University of Texas at Austin
American Government and Politics, Constitutional Law

Dr. Elliott has bachelor's and master's degrees in government from Texas Tech University and a Ph.D. in government from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Elliott taught at Texas Tech, the University of Texas at Austin, Angelo State University, and Texas A&M-Commerce for a