Elizabeth Steinway teaches courses in literature and composition in the Department of English. Her research interests include representations of pregnancy and maternity in early modern literature and culture, sixteenth and seventeenth century midwifery and gynecological texts, and the narration of reproductive knowledge. She has published essays on the portrayals of pregnancy, infanticide, and kinship in early modern drama.

Dr. Steinway was appointed as the Department's Thomas Mark Scholar from 2023-2024. This award provided her with the opportunity to conduct research on early modern anatomical texts at the Newberry Library in Chicago as part of her work on a forthcoming essay entitled "Reproducing the Nation: Royal Wombs in King Henry VIII."

In 2025, Dr. Steinway led the Summer in Oxford program for Education Abroad, where she taught an experiential course on Shakespeare and performance. She and her students took a deep dive into the genre of comedy by studying and seeing performances of Shakespeare's plays in London, Stratford, and Oxford.