Sandra Cerny Minton, PH.D.

Sandra Cerny Minton, PhD, is co-coordinator of the dance education master's program at the University of Northern Colorado. She has 26 years' experience running a dance program at the university level and has choreographed and directed numerous main stage concerts. She also taught for 10 years in public schools. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from UCLA, where she studied under nationally renowned dance educator Alma Hawkins. Minton was a founding member of the National Dance...See more

Sandra Cerny Minton, PhD, is co-coordinator of the dance education master's program at the University of Northern Colorado. She has 26 years' experience running a dance program at the university level and has choreographed and directed numerous main stage concerts. She also taught for 10 years in public schools. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from UCLA, where she studied under nationally renowned dance educator Alma Hawkins. Minton was a founding member of the National Dance Education Organization and has served as publications director for the National Dance Association. She has been a frequent presenter at national conferences on the topics of creative movement and choreographic techniques. She is widely published in journals and has authored or coauthored eight books. In 1999, Minton was selected as the recipient of the National Dance Association Artist/Scholar Award, and in 2001 she taught in Finland as a Fulbright Scholar. See less