About me
Renee Gallagher, M.Ed., is a staff member in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Office for Organizational Well-Being. A former professional competitive ballroom dancer, she won the U.S. National Professional Rising Star Rhythm Championship 💃🏻 before an unexpected injury altered her career path. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, Renee went on to own and operate dance schools in San Jose, California, and Richmond, Kentucky, for nearly 12 years. Although she no longer owns a studio, she remains passionate about developing learning experiences that foster community and connection.
Renee is a doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Kentucky College of Education. Her dissertation, Wayfinding Organizational Well-Being, uses Photovoice 📷 to explore how relational, structural, and cultural conditions within academic medicine influence biomedical sciences doctoral trainees’ capacity to flourish. Renee’s work brings together organizational well-being, participatory learning, and the arts to explore how creativity and human connection can strengthen workplaces, healthcare environments, and communities.
Outside of her professional work, she enjoys spending time at home with her family and zoo of house pets. 👨💃 +👵🏻 +🐦🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈🐈 = 🏡💙
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