In 1996, Eliasoph founded, and remains director and moderator,[2] of the “Open VISIONS Forum,” a public affairs series held at Fairfield University's Regina A.
Since 2016, Eliasoph has also been a faculty consultant for The New York Times[3] digital inEducation blog, a global higher education platform.
His interest in the fine arts was ignited by his paternal grandmother, artist and poet Paula Eliasoph[4] (1895-1983).
He completed a dual studio art/art history degree and graduated summa cum laude from Adelphi College in 1971.
[5] As an art historian, Eliasoph has focused on WPA-era urban and social realists as well as artists in the Magical Realism school, including: Paul Cadmus, Robert Vickrey, Stevan Dohanos, Colleen Browning, Robert Bizinsky, Henry Koerner and Adolf Dehn.