Elizabeth Wayson

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Assistant Director of the Willis Center for Writing
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Elizabeth (Liz) Wayson is currently a fourth-year English PhD candidate at the University of Georgia concentrating in writing center studies. Before starting her PhD, Liz worked as an Assistant Professor of English and Writing Center Director at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. She earned a BA in English from Brenau University and a MA in Modernity, Literature and Culture at University College Dublin. Her research interests include writing center and writing studies, disability studies, and design rhetoric. 

Education:

M.A. in Modernity, Literature & Culture, University College Dublin, Ireland

B.A. in English, Brenau University, GA

Selected Publications:

“Walking and Dancing in Gotham City: The Marginalized Flâneur, Mental Health Activism, and the Spectacle of Violence in Todd Phillips’s Joker.” South Atlantic Review, Special Issue: “Twenty-First Century Flânerie: From Social Distance to Social Justice.” (Summer 2022).

Contact Information

elizabeth.wayson@uga.edu
Office: Park Hall, Room 25

Other Information

Curriculum Vitae: LizWaysonCVRevised.docx (17.65 KB)
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