Monica Cameron Frichtel, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, co-published with Ellen Gerdes, "Dance Studies," a chapter in the newest edition of Undergraduate Research in Dance: A Guide for Students, a book by Lynnette Overby, professor emeritus in the Department of Theatre and Dance, Jenny Olin Shanahan and Gregory Young (Routledge, Dec. 2, 20204). 

The chapter, one of two new chapters by UD faculty in the book, introduces students to the relatively new field of dance studies, a scholarly field that has grown out of dance history, cultural studies and embodied practices of dance. The other new chapter is titled, "Mentoring students to conduct dance research," and is written by Overby and Doug Risner. The book's first edition was published in 2019. and it has been a popular text for undergraduate dance students in the United States and Europe.

Dance can be studied as an expressive embodied art form with physical, cognitive and affective domains, and as an integral part of society, history and vast areas of interdisciplinary content. 

Undergraduate Research in Dance will equip future dance professionals with the means to move the field of dance forward.