Mary F. Sylvester, EdD, is a dance and geography educator from central Connecticut. Dr. Sylvester is an adjunct lecturer in geography at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT and Tunxis Community College in Farmington, CT, and an adjunct lecturer in dance studies at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield, CT. In the private sector, she teaches early childhood through adult level dance classes at Farmington Valley Dance & Music (FVDM) in Farmington, CT. At FVDM, she is also the acting coordinator of the teaching assistant program and the studio’s National Honors Society for Dance Arts chapter. In prior collaborations, Dr. Sylvester worked with the Connecticut Dance Alliance as the statewide Dance History Project technical manager, the Hartt School at the University of Hartford as a BFA dance pedagogy mentor, and the Hartt School Community Division as a dance faculty member. In Spring 2024, she earned an EdD in Curriculum and Assessment from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, FL.