The Big Story: October 4, 2021

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar is a professor at FSU’s School of Dance and founder of Urban Bush Women (UBW). Photo courtesy of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Photo courtesy of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar is a Lawton Distinguished Professor at Florida State University and the founder of New York-based dance company Urban Bush Women. (Photo courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation).

Florida State University’s Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, a professor at FSU’s School of Dance and founder of Urban Bush Women (UBW), has received the 2021 MacArthur Fellowship — also known as the “genius grant” — for using the power of dance and artistic expression to celebrate the voices of Black women and promote civic engagement and community organizing. Read more…

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