Candice Salyers is a multi-disciplinary artist and university professor specializing in using the arts in humanitarian service. She has ongoing collaborations with organizations in Armenia, Palestine, and Afghanistan. Her performance work has been presented in the US, UK, Estonia, Spain, Morocco, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic and has been archived by the National Women’s History Museum and the US Department of the Interior. Dr. Salyers’s work has been honored with an Alma Bucovaz Award for Urban Service, Choreographic and Solo Performance Fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Mississippi Arts Commission, and a grant from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for feminist nonfiction writing. Her publications include contributions to Tanz, Bewegung, und Spiritualität, The Journal of Environmental Philosophy, and the Journal of Performance and Mindfulness.