PR and Program Director Academic Professional Elise Robinson completed her PhD in Performance Studies and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Georgia. A committed scholar of feminist activist performance, Dr. Robinson’s research focuses on the British Women’s Suffrage movement and their performative activities. Dr. Robinson is currently PR and Program Director and Academic Professional for the Institute for Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Georgia. She coordinates all WGS events, including the Friday Speaker Series, the annual Women's History Month keynote lecture, the Coley Lecture in LGBTQ+ Studies, the biannual Women and Girls in Georgia conference, and other occasions. She also teaches and does directed studies with WGS students. Prior to her arrival at UGA, Dr. Robinson taught Theatre and Performance at the college level for over twenty years, at institutions across the United States. In addition to her scholarly work in theatre and gender studies, Dr. Robinson has also directed over 30 productions and regularly speaks at regional and national conferences on feminist activist performance, neurodiversity, and queering the curriculum. Education: 2023 PhD, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Georgia 2018 Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies, University of Georgia 1995 MA, Theatre, The Ohio State University 1993 BA, Theatre (Philosophy Minor), College of St. Benedict Research Research Interests: Feminist activist performance, Feminist history, Queer history, Queer performance practices, Political theatre, Neurodivergence in education, Inclusive classroom practices, Inclusive performance practices, Fat Studies, Disability Studies Degree Completion Date: Mon, 04/17/2023 - 12:00pm Awards, Honors and Recognitions Of note: 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award 2021 Dean’s Award 2021 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award 2020 August Staub Graduate Student Award 2020 Summer Doctoral Research Assistantship 2019 Willson Center Graduate Research Award 2016 Graduate School Research Assistantship Selected Publications: “Reifying Whiteness in Cicely Hamilton’s A Pageant of Great Women,” in Theatre Symposium 29: Theatre and Race (Fall 2021) Review of Ellen Margolis and Lissa Tyler-Renaud, The Politics of American Actor Training, in Voice and Speech Review, vol 7 issue 1 (2011): 339-340 “Fluid Families: The Role of Children in Custody Arrangements,” (with James Lindemann Nelson and Hilde Lindemann Nelson) in Feminism and Families, ed. Hilde Lindemann Nelson, New York: Routledge, 1997. Review of Ann C. Hall, A Kind of Alaska: Women in the Plays of O’Neill, Pinter, and Shepard, in Theatre Studies 40 (1995): 67-69. Courses Regularly Taught: WMST 2010 WMST 1110-1110D WMST 2300 WMST 2400
