Charmian Wells

Charmian Wells received her PhD in dance studies from Temple University as a Presidential Fellow. Her work examines articulations of queerness and diaspora in Black Arts Movement concert dance in New York City (1965-1975). This research emerges from her background dancing with Forces of Nature Dance Theatre (2006-2021).

Her writing has been published in Dance Research Journal, Movement Research’s Critical Correspondence, and The Brooklyn Rail. She has taught in the dance departments of Sarah Lawrence College, Lehman College, Swarthmore College, Marymount Manhattan College, Temple University, Hollins University, and the University of Iowa. She is delighted to join the Division of Dance at Texas Woman’s University.