Miriam Giguere, PhD is the Department Head for Performing Arts in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design at Drexel University, as well as a professor, author, and advocate for the performing arts. She is the president of the Pennsylvania Dance Education Organization, Associate Editor of the journal Dance Education in Practice, and was Project Director for the 2018 Philadelphia Museum of Dance. She is an avid believer that the understanding, joy and connection we find in the creative process are essential to education and society.