Lela Aisha Jones, Assistant Professor of Dance, Invited Guest for 'Deep Roots Bold Future'
Assistant Professor of Dance Lela Aisha Jones will join Temple University Professor Emerita and author of Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts on Thursday, Aug. 13, at 6 p.m., for an installment of , a series of intergenerational conversations presented by the Painted Bride via Zoom. Visit the event page to
Lela Aisha Jones is a movement performance artist, an interdisciplinary collaborator, community-grounded organizer/curator, and the founding director of , her creative research home. She earned a B.S. in health science education from the University of Florida, an M.F.A. in dance from Florida State University, and a Ph.D. from Texas Woman's University. Learn more about Jones and the rest of the program's faculty on the Dance Program page.