resume Ibeshe Tchula aka Anna B. Scott 700 Angelus Pl Venice, CA veluma@mac.com 951 787 3865 951 827 4651 objective   to bring light in the world, one spell at a time...   work experience   University of California, Riverside 1999 to the present Founded De/Cipherin' Study Group 2000 Lead dept. design of 11 new courses for Film&Visual Culture track 2002 Co-convened first De/Cipherin' Practices National Colloquium 2003 Founding Convener of The Center for Body, Performance & Dance 2003, restart 2006 "Birthed" two new Doctors of Philosophy, December 2006     Cornell University Academic Year 2003-04 Completed 3 article Outlined book project; prospectus available upon request Performed "Fishtales" at RISD/Brown Performance/Art Series & at MIT     She Who Swims Until the Water is Clear before i could remember I engage the world as my conjurin' self without apology. I am completing a manuscript, _Workings: New Wives Tales for a New Millennium (Spells, Tales & Recipes)_ which is also a collection of some of my performance pieces.     education   Turtle Magic Woman/Womb Warriors        Annointment, July 2002       Northwestern University        Ph.D., Performance Studies 2001       Stanford University        A.B.; Anthropology (Social Sciences) with Honors 1991     skill   excellent curriculum review, out of the box conceptualization performance artist/original and adapted texts dancer/afro-brazilian; senegalese; kongolese; improvisation storyteller and intermittent musician house clearings, tarot card readings, obi, ancestral communication healing stories written just for you suppers for your soul   references   are available on request.