Pei-San Brown

Pei-San Brown has over 35 years of experience in dance education and 25 years of experience in curriculum and instruction. As Ballet Austin’s Director of Education since 2004, she has successfully: designed and implemented dance, movement, social justice, social-emotional learning (SEL), and mindfulness curricula for schools; developed a comprehensive and tailored approach to professional development for teachers in dance education and team-building; designed and implemented deep and rich audience engagement experiences; and collaborated on Ballet Austin’s strategic planning for the future.

Pei-San holds a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction from The University of Texas at Austin and has completed her doctoral coursework in the same field. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Pedagogy and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of California at Irvine. She also holds the title of Kumu Hula, which is equivalent to a graduate degree in the study of hula. She taught undergraduate and graduate education courses at The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education and was the co-founder of an educational research firm. She has been involved in research funded by The Wallace Foundation, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the National Institutes for Child and Human Development (NICHD), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Her publications include The Developmental Benefits of Playgrounds (2004), the CPSC’s Age Determination Guidelines: Relating Children’s Ages to Toy Characteristics and Play Behavior (2002), as well as numerous chapters and articles in the field of early childhood education.