This fall was her 8th year of including the common book into her class DAS 100, First Year Seminar in K-State Culture. “The Curious Incident” inspired her to challenge her student’s in a very unique way. Through multiple assignments based on the common book, her DAS 100 students helped influence and create a piece of choreography titled “In the Night” for WinterDance 2017. The students’ reflections impacted parts of the choreography to the costume design and challenged them to think critically about the book and how they would channel that into a piece of art.