WSU dance Professor Doug Risner was named the National Dance Education Organization's Outstanding Dance Education Researcher at NDEO's annual conference, November 7, 2014, in Chicago. The Outstanding Dance Education Researcher award recognizes an individual who has made unique and significant contributions to the field of dance education through scholarly research and who has cultivated the importance of scholarly research throughout the field of dance education in the US and internationally. Learn more about the award at NDEO.org.