The Foundations of Dance Anthology

Benita Junette Brown is a professor emerita and coordinator of dance, as well as the former director of Virginia State University's Sankofa Dance Theatre. She holds a Doctor of Education in dance and a master's degree in dance from the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University. She also holds a Sloan-C Certification in online and distance education, as well as certifications from ACUE, QMPR, and OLC. Brown has experience teaching courses, including the history of dance, the Black experience, African and Caribbean dance, dance repertory, rhythmic forms, and yoga and meditation. She has traveled abroad to Morocco, Ghana, the Bahamas, Senegal, Gambia, London, and Wales to conduct research on dance, folklore, and culture.

She is the recipient of several fellowships, including the Future Faculty Fellowship, Dissertation Fellowship, Choreographer's Fellowship, Frederick Douglass Fellowship, University of Puerto Rico Research Fellowship, Research Initiation Grant Fellowship, and Virginia Historical Society Fellowship. She is the recipient of the Leeway Foundation Arts and Culture Grant and the Black Music City Grant. Her peers also elected her as a Fulbright Scholar.