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Elizabeth Melton

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Communication Studies

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Current Scheduled Teaching

COMM 2060.002Performance of LiteratureSpring 2026 Syllabus
COMM 5860.001Seminar in Performance StudiesSpring 2026
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

COMM 4260.002Performance and CultureFall 2025 Syllabus SPOT
COMM 4060.001Performance TheoryFall 2025 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Melton, E. (2017). “Everything is Bigger in Texas: Camp and the Queerly Normal in Greater Tuna.”.

    • Book Review

  • Melton, E. (2014). “Aloha America: Hula Circuits Through the U.S. Empire.”.
  • Melton, E. (2013). “Performing heritage: Research, Practice and Innovation in Museum Theatre and Live Interpretation.”.

    • Journal Article

  • Melton, E. (2022). “Spectacular Sweethearts: Rethinking Theatricality through Femininity and Racial Diversity on the Bandstand.”.
  • Melton, E. (2019). “Hometown Ethnography: Race, Place, and Reflexivity.”.

    • Video and Audiovisual Material

  • Melton, E., Puett, T. (2024). HUM 400: Community-Based Scholarship.
  • Melton, E., Wu, Y. (2024). Meeting the Moment: Scholarship in Unprecedented Times.
  • Melton, E. (2024). Scholar Stories: Oral History Archive.
  • Melton, E., Anedda , E., Puett, T. (2022). HUM 300: Oral History for Social Change.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Melton, E., Puett, T., "Grounded Knowledge Project (GKP)," sponsored by Henry Luce Foundation to Institute for Diversity and Civic Life, National, $290000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

out of 5
out of 7		 %
of
students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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