Kara Jhalak Miller

Kara Jhalak Miller is Professor and Director of Dance at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Department of Theatre & Dance. She holds an MFA in Dance from UC Irvine and a PhD in Performance Studies from UC Davis. Her interdisciplinary research examines embodied practices, identity formation, and cultural encounters in performance contexts.

Miller's creative works integrate screendance, choreography, and ethnographic methods, exploring themes of belonging across global communities. She has directed projects for institutions like the Honolulu Museum of Art and Doris Duke Theatre.

Awards include the National Jewish Book Award Finalist and Edward Bruner Prize. Her teaching focuses on dance technique, video choreography, and performance theory.