Doctor of Philosophy. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale: Speech Communication (2002) Performance Studies, Popular Culture, & Gender Studies

Master of Arts. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT: Communication (1999) Performance Studies, Intercultural Communication, & Gender Studies

Bachelor of Music. University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL: Music (1994) Vocal Performance & Musical Theatre
Emerson College (2005-present)
Gender as Performance; Personal Narratives of Leadership; Poetry and Performance; Living Art in Real Space; Ritual and Performance; Intercultural Communication

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2002-2004)
Feminist Performance; Popular Culture & Third Wave Feminism; Lesbian Feminism

Southern Illinois University (1999-2002)
Performing Culture; Speech, Self, and Society

University of Utah (1997-1999)
Gender and Social Change; Women in U.S. History (graduate assistant); Introduction to Women’s Studies (graduate assistant); Introduction to Feminist Theory (graduate assistant); Theories of Gender and Sexuality (graduate assistant)
Scholar in Residence. Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies. Emerson College (2005-present).

Affiliated Faculty. Center for Women’s Studies. University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee (2002-2004).

Assistant Director. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Center, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (2003-2004).

Lead Educator. Discovery World Science Museum. Milwaukee, WI (2003).

Graduate Teaching Assistant. Southern Illinois University, Department of Speech Communication (2001-2002; 1999-2000).

Editorial Assistant. Theatre Annual, Ed. Nathan Stucky, Southern Illinois University (2000-2001).

Graduate Teaching Assistant. University of Utah, Women’s Studies (1997 -1999).

Movement, yoga, and theatre instructor, Higher Ground Learning summer performance workshop. Salt Lake City, Utah (1999).
Whitney, Elizabeth. “Flag Football: An Audio Performance & Essay.” Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies 2.1 (2006). link.

Whitney, Elizabeth. “Pop Culture Princess.” Text and Performance Quarterly 26 (2006): 200-8.

Whitney, Elizabeth. “Camp, Capitalism, and the Queering of Culture: A Performative Journey into Contemporary Avarice.” Text and Performance Quarterly. Special issue: The Seven Deadly Sins. 26 (2006): 36-46.

Whitney, Elizabeth. “When White Girls Act Black: Reconsidering Performances of Otherness.” Casting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Contexts. Eds. Laura Lengel and John Warren. New York: Peter Lang, 2005. 109-28.

Whitney, Elizabeth. “Get it While You Can: Dis/locating Subjectivity in Busted Flat in Baton Rouge.” Text and Performance Quarterly. 25 (2005): 79-82.

“Camp,” “Coming Out,” and “Women’s Studies.” Youth, Education, an Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia. Ed. James T. Sears. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 2005.

Whitney, Elizabeth. “Cyborgs Among Us: Performing Liminal States of Sexuality.” The Journal of Bisexuality. Special issue: Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century. (2/3): 2002. 109-28.

--Also published in Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century. Ed. Dawn Atkins. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2002. 109-28.

Whitney, Elizabeth. Rev. of Fantasy Girls: Gender in the New Universe of Science Fiction and Fantasy Television, ed. Elyce Rae Helford. Women’s Studies In Communication. 24 (2001): 265-68.

Whitney, Elizabeth. Performing Identity, Reconsidering Privilege: Working with Students on Issues of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality. Written and compiled for the Women’s Studies program at Southern Illinois University. June, 2000.
Whitney, Elizabeth. “Bisexuality.” Submitted to Encyclopedia of Sex, Love, and Culture. Ed. James T. Sears. November 2006.

Robinson, Lea and Elizabeth Whitney. “The T in LGBT: Communities of Color and Gender Identity.” Submitted to Colors of the Rainbow: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People of Color in the Academy. Ed. Vernon Wall. October 2006.

Whitney, Elizabeth. “Road Scholar: A Photo Essay.” Submitted to Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies. Special issue on Paradigms of Performance Studies. December 2006.
Pre-conference presentation on Documenting and Evaluating Creative Work. Performance Studies Division. National Communication Association; Performance Studies Division. San Antonio, 2006.

“Inspiring Material Action Through Virtual Performance.” Co-presentation of media work with Jason Del Gandio. Collective Action: Efficacy In/Through Performance. National Communication Association; Performance Studies Division. San Antonio, 2006.

“Miscegenations: Marriage and Other Myths.” Co-presentation with Lea Robinson. If Anyone Knows a Reason. National Communication Association; Performance Studies Division. San Antonio, 2006.

Chair. December One: Worlds AIDS Day Activism Through Performance. National Communication Association; Performance Studies Division. San Antonio, 2006.

