TEACHING
Ilana Morgan engages students with experiential service learning projects to help them understand dance education as advocacy, as inclusive learning, and as civic engagement for diverse communities.
Ilana Morgan oversees the coordination of Texas Woman's University's Master of Arts in Dance low-residency option tailored for Dance Educators. This specialized program offers educators a unique opportunity to enhance their pedagogical practices and engage in rigorous dance education research.
Students in the DNCE 4123: Dance and Public Practice course embark upon a service-learning project with Denton community seniors at the Pecan Place Apartments.
Ilana Morgan supervises and mentors between 4 to 9 student teachers per semester during their practicum in high school dance classrooms.
Students in DNCE 4243: Children’s Dance teach a weekly creative movement class to children at Texas Woman's University from a local elementary school, The KOAN School.
Ilana Morgan taught dance to grades K-12 in the Carpinteria and Santa Barbara California public schools from 2000-2007.