Elizabeth Otto (born 1970) is an American art historian known for her feminist work on the Bauhaus.
[2] Otto is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the State University of New York at Buffalo[1] From 2013–2019, she was the Executive Director of the University at Buffalo's Humanities Institute.
[2] Otto is the author of the books Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics (2019)[3][4] and Tempo, Tempo!
[5] With Patrick Rössler, she co-authored Bauhaus Women: A Global Perspective.
[6][7] Otto has received fellowships from the National Humanities Center,[8] the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art,[9] the Getty Research Institute,[10] and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.