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  • Dr. Caroline (Kay) Picart Dr. Caroline (Kay) Picart

    Dr. Caroline J.S. (Kay) Picart

    M.Phil. Cambridge University, England, U.K.
    Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.
    Post-doc, School of Criticism and Theory, Cornell University
    CEO, Kinaesthetics, LLC, Sport as Art
    Producer and Host, The Dr. Caroline (Kay) Picart Show
    Law Student, University of Florida (photos)
    Wikipedia Page
    Telephone Number: 850 559 1636
    Emails: and






    Dr. Picart's Manuscripts


    Recent News

    Dr. Picart's latest book is forthcoming with Palgrave Press in July 2012.  Caroline Joan S. Picart and John Edgar Browning, authors and eds., Speaking of Monsters:  A Teratological Anthology (Palgrave-Macmillan, forthcoming, July 2012). (Purchase on Amazon)

    Caroline Joan (Kay) S. Picart, "Attempting to Go Beyond Forgetting:  The Legacy of the Tokyo IMT and Crimes of Violence Against Women as a Military Strategy," University of Pennsylvania's East Asia Law Review, January, 2012 (available at:  http://www.pennealr.com/archive/index.html).

    FlaLaw story about Dr. Picart: http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalawonline/2012/01232012/picart.shtml

    Dr. Picart is Editor-in-Chief of the Florida Journal of International Law.

    Dr. Picart is Communications Executive and Former Articles Editor and Research Editor for the Journal of Technology Law and Policy

    Dr. Picart was invited to present her research at a recent law conference:  Works in Progress: “Exotic” Whiteness as Status Property in Fuller’s Skirt Dance and Graham’s Modern Dances, Latino and Latina Critical Theory (LatCrit) XVI, San Diego, CA, Oct. 8, 2011.  She was one of twenty students nationally invited to present at LatCrit XVI.

    Dracula in Visual Media John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart,
    Dracula in Visual Media Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010,
    Foreword by Dacre Stoker; Afterword by Ian Holt,
    McFarland Press, 2010
    McFarland's publicity page for the book
    Winner, Lord Ruthven Award for Non-Fiction, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 2011,(http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ruthven2011.html).


    Dr. Picart's Newest Book


    Browning, John Edgar and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart, Eds. David J. Skal, Forward. Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms: Essays on Gender, Race and Culture Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, May 2009.
    Nominated for the Rondo Hatton Award for Film Criticism, 2010.(http://www.rondoaward.com/rondo/rondos.html)
    To order, go to Scarecrow Press.
    Click here for a review of Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms
    Second review: http://www.beyondhollywood.com
    Third review: Taliesin's Review (PDF Download)

    Caroline J.S. Picart, "Copyright, Choreography and Critical Race Theory: Whiteness as Status Property in Balanchine's Ballets," Arizona State University Law Review blog, April 14, 2011. Arizona State University Law Review article.

    Dr. Picart published a co-authored book review with Marlowe Fox, of Marouf A. Hasian, Jr.'s Rhetorical Vectors of Memory in National and International Holocaust Trials (East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2006), Southern Journal of Communication, Vol. 76, No. 3, July-August 2011.  

    Dr. Picart contributed 10 encyclopedia entries to: Graphic Horror: Movie Monster Memories. Ed. John Edgar Browning. Foreword David J. Skal. Afterword Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Books, expected 2011 (purchase on Amazon).

    Dr. Picart taught a Master Class in Ballroom Dance at the Valdosta State University Dance Department on March 4, 2011.
    See pictures of the class here VMC Ballroom pictures
    http://www.valdosta.edu/news/releases/picart.030211

    Dr. Picart booked (was awarded the top slot) for a Seminar on Race, Law, Justice, in Fall 2010.
    See pictures of the awards ceremony here Book Award pictures

    Dr. Picart made the Dean's List at the University of Florida Levin College of Law for Fall 2010.

    2011 Dr. Picart taught a Master Class in Ballroom with Santa Fe College
    See pictures here: Master Class in Ballroom

    Dr. Picart co-edited Issue 23.1 of the Florida Journal of International Law, June 2011.

    Dr. Picart teaches Intermediate-Advanced Ballroom Classes with Gainesville Dance Association.

    2011 "7th Annual Student and Faculty Art Show Reception,"
    Chiles Legal Information Center, Levin College of Law, University of Florida
    Click here for photos

    2011 Dr. Picart was part of a panel of distinguished dance judges at the Azalea International Folk Fair World Dance Competition in Valdosta, GA.
    Click here for photos

    Dr. Picart taught "Introduction to Ballroom", Spring 2011, at the Gainesville Health and Fitness Center
    See pictures of the class here Intro to Ballroom pictures.

    Dr. Picart taught a Starke Country Club Ballroom Dance Class, January 2011
    See pictures of the class here Starke Country Club Ballroom pictures.

    Dr. Picart taught a UCG Ballroom Class, January 2011
    See pictures of the class here UCG Ballroom pictures.

    Elected 2L Honor Committee, University of Florida Levin College of Law

    Dr. Picart taught "Introduction to Ballroom", Fall 2010, at the Gainesville Health and Fitness Center
    See pictures of the class here Intro to Ballroom pictures.

    New Book Forthcoming:
    Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart and John Edgar Browning, Speaking of Monsters: A Teratological Anthology (Palgrave-Macmillan, forthcoming).

    John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart,
    Dracula in Visual Media Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010,
    Foreword by Dacre Stoker; Afterword by Ian Holt,
    McFarland Press, November 2010

    McFarland's publicity page for the book


    Invited Student Member, James C. Adkins Inn of Court, 2010
    http://uflawccs.blogspot.com/2010/09/james-c-adkins-inn-of-court.html

    Dr. Picart has been awarded a Florida Bar Foundation Law Fellowship for summer, 2010. http://www.flabarfndn.org/grant-programs/

    http://www.flabarfndn.org/grant-programs/lsa/2008-summer-fellows/
    Gallery of photos here

    Invited Board Member, University of Florida Friends of Theater and Dance, 2010
    http://www.arts.ufl.edu/alumnifriends/fotd_bod.aspx

    Member, Florida Journal of International Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law
    http://www.law.ufl.edu/students/organizations/fjil/

    Junior Research Editor, Journal of Technology Law and Policy, University of Florida, Levin College of Law
    http://www.law.ufl.edu/students/organizations/jtlp/index.shtml
    Click on the photos below to see expanded versions:

    A new review is out on Monsters In and Among Us is here.

    Dr. Picart was part of a panel of distinguished dance judges at the Azalea International Folk Fair World Dance Competition in Valdosta, GA, March 6, 2010.

    LSU recognizes "Dracula: The Sourcebook, A Guide to Film and Television, Comic Books and Video Gaming" here.

    Dr. Picart has been elected as a 1L Representative to the University of Florida Levin College of Law Honor Committee: http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalawonline/2009/10192009/

    UF Law Honor Commitee

    Picart, Caroline Joan (Kay) S., "Troping the Tropics: Reflections on Nietzsche's Geophilosophy and the Philippine Rice Terraces," ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2010, pp. 72-80. Final Proof (PDF) Link to article.

    Caroline Joan (Kay) S. Picart. (2010). "Beyond Dancing with the Stars : Sexual Sports Rhetoric in Competitive Ballroom Dance." In Fuller, Linda K. (Ed.), Sexual Sport Rhetoric: Global and Universal Contexts, pp. 57-68. New York: Peter Lang.

    Sexual Sport Rhetoric Cover

    Law Student, University of Florida (photos)

    Browning, John Edgar and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart, Eds. David J. Skal, Forward. Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms: Essays on Gender, Race and Culture Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, May, 2009.
    Review: http://www.beyondhollywood.com
    New Review: Taliesin's Review (PDF Download)

    Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms Cover



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