ResDance Series 3: Episode 10: Chasing Curiosity with Matthew Henley In this episode, Matthew reflects upon his research journey and offers insights into his interests on describing cognitive and social-emotional skills associated with dance education.  We discuss key facets and characteristics of research and wider thinking in relation to the field of dance and associated disciplines. Through highlighting the need to give space to different ways of knowing, Matthew advocates the importance of being curious in research and what knowledge can be learnt from dancers in the unique ways in which they occupy the world. Matthew Henley, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Dance Education Program and Affiliated Researcher in the Arnhold Institute for Dance Education Research, Policy & Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. Henley focuses his research on describing cognitive and social-emotional skills associated with dance education. He takes a phenomenological approach, analyzing how dancers in diverse communities describe the experience of learning concepts in the dance classroom. Henley's related interests include enactive cognition in the arts, developmental and neuroscientific approaches to embodied knowing, research methods for pedagogy, and the pedagogy of research methods. Henley danced professionally in New York City with Sean Curran Company and Randy James Dance Works. Henley earned his doctorate in Educational Psychology: Learning Sciences from the University of Washington, and M.F.A. in Dance from the same institution. Previously, he served as Associate Professor of Dance at Texas Woman's University, where he coordinated the B.A program and taught in the M.F.A. and Ph.D. programs. Biography: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/mkh2162/ Contact details: Email: [email protected] Useful Resources: https://www.routledge.com/Dance-Research-Methodologies-Ethics-Orientations-and-Practices/Candelario-Henley/p/book/9780367703073   Please share this episode with students, educators, practitioners, performers, and interdisciplinary researchers curious to learn more about dance research in action.