODUCTION

Roundtable, Host/Organizer
Millenium Park Chicago, 2018

NET IMPACT

Sustainability Panel
University of Illinois Chicago, 2016

ART, ADVOCACY + METRICS IN THE CREATIVE SPACE

Panel and workshop series, Host/Organizer
Google Chicago, 2015

ADOPTING THE RURAL CONDITION

Conference Speaker
THATCamp Southeast Missouri, 2013

CHOREOGRAPHIES THAT LAST

Author and Presenter
PSI19 Conference ‘Now Then: Performance and Temporality’
Stanford University, 2013

WAYS OF KNOWING: PERCEPTION AND SPACE IN MEDIA AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICE

Author and Presenter
CSA Conference ‘Beyond Disciplinarity: Interventions in Cultural Studies and the Arts’
Columbia College Chicago, 2013

A CASE STUDY IN IP ARISING IN ART/SCIENCE PERFORMANCE RESEARCH AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION

White Paper Author
SEAD Network for Science, Engineering, Art and Design
XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, Japan, 2012 - 2014

SUSTAINABILITY IN THE AMERICAS: YOUTH AGENCY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY AND MOVEMENT BASED PERFORMANCE PRACTICE

Author and Presenter
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
New York University, 2007

awards + press

Joel Hall Dancers + Center Resident Artist

Cliff Dwellers Foundation Grantee

The Awesome Foundation Grantee

Helen R. Whiteley Center Resident Artist

Storefronts Auburn Project Grantee

smART Ventures Fund, City of Seattle Grantee

Richard Hugo House Writers Fund Grantee

Air Le Parc Resident Artist

Centre D’Art I Natura Resident Artist

Tinker Foundation, Center for Caribbean + Latin American Studies Research Fellow

PSAS Department of Performance Studies, New York University. Grantee

Denver Opera Guild Scholarship Recipient

Richter Studios Breathtaking Dance, Music + Film = Fantasmagorie

ABC News Humboldt Park Dance Performance 

WBEZ Chicago Fantasmagorie Live on the Water at Humboldt Park Lagoon

Chicago Tribune List of Top Things for Families in Chicago To Do

ChicagoNow Fantasmagorie: Surprise Dance Performance at Humboldt Park in Chicago

DNA Info http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/people/josie-davis

ABC News Rooftop Dance Series Waltzes Across Chicago

France5.fr Documentaires Des Trains Pas Comme Les Autres

Chicago Tribune A City on the Move

Time Out Chicago Wake Up! Waltz Brings Dance to Chicago’s Rooftops

City Vision Magazine Pride of Place

Seattle Channel Art Zone with Nancy Guppy