Research
Dr Elle Whitcroft completed her PhD at Sussex University in 2023 in the Media, Arts, Humanities Department. Her thesis was entitled ‘Re-contextualizing Winsor McCay’s “Little Nemo in Slumberland”: Picturing Race, Immigration, and Childhood in Newspaper Comic Strips’, which explores political rhetoric in comic strips and newspapers.
Following this, Elle won a UKRI Healthy Longevity Global Competition grant of £50,637 to act as Principal Investigator of the Between LGBTQ+ Generations project, a research and wellbeing intervention that used creative arts to connect LGBTQ+ intergenerational communities. Elle is a member of the Centre for Arts and Wellbeing.
Elle’s research interests include bringing together creative arts, arts engagement, and other participant-centred methods to better understand LGBTQ+ intergenerational connection and healthy ageing. Her research spans across visual arts, public health, and the humanities.