CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Wilson Mendieta, an Assistant Professor for Chapman University’s Department of Dance, is a graduate of the University of Washington with a M.F.A. in Dance and holds a Nonprofit Management Certificate from the Evans School of Public Affairs. He also received a B.F.A. degree in Acting and a Minor in Dance from Montclair State University. Prior to earning his Masters in Fine Arts degree, he lived in the New York City area where he worked as a performer for television, radio spots, commercials, concert dance companies and Off-Broadway and Broadway musicals. His choreography has been seen throughout the United States at venues including The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and has been invited to festivals in Venezuela and Australia. He’s taught at University of Minnesota, Purchase College, Montclair State University, Tisch School of the Arts, CAP 21, Steps on Broadway and Dance New Amsterdam, among others. Wilson’s research on how to better equip performing arts students to have sustained careers in their fields has been invited for presentations around the world including at the International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts in Athens, Greece and the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities in Oahu, HI. He also has served as a panelist for several arts funding organizations, one being The National Endowment for the Arts.