working at the intersection of arts education, community engagement, and research. Her work is dedicated to supporting artists as educators, collaborators, and community leaders, and connecting institutional resources to public-facing artistic practice. Rice is currently the Administrative Manager of the Arnhold Institute for Dance Education Research, Policy & Leadership, Dance Education EdD Program, and the Arnhold Dance Education Research Studios at Teachers College, Columbia University.

In addition to her professional arts administration experience with organizations such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Modern & Contemporary Wing) and Momentum-Excellence (an affiliate of National Dance Institute), Rice brings critical insights to the field of dance education from her experience as a dancer and choreographer, college instructor, and PreK-12 dance teaching artist. Her work as a teaching artist spans a variety of educational contexts, including community-based programs, private dance studios, and dance education outreach programs. Rice’s recent performance and artistic work has been featured in Peridance and Alvin Ailey Extension performance projects, an adjudicated performance in Hixon Dance's City Dance Showcase, New Vision Dance Company’s Save The Arts Showcase and Retrospective III, ballet productions of The Nutcracker and Cinderella with Artisan Dance Studio, and Cultivate Dance Project's 2022 Company Showcase, Where I Was. CDP's dance film "Memory is a Monster" was featured in local and international dance film festivals, including Constructed Sight Dance Film Festival and Cleveland Dance Fest Virtual Dance Film Gallery. 

Rice earned a dual BA in Dance and Communication from Wittenberg University and a MA in Arts Policy & Administration from The Ohio State University. There, her research focused on community arts partnerships and creative youth development, and she independently instructed undergraduate arts education courses as a Graduate Teaching Associate. An active advocate for the arts and social justice, Linzey graduated from the YWCA Columbus Leadership for Social Change program and organized arts advocacy efforts alongside Creative Ohio (formerly Ohio Citizens for the Arts), Student Advocates for the Arts, and the Ohio Arts Council.

Now based in New York City, Rice continues to pursue independent work as a dancer and choreographer while advocating for accessible and equitable arts experiences for all.