[4] When Ellerson started as a 1996–1997 Rockefeller Humanities Fellow, she continued post-doctoral research project with the title African Women in the Visual Media: Culture and Politics.

With the experience she gained through cultural community in Washington, D.C., Ellerson produce and host a series called Reels of Colour.

[6] The series aired from 1997 to 2000, comprised a total of 27 episodes that ran on the local public stations in the Washington, D.C., area.

[2] She wrote many articles for the African Women in Cinema Dossier of the Black Camera International Film Journal.

At the Afrika Film Festival Cologne 2016, she was the moderator for Fokus: Sisters in African Cinema Roundtable in Germany.