Elaine Lawless
Dr Elaine Lawless has devoted her career to ethnographic research in the fields of folklore, religion, women’s and gender studies. She is the author of ten academic books and numerous articles. Her work has included studies of Pentecostalism; women's literature; human rights, social justice and violence against women. She has also co-produced two documentary films: Joy Unspeakable and Taking Pinhook. In 2003, she founded and produced the Troubling Violence Performance Project, with Professor Heather Carver of the University of Missouri Theatre Department.
