Kiira Carper

  • Assistant Professor at School of Theatre, Dance, & Film, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Undergraduate Advisor, Choreography Club Faculty Advisor. 2025 - Present.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Sweeney Todd Faculty Advisor -- Choreography. 2025 - Present.
  • Co-head of Musical Theater, Musical Theater Recruitment. 2025 - Present.
  • Co-head of Musical Theater, Curriculum Updates. 2025 - Present.

2026

  • Coordinator / Organizer, Royal Caribbean Entertainment. 2025 - 2026.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Norwegian Cruise Line. 2025 - 2026.
  • Participant, Texas State University Senior Showcase. 2025 - 2026.

2025

  • Peer Reviewer, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. 2025.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Glimmerglass Opera. 2024 - 2025.
  • Organizer, Chorographer, Syracuse University Lewis B. Hecker Drama Showcase. 2020 - 2025.
  • Participant, Department entrance auditions adjudicator and prescreens. 2020 - 2025.
  • Organizer, Choreographer, Musical Theatre Department program audition. 2020 - 2025.
  • Participant, Annual classroom observation and written evaluation of Part-Time Instructors. 2020 - 2025.

2024

  • Undergraduate Advisor, Honors Thesis advisor - Emma Sucato. 2024.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Glimmerglass Opera. 2023 - 2024.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Opera Australia. 2023 - 2024.
  • Clinician, Musical Theater College Audition (MTCA). 2020 - 2024.

2023

  • Member, Professor of Practice of Musical Theater Dance Search committee. 2023.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Glimmerglass Opera. 2022 - 2023.
  • Member, Faculty Council. 2021 - 2023.
  • Member, Bylaws Committee. 2021 - 2023.

2022

  • Member, Core Values Statement revision committee. 2022.
  • Member, Part-time Tap instructor search committee. 2022.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Theater Aspen. 2022.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Broadway Choreography Intensive. 2022.

2021

  • Member, Tepper Semester Director Search committee. 2021.
  • Member, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Musical Theater Dance Search committee. 2020 - 2021.

2020

  • Member, Sorkin Week selection panel. 2020.
  • Member, Production Planning Working Group Task Force. 2020.

2018

  • Member, Faculty Evaluation Procedures Revision. 2018.
  • Member, Audition Policy and Procedures Revisions. 2017 - 2018.