Meriam Rosen is a Professor, Visiting Artist Coordinator and Publicist for the Department of Dance and primary advisor for dance programming in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. She was the founder and director of IMPROVISATIONS UNLIMITED, a repertory, movement improvisation company which toured extensively in the Mid-Atlantic and Eastern regions from 1978-1992. She was a recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship for Choreography in 1985. Her choreographic work has included full evening performances at the University of Maryland, the Kennedy Center and Publick Playhouse. She received the 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Washington Performing Arts Society and the Pola Nirenska Award Committee. Mim continues to enjoy teaching improvisation, choreography and rehearsal direction with students and is engaged in exposing them to a rich and broadening experience with vital contemporary dance makers.