“Do It Yourself! Third Wave Feminist Performance Aesthetics.” Anti Consumerism and Cultural Studies. Association for Cultural Studies Crossroads Conference. Istanbul, Turkey. July 2006.

“Rule Book for Invisible Bodies.” Digital Horizons in Performance Studies: Performance and Theory from Underscore Collective. National Communication Association; Performance Studies Division. Boston, November 2005.

“Our Lady of Many Sorrows.” Next Verse: Queer Poetry and Poetry that Queeries Genders. National Communication Association; Performance Studies Division. Boston, November 2005.

“Sarah Schulman on Gentrification and the Commodification of Queer Culture.” Pubic Intellectuals and a Healthy Society. National Communication Association; American Studies Division. Boston, November 2005.

“When White Girls Act Black: Reconsidering Performances of Otherness.” Casting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Contexts. Paper. National Communication Association. Chicago, IL. November 2004.

“Skinny Isn’t Sexy, or, Why I Never Had an Eating Disorder.” Performing Sizes: Performative Implications of Body Size(s) and the Performance(s) of Gender(s). Performance. National Communication Association. Miami Beach, FL. November, 2003.

“Wonder Woman.” Tough Grrrls, Steely Guys, and Other Superheroes: Querying/Queering Performances of Gendered Action Figures. Performance. National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA. November, 2002.

“Camp, Capitalism, and the Queering of Culture: A Performative Journey Into Contemporary Avarice.” You Gotta Sin to Be Saved: Recuperating and Restaging the Seven Deadly Sins. Performance. National Communication Association Conference. New Orleans, LA. November, 2002.

“On Butch Women.” Radicalizing Masculinities in Performance. Performance. National Communication Association Conference. Atlanta, GA. November, 2001.

“Reclaiming Language.” The Vagina Monologues: Women Reclaiming Body and Voice. Performance. National Communication Association Conference. Atlanta, GA. November, 2001.

“Muscles of the Mind: Sex, Class, Literature, and Dorothy Allision.” Performing Southern Writers. Performance. National Communication Association Conference, 2000.

“Adolescence and Compulsory Heterosexuality: A Journal.” Heterosexualities. Paper. National Communication Association Conference, Seattle, WA. 2000.

“Queer Amongst Queers: Performing Liminality, Embodying Sexual Ambiguity.” Paper. Stage-ing Presence: Performing Queer Narratives With/Against Heterosexist Scripts. Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference. Washington, D.C. 2000.

“Let’s Play Barbie: Adolescent Memoirs of Life in the Dream House.” Changing Notions of Gender and the Dream Girl: Reconsidering Barbie-ness. Performance. National Communication Association Conference. Chicago, IL. 1999.

“Femme to Femme.” Competitive Papers on Issues of Sexuality. Paper. National Communication Association Conference. 1999.

“Tampons, Toilet Paper, and Treason: The Theatre of Bad Bathroom Behavior Performed by Teenage Grrrls.” Public Spaces/Private Moments. Performance. National Communication Association Conference. New York, NY. 1998.

“Performing Otherness, Performing Whiteness.” Cultures Other Than our Own: Performances of Race, Gender, and Identity. Performance. Western States Communication Association Conference. Denver, CO. 1998.
Festivals & Conferences
National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival (OH), September 2006.
Dramarama 13 (New Orleans), May 2006.
The Hysteria Festival w/Bitches With Barettes (Toronto, ON), October 2005.
July HOT! Fest @ Dixon Place (NYC), 2005.
Hysteria Festival @ Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (Toronto, Ontario), November 2004.
Single File Solo Performance Festival (Chicago), September 2004.
Columbus Gay and Lesbian National Theatre Festival (OH), September 2004.
Fresh Fruit Festival (NYC), July 2004.
Mae West Fest (Seattle), July 2004.
Feast of Fools (Chicago), June 2004.
Queer @ HERE (NYC), June 2004.
DramaRama 11 Performance Festival (New Orleans), February 2004.
SummerWorks Theatre Festival (Toronto, ON), August 2003.
Mae West Fest (Seattle), July 2003.
Provincetown Fringe Festival (MA), July 2003.
FUSE Festival (NYC), June 2003.
Stockyard Theatre Company’s Women’s Performance Fest, October 2002.
National Women’s Studies Association (Las Vegas), June 2002.
The Minneapolis Fringe Festival, August 2001.
Real Time Performance Art Festival (Salina, KS), April 2001.
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, March 2001.

Colleges & Universities
Sauk Valley Community College, National Coming Out Week (IL), October 2006.
Williams College (MA), April 2006.
Tulane University (LA), March 2006.
The Ohio State University, February 2006.
University of South Florida (Tampa, FL), October 2005.
University of Maine, April 2005.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 2005.
Southern Illinois University, Returning Artists Program, April 2004.
Beloit College (WI), Third Wave Feminist Conference, March 2004.
Southern Illinois University, November 2001.
Gustavus Adolphus College, National Coming-Out Week, October 2000.

Theatre Companies, Gallery Spaces, & Ongoing Series
The Kitchen Theatre (Ithaca, NY), February 2006.
Cincinatti Playhouse in the Park, February 2006.
InterActors Cabaret (Portland, ME), September 2005.
Drunken! Careening! Writers! @ KGB Bar (NYC), July 2005.
Atomic Reading Series (Brooklyn), June 2005.
Smut @ Galapagos Art Space (Williamsburg, Brooklyn), May 2005.
The Duplex Cabaret (NYC), April 2005.
WOW Café (NYC), October 2004.
Bailiwick Repertory Theatre (Chicago), September 2004.
PS 122/Schoolhouse ROXX (NYC), May 2004.
Girlgang Productions (New Orleans), February 2004.
Athica Art Institute (Athens, GA), March 2003.
Bryant Lake Bowl Theatre (Minneapolis), January 2002.
WSIU Public Television (IL), April 2001.

Collaborations
Inertia30 w/Amanda Grove (Williamsburg, Brooklyn), August 2005.
Provincetown Fringe Festival w/The Famous Lesbian Comedy Road Show (MA), August 2005.
The Tank at Chashama w/Desiree Burch (NYC), July 2005.
DramaRama 12 w/The Urban Cowdykes (New Orleans), March 2005.
Spareroom w/MOUTHY (Chicago), March 2004.
Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Utah w/Lea Robinson, April 2004.
Woodland Pattern Books w/Lea Robinson, May 2004.
Hothouse Gallery, Girlie Q Variety Hour (Chicago), June 2004.
» Lesbian Theatre Awards. Curve Magazine. 2006.
» Best Solo Performance. National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival. Columbus, OH. 2006.
» Lesbian Theatre Awards. Curve Magazine. 2005.
» Best Performance Art. Fresh Fruit Festival. NYC. 2004.
» Best Female Solo Performance. National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival. Columbus, OH. 2004.
» Grant Recipient. Cream City Foundation. For Feminist Performance (WMNS 501) at University of      Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI. 2004.
» Grant recipient. Wisconsin Humanities Council. For Feminist Performance (WMNS 501) performance      project at Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI. 2004.
» Graduate Student Excellence in Research/Creative Activity. Speech Communication Department.      Southern Illinois University. 2002.
» Grant Recipient. Puffin Foundation for the Arts. Teaneck, New Jersey. 2002.
» Kleinau Theatre Award for Activist Performance. Southern Illinois University. 2001.
» Scholarship Recipient. Third Wave Feminist Foundation. New York, NY. 1997-1998.
» Strategic Planning Committee. Emerson College. 2006-present.
» Editorial Board. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies. 2005-present.
» Advisory Board. National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival. 2005-present.
» Eastern representative. Performance Studies Division, National Communication Association. 2005-2006.
» Short Course Committee. Performance Studies Division, National Communication Association. 2004-present.
» Institute Advisory Committee. Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College. 2005-present.
» Police force training, LGBT-related issues. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 2004.
» Co-Chair, Arts Committee. 2004 National Women’s Studies Association Conference.
» Participant. Feminist Theory Research Group. Center for 21st C. Studies. UW-Milwaukee. 2003-2004.
» Planning Committee. Student Leadership Retreat. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 2003.
» Canvass organizer. Equality Knocks. LGBT Community Center. Milwaukee, WI. 2003-2004.
» Board member. Walker’s Point Center for the Arts. Milwaukee, WI. 2003-2004.
» Reviewer. Women’s Studies in Communication. 2002.
» Co-coordinator/facilitator. Performance Lab. Southern Illinois University. 2001-2002.
» Student Communication Association. Officer. Southern Illinois University. 2000-2001.
» Women’s Studies Program Student Advisory Council. University of Utah. 1996 -1997.
» Big Brothers/Big Sisters at Decker Lake Youth Center. Salt Lake City, UT. 1996-1999.
» Discussant. Young feminists panel. NOW Conference. Salt Lake City, UT. 1997.
» Fund for Women Artists. 2003-present.
» International Center for Women Playwrights. 2002-present.
» National Communication Association. 1998-present.
» Underscore Virtual Performance Collective. (underscore-collective.net). 2002-present.