Cia Sautter - Academic CV

  

EDUCATION  
 The Graduate Theological Union     Ph.D. Religion and the Arts – dance and performance history in world religions; performance studies. 

University of Minnesota     Continuing study in Dance History and Philosophy; Religion. 

United Theological Seminary        M. Div. Religion and the Arts; counseling.

Gustavus Adolphus College   B.A. 

English, Religion - includes University study in Israel; dance and theater study.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Teaching and Curriculum Development

• Taught 5-115 students for both classroom and online college and graduate school classes in the Arts and Humanities.
• Created classes, wrote syllabi, and taught courses covering Arts and Culture, Religion, and Ethics.
• Taught and advised a diverse range of students, at state and community colleges and private schools.
• Delivered classroom, online, and web-enhanced college classes.
• Participated in department and college curriculum development, and classroom assessment.

Research and Writing 

• Published scholarly articles for academic journals, encyclopedias, and educational resources.
• Wrote book manuscripts for publication.
• Wrote and delivered papers for national and international conferences.

Methodological Specialization: Performance Studies; Theatre and Dance History; History of Religions, Women's history.

Dissertation: The Dance of Jewish Women as Torah, examining historiography of Jewish women through Biblical and Sephardic women’s ritual traditions.

Dissertation Committee - Professor Doug Adams, chair; Prof. Naomi Seidman; Prof. Ben Brinner, University of California-Berkeley.

Languages: German, Hebrew, Spanish, Greek, Latin

Honors and Awards: Newhall award; Tuition Scholarship; Iota Delta Gamma; Magna Cum Laude.  

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

College of St. Scholastica, 2012-17.  Developed lessons and taught online courses on Women and Religion, Spirituality, Ethics for college student. 

St. Cloud State University, 2009-2012. Created, wrote and developed curriculum, taught, and evaluated 25-115 college students in classes for history and performance studies in World Religions; Contemporary Thought in Judaism/Christianity/Islam; New Testament; Theater and Film.

United Theological Seminary, 2001-12. Created, wrote and developed curriculum, taught, and evaluated classes of 5-20 graduate students in courses on history and performance studies in Judaism/Islam; Judaism, Hinduism, World Religions Survey, Performing Arts in World Religions. Advised Doctoral student on History of Religions.

Minneapolis Community and Technical College, 2007-09. Created, wrote and developed curriculum, taught, and evaluated 25-40 beginning community college students in online and live classes for history and performance studies in World Religions, Humanities -theatre, dance, and art history in World Cultures, Ethics. Participated in faculty curriculum development, assessment meetings.

Minnesota School of Business, 2005-07. Developed curriculum, wrote lectures and materials, taught, and evaluated classes of 5-30 traditional and adult beginning undergraduate students in Humanities-theatre, dance, and art history in World Cultures, Introduction to Literature, Film in Society, Art in the Modern World, Composition, Speech, Interpersonal Relations. Participated in faculty development classes.

University of California-Berkeley, 1996, 2000. Served as assistant for class on dance, gender, and ethnicity in culture; created and taught course on performing arts in World Religions.

The Graduate Theological Union, 1998-1999. Created and taught Summer School and graduate course and lab on World Religions and Dance.

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Independent Performer and Instructor, 1987-2012 

 *Performed in dance and theatre productions for schools, large and small arts venues, and special events, including Tellabration, Patrick’s Cabaret, the Fringe Festival, Blackdog café, the Minnesota History Center, the Jewish Arts festival, Oakland Blues festival. Emeryville dance by the Bay.

*Taught creative movement and storytelling to children for after-school, summer project, and camps, inlcuding Macphail Center for the arts, Tehiyah day school, the Jewish Community Center. 

 *Created and lead workshops and classes on dance, movement, and communication for schools and seminars, including Mental Health conferences, teacher trainings, women’s conferences, United Theological Seminary, The Graduate Theological Union, University of California-Berkeley. 

*Taught creative dance and yoga classes for children and adults at studios, schools, community education, and health clubs. 

RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, AND PRESENTATIONS

  Book Publications:
 January 2017  

Performing Religion – examining theater, dance, and performance as a necessity for developing ethical life practice.  https://www.routledge.com/authors/i15734-cia-sautter

November 2016 
"Women, Dance, Death, and Lament in Medieval Spain and the Mediterranean: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Examples" in Death in Medieval Europe, https://www.routledge.com/Death-in-Medieval-Europe-Death-Scripted-and-Death-Choreographed/Rollo-Koster/p/book/9781138802131

  December, 2010   The Miriam Tradition: Teaching Embodied Torah, University of Illinois Press.

Publications and Presentations:

2010   Joyful Movement: Kabbalah, Yoga, and the Spirituality of Movement – a comparative and practical study of movement for body-mind centering. (Includes reference to Sufi influences).

2009 “Sway, Balance, and Ritual: A Jewish Example,” paper on cognitive theory and religious ritual, for the 2009 American Academy of Religion conference.

2009 Kabbalah/Yoga, article on Yoga, Kabbalah, and Sex for The Journal of Inter-religious Dialogue.

2008 “Kabbalah and Social Justice”; “Yoga and Social Justice” for Encyclopedia of Religion and Social Justice.

2008 “Kabbalah/Yoga” for Upper Midwest Regional American Academy of Religion meeting.

2006 “Dance” for Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media. Routledge.

2005 “Blessed are you for Creating Harry” for academic conference, Reading, England.

2005 “Teaching the Dance of World Religions” on study of religion as culture and practice, Wabash Center, The Journal of Teaching Theology and Religion.

2004  “Happiness, Ecstasy, and the Text of Joy,” for 2004 Red River Valley Conference on World Literature, on text and movement.

2004 “The Zohar: An Overview,” for film documentary, SoundMarks production.

2004 “Jewish Self-Government in the Middle Ages,” for film documentary, SoundMarks production.

2003 “Teaching the Dance of World Religions,” AAR Western Regional Meeting Presentation.

2002 “Chochmat - Rhymes with Spirit Rock,” on Buddhist and Jewish meditation,  Journal of Religion and Popular Culture.

2001 “Miriam’s Dance,” chapter in All the Women Followed Her, Rikudi Press.

2000 AAR presentation, “Jai Uttal Meets Torah Wrave,” on ecstatic practices in Indian and Jewish Traditions.

1998 AAR presentation, “Women with Swinging Hips and Stamping Feet.”