Presentations and Panels
Presentation: “Stories Ballet Teachers Tell: bell hooks’s “Confessional Narratives” as Liberatory Pedagogical Praxis in the Ballet Class.” CORPS de Ballet, International conference. July 2026.
Momentum Stage Panel: “Creating Change Conversation: Tips in Hand from Published Educators” Panelists: Dr. Jimmy Chrismon, Molly W. Schenk, Dr. Jessica Zeller. Moderated by Nicole Perry. August 2025
American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum Panel: “Raising the Barre: Panel of Leading Dance Educators and Practitioners” Panelists: Paige Cunningham Caldarella, Ilana Goldman, Dr. Jessica Zeller Co-Moderated by Monica Stephenson and Dr. Durell Cooper. May 2025.
Royal Academy of Dance Guest Lecture Series Event: “On Ballet Pedagogy in Contemporary Times” In Conversation with Norma Sue Fisher-Stitt, Christina Johnson, and Jessica Zeller. Moderated by Dr. Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel. September 2022.
Presentation: "(Un)Grading Ballet: Rethinking Evaluative Practices." Presented at the Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MOBBallet) Symposium Dance Scholar Forum. August 2022.
Presentation: “Grading Dancing: Fitting the Square Peg of Ballet into the Round Hole of University Assessment.” CORPS de Ballet, International conference. July 2020.
Public Lecture: In the Liminal Space: Pedagogy at the Intersection of Our Ideals and Our Humanity. Temple University’s Dance Studies Colloquium series. November 2019.
Co-Presentation: "Fiery Tempers and Pocket Violins: Four Italian Ballet Pedagogues in Turn-of-the-Century America." Part of The Italian Influence on Ballet Training in America: A Longitudinal View, with Sharon Oberst. CORPS de Ballet, International conference. Florence, Italy. 2018.
Presentation: "Tradition and Innovation: Dance Manuals in Early Twentieth Century America." CORPS de Ballet, International conference. Provo, UT. 2017.