Biography

Eric Mullis holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of South Carolina and an MFA in Dance from the University of Wisconsin. He is a Fulbright Scholar whose research and teaching focus on real-world applications of philosophy. Eric teaches several interdisciplinary courses at Queens such as Philosophy Through Film, Thinking Through Technology, Biomedical Ethics, Data Ethics, Chinese Philosophy, and Tai Chi and Daoist Philosophy. He has published two books—Instruments of Embodiment: Costuming in Contemporary Dance (Routledge 2022) and Pragmatist Philosophy and Dance: Interdisciplinary Dance Research in the American South (Palgrave MacMillan 2019)—and scholarly essays in journals such as: the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Asian Philosophy, Performance Philosophy, and Dance Research Journal. His choreography has been presented nationally and internationally; at the North Carolina Dance Festival, Richmond Dance Festival, Chicago Harvest Dance Festival, Fact S/F Dance Festival, and at UrBANGUILD Kyoto. Eric is the director of Goodyear Arts, an artist-lead independent arts organization in Charlotte, NC.

Education

MFA, Dance, University of Wisconsin.
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of South Carolina
B.A., Philosophy, Winthrop University