Elise Toedt

Elise Toedt (pronounced Tate, rhymes with fate) is a researcher, poet and teacher. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Her current research focuses on the embodied experiences of teachers in schools as they navigate time, space, and workplace policies related to lactation, parental leave, and childcare. Her wider research interests include: Care work and its place within capitalist systems, the impact of intersectional identities on teaching praxis, critical creative writing pedagogies, and feminist, arts-based research methodologies. Toedt’s creative and scholarly work has been published in books and in a range of research journals, including International Review of Qualitative Research, English Journal, and Learning for Justice. Her poetry collection Making Home was published by Finishing Line Press in 2025. Prior to her experience in higher education, Toedt taught secondary English for eight years in urban public schools in Minnesota, United States and in Java, Indonesia.