Faculty in Performing Arts; Associate Dean of Academic Life
She currently serves as Associate Dean of Academic Life and Performing Arts Faculty at Bard DC, where she teaches Black Aesthetics in Mass Media, Performance Art, Experiential Artmaking, Theater, and Movement Studies. Her academic and creative leadership has been recognized through grants and fellowships from Bard College, Alpine Fellowship, New York Live Arts Fresh Tracks, and a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching. She traveled to Singapore in 2022 to research arts integration and teach at Pei Hwa, Changkat Changi, LASALLE College of the Arts, the Singapore School of the Arts, and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Her original works have been seen at venues including The Kitchen, New York Live Arts, Movement Research at the Judson Church, Emory University, Spelman College, Live Artery, Dance Place, and The Chocolate Factory Theater.
Faculty in Music and Performing Arts
A native of Cataula, Georgia, Dr. Peasant recently completed doctoral studies in music education at the University of Florida. His research areas involve the use of digital games in the music classroom and social justice with music education pedagogy. As an educator, Dr. Peasant has experience teaching music in grade levels from Kindergarten to college for over a decade. As a saxophonist, he predominantly performed throughout the First Coast of Florida within classical and commercial settings. He has played under the baton of Frank Ticheli, Jack Stamp, Richard Saucedo, and other composers. Dr. Peasant has also shared the stage with artists such as Frankie Beverly and Maze, Kem, the Whispers, and many other R&B artists.
Faculty in Visual Arts
Christopher Prosser is an arts educator, photographer, and filmmaker based in Washington, DC. Christopher is known for his conceptual fine art photography work utilizing alternative and historic processes. Christopher has produced numerous films and has worked in roles ranging from director of photography to cinematographer. He was a Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship Grant recipient in 2020, 2021, and 2023. Christopher has taught an assortment of arts and visual communication courses at American University and The University of the District of Columbia. He is now the Visual Arts lead at Bard High School Early College in Washington DC. Christopher received his MFA degree from Goddard College in Interdisciplinary Art. You can find him actively working and teaching within many mediums, materials, and media.
