Biography
Meida Teresa McNeal is part time faculty in Art & Art History. Courses taught include Performance Aesthetics, Community Engaged Arts & Social Practice, Gender, the Body, & Representation, and The Body. Areas of research and specialization include performance studies, dance, creative placemaking, and critical ethnography. She received her PhD in Performance Studies (Northwestern) and her MFA in Choreography & Dance History (Ohio State). Meida is Artistic/Managing Director of Honey Pot Performance. Awards include the 3Arts Award in Dance, Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist, and the Links’ Hall Co-Missions Fellowship. She is also Arts & Culture Manager with the Chicago Park District supporting community arts partnerships, youth arts, cultural stewardship, and civic engagement initiatives across the city’s parks and cultural centers.
Degrees
Ph.D., Northwestern University 2007