Kandice Grossman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Truman State University. She completed her doctoral degree in Sociology at the University of Missouri with a concentration in Environmental Sociology. She has more than twenty years of teaching and academic research in the areas of gender, sexuality, and environmental issues. Kandice is the Co-investigator with Cherie Sampson (PI) on the research project: “every.single.one: Assessing Impact on Audiences of a Theatrical Performance About Cancer.” (See “Research”). She has maintained a love of the arts and a passion for dance and theater all her life – beginning her study of Middle Eastern dance as a teen and learning from some of the nation’s most renowned teachers. In 2002, she founded Moon Belly Dance Studio in Columbia, MO, which offers classes and performances in the local area and Midwest region. Finally, Kandice is a genetic cancer previvor who advocates for women with a family history of breast cancer to get genetic testing and preventative screenings.