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Elizabeth McQueen

Assistant Professor

Theatre Studies

School of Theatre

Elizabeth McQueen is an Assistant Professor in Theatre Studies at Florida State University. Her research examines the contradictions, anxieties, and aesthetics of contemporary performances that utilize food, from transnational performance art to global entertainment venues. Her writing is found in Gastronomica, Global Performance Studies, and Theater Journal. She hosts the podcast Esculent. She holds a Ph.D. in Theater and Performance Studies and a certificate in Food Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Education

  • Ph.D., Theater and Performance Studies, University of California, Los Angeles,  2024
  • Graduate Certificate Food Studies, 2021
  • B.A., Comparative History of Ideas & Theater Design, University of Washington, 2015 (magna cum laude)

Select Fellowships and Awards:

University of California Humanities Research Institute, Engaging Public Humanities, 2025

UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants, 2024

UCLA Jane B Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Recognition Award, 2023

UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship, 2022-2023

University of California Office of the President, Global Food Initiative Fellowship, 2022, 23

 

Select Publications:

McQueen, Elizabeth. “A Taste for Snow Eggs: Edible Reenactment with the Black Pot Supper Club” in Performing the Edible, edited by. Kristin Hunt. London: Routledge, 2026. Forthcoming.

McQueen, Elizabeth, “Creative Waste: The Edible and Intractable Remnants of Culinary Performances.” LEONARDO, Forthcoming.

McQueen, Elizabeth. “A Few Cases of Illicit Gin and Natural Wine: Toward a Twenty-First-Century Performance of Terroir.” Gastronomica 24, no. 4 (November 1, 2024): 33–47. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2024.24.4.33.

McQueen, Elizabeth. “Microbial Theatricality: Selfmade, Celebrity, and Scales of Hunger.” Global Performance Studies 6, no. 1–2 (2023). https://doi.org/10.33303/gpsv6n1-2a133.

 

Select Public Projects:

Podcast, “Esculent” UC Davis Sawyer Seminar, Thinking Food. https://esculent.podbean.com/.

Co-Curator, “Cooking Against the Grain” Exhibit: Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Shields Library. library.ucdavis.edu/exhibit/cooking-against-the-grain/

“Why Do ’80s and ’90s Movies Always Feature Huge Breakfasts That Nobody Eats? Capitalism and Diet Culture Are Likely to Blame 🥞🍳.” Nowthis on TikTok, 29 February, 2024. https://www.tiktok.com/@nowthis/video/7340801403386006830.