Paul D. Jackson has been the Technical Director/Lighting Designer for the Department of Dance at the University of Maryland since 1980.  He has served as Lighting Designer/Production Stage Manager for Maryland Dance Theater, IMPROVISATIONS UNLIMITED, and many Baltimore/Washington area dance companies.  He has been designing lights for dance companies in residence at James Madison University since 1993.  Paul has also acted as Technical Director for Dance Place, and as Production Manager/Lighting Designer for the Kennedy Center’s Washington Dance! Front and Center Programs, and the National American College Dance Festival.  Paul received a BFA in Dance Production from the University of Utah and an MA in Dance Production from The Ohio State University, and spent five years pioneering modern dance in the Dakotas with his wife Moira.  He has remained active as a performer, appearing in works by Washington area choreographers.