{"id":24636,"date":"2025-03-06T10:38:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?page_id=24636"},"modified":"2025-03-06T14:35:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T20:35:05","slug":"dance-program-faculty-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/master-of-fine-arts-in-dance\/dance-program-faculty-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance Program Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dance-program-faculty\">Dance Program Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-carisa-armstrong\">Carisa Armstrong<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Program Director,\u00a0B.S. in Dance Science; Associate Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M.F.A. in Dance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Case Western Reserve University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Areas of Research: Dance science; choreography; Pilates&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/hopelife\/\">Webpage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-diane-bedford\">Diane Bedford<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Clinical Associate Professor; Section Chair for Dance, Music and Theatre Performance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M.F.A., Dance Performance and Choreography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Florida State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Areas of Research: Ballet; choreography; pedagogy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dianecahillbedford.com\/\">Webpage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-christine-s-bergeron\">Christine S. 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