Prior appointments include Mansfield Professor of Ethics and Public Affairs (1992-1996), University Professor of Ethics (1996-2004), Professor of Philosophy (1992-2004), and Founding Director, Practical Ethics Center (1996-2004) at the University of Montana; founding director, Ethics Institute (1988-1992), Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Research Professor, Department of Education at Dartmouth College. Prior to Dartmouth, Dr. Elliott taught at Utah State University, leaving as a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Mass Communication.

Dr. Elliott's publications have spanned the disciplines of practical ethics. She is the author of more than 100 articles and book chapters for the scholarly, trade and lay press. Her books include Ethics in the First Person, A Guide to Teaching and Learning Practical Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), The Kindness of Strangers, Philanthropy in Higher Education (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), Journalism Ethics: Contemporary Issues, (ABC-CLIO, 1998), Ethics of Scientific Research, A Guidebook for Course Development, (UPNE, 1997), Research Ethics: A Reader (UPNE, 1997). The Ethics of Asking: Dilemmas in Higher Education Fundraising was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 1996, and Responsible Journalism was published by SAGE in 1986. She has also produced three documentaries. Her latest co-production, The Burden of Knowledge, considers the new moral questions created by pre-natal genetic testing. Her two earlier co-produced documentaries, A Case of Need and Buying Time, focus on the role of news media in bringing about extraordinary medical care. All three documentaries are distributed by Fanlight Productions. From February, 2003-June, 2006, she co-hosted "Ethically Speaking," a weekly radio show syndicated through PRX (Public Radio Exchange).

Dr. Elliott has a B.A. in Communication from the University of Maryland, M.A. in Philosophy from Wayne State University and an interdisciplinary doctoral degree in Philosophy of Education from Harvard University with study at the Kennedy School of Government, Department of Philosophy, Graduate School of Education, and Harvard Law School.

Upcoming books include An Involuntary Adventure, a book which chronicles the social and ethical insights she found while being treated for breast cancer, and On The Edge, an irreverent look at unusual animal-human relationships.

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