Shelley CushmanShelley Cushman

Professor of Dance

B.A. in English and Dance from California State University at Fresno

M.A. University of California at Los Angeles with studies in choreography, movement therapy, and kinesiology


Contact Information
Office: Stovall Hall 180I
Hours: Weds. 3-4 p.m., Thurs. 3-4 p.m.
Phone: (940) 565-3433
E-mail: cushman@unt.edu
Ms. Cushman is a Certified Massage Therapist through the American Massage Therapy Association (1985), holds Certification in Basic Hydrotherapy, from the Kniepp Institute in Germany (1986), and is certified through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (1993). Ms. Cushman performed with the Sara Rudner Dance Ensemble in New York and the Theatre Vangard Improvisational Company in Hollywood, California. She has received numerous awards and glowing reviews for both choreography and performance, nationally and internationally. Ms. Cushman has been on the faculty of CSU-Fresno, College of Sequoias, and UCLA. Her latest collaborative is a project in progress with music composer Phil Winsor and videographers Ben Levin and Michael Mullins, Cinematic Caricatures: Book 1, 2 and 3, involving 30 dances. It has been presented in workshops, competitions, conferences, and performances throughout the world.