Elizabeth McPherson (Ballet) holds a Ph.D. from New York University, an M.A. from The City College of New York, and a B.F.A. from Juilliard. She is currently on the faculties of Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus and The Ethical Culture Fieldston School. Professor McPherson has written for The Journal of Dance Education and Dance Teacher Magazine. Performance credits include: Avodah Dance Ensemble, Ernesta Corvino's Dance Circle Company, and The Louis Johnson Dance Theatre Ensemble. As a dance historian, she recently restaged Hortense Liberthal Zera's Never Sign a Letter Mrs. (1939), one of the earliest modern dances to incorporate text rather than music for accompaniment.