Rebecca Steinberg

Rebecca Steinberg (she/her) is a dance artist and scholar. She is a 2021 Tennessee Individual Artists Fellow and a 2019 Jacob’s Pillow Choreography Fellow. Steinberg’s interdisciplinary research projects bridge dance studies, learning sciences, queer studies, and gender and sexuality studies. For nearly a decade, she has collaborated closely with Learning Scientist Dr. Lauren Vogelstein on the design and analysis of STEAM learning environments as sites for rigorous collective learning and choreographic research. Her current STEAM research is supported by a three-year National Science Foundation AISL grant, examining the impact of engaging youth, choreographers, and scientists in collaborative, embodied exploration of complex scientific systems and phenomena. Steinberg’s primary research and teaching interests include dance studies, queer studies, performance studies, gender and sexuality studies, black feminist theory, design thinking, and dance education. Rebecca earned her MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland, College Park where she is currently pursuing a PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies.