Mary Buckley is an Associate Professor of Dance and Director of the EJS Women’s Leadership Program. Currently, Mary teaches an Interdisciplinary Arts Seminar, Dance History, and a Movement Awareness course. Mary directs a study abroad seminar course in Paris each June and is a member of the GW Academy of Distinguished Teachers. She also serves as an affiliated faculty member for the Global Women’s Institute and she is a Fellow in GW's Cross-Disciplinary Initiative. Mary has performed in Washington, New York, California, and throughout England, dancing in the works of many Washington based artists, among them Liz Lerman, Joseph Mills, Meriam Rosen, and Deborah Riley and she was a member of Kickstart, a British based dance company directed by Virginia Taylor.