For interviews and other requests, please contact me at joanna.d.das@wustl.edu.

Podcast/Radio Interviews:

“Katherine Dunham: Dance and the African Diaspora.” New Books Network, September 7, 2017.

“A Way of Life: Remembering Dance Legend Katherine Dunham Who Made Her Home in East St. Louis,” St. Louis On the Air, St. Louis Public Radio, July 12, 2017.

“Would Katherine Dunham have joined Black Lives Matter? Historian Says Yes.” Cut & Paste Podcast, St. Louis Public Radio, August 4, 2016.

As Contributor:

Stephen Humphries, “Want to Hear the Latest Country Music? Try Broadway.” Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 20, 2024.

“A Trailblazer in Dance, Influence of Katherine Dunham Spans Generations,” Gaynor Hall, WGN Television Chicago, March 10, 2022.

“If Cities Could Dance: How Katherine Dunham and Dance from the African Diaspora Change Lives.” KQED/NPR San Francisco, June 23, 2021.

Ariel Shapiro, “Meet the Entrepreneur Who Inspired Alvin Ailey, Angered U.S. Officials and Transformed Modern Dance,” Sept 4, 2021.