Takiyah Nur Amin, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Dance at UNC Charlotte, where she teaches courses in dance history and theory in the liberal studies curriculum, Department of Dance, and College of Arts + Architecture Honors Program. Her research a
...MoreTakiyah Nur Amin, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Dance at UNC Charlotte, where she teaches courses in dance history and theory in the liberal studies curriculum, Department of Dance, and College of Arts + Architecture Honors Program. Her research and teaching interests include Black performance and aesthetics, Black feminist thought and activism, 20th-century American concert dance, and pedagogical issues in dance studies. Dr. Amin is affiliate faculty at UNC Charlotte in the Department of Africana Studies.
As a Future Faculty Fellow, Takiyah earned a Ph.D. in Dance with a concentration in Cultural Studies, Certificate in Women’s Studies and Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education from Temple University. She is a recipient of the Edrie Ferdun Scholarly Achievement Award for excellence in dance studies from the Esther Boyer College of Music and Dance and a former Riley Scholar-in-Residence at Colorado College.
Beyond the academy, Dr. Amin is COO and Administrative Director of Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble, a Philadelphia-based, multicultural, contemporary modern dance company. Her community-based memberships include the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, National Association of University Women, and Sisters of the Academy (SOTA,) an international organization that promotes collaborative scholarship among Black women in higher education.
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