Dr. Rebecca Rossen is a dance historian, choreographer, and writer. She is Associate Professor in the Performance as Public Practice Program in the Department of Theatre and Dance and a faculty affiliate in the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Her book, Dancing Jewish: Jewish Identity in American Modern and Postmodern Dance (Oxford University Press, 2014), was the winner of the Oscar G. Brockett Prize in Dance Research.