Elizabeth Stone

Elizabeth Stone is a Professor in the English Department at Fordham University. She holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and MA/PhD from New York University. Her research focuses on creative non-fiction, twentieth-century American autobiography, and memoir studies.

Her primary research areas include narrative construction of identity, therapeutic aspects of life writing, and the intersection of journalism with literary forms. She teaches courses on Writing for Publication, New Wave Immigrant Literature, and autobiographical forms.

Stone's publications explore diverse aspects of personal narrative including family storytelling traditions, trauma narratives in clinical contexts, pedagogical approaches to oral history, and digital-era grief expression. Her work demonstrates consistent focus on how individuals construct meaning through personal narrative across different media and cultural contexts.