Background
Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo was born on December 21, 1950 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Alfred Junior and Dorothy Delores Zollar.
Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo was born on December 21, 1950 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Alfred Junior and Dorothy Delores Zollar.
Bachelor in Dance, University Missouri, Kansas City, 1975. Master of Fine Arts in Dance, Florida State University, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Columbia College, Chicago, 2002.
Faculty Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1977-1980, Nancy Smith Fichter professor dance, since 1997. Founding artistic director Urban Bush Women, Brooklyn, since 1984. Worlds of Thought Resident Scholar Mankato State University, 1993—1994.
Regents lecturer, department dance, world arts and culture University of California at Los Angeles, 1995—1996. Visiting artist Ohio State University, 1996. Abramowitz Memorial lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998.
Member Association of America Cultures, International Association of Blacks in Dance.
1 child, Elizabeth Herron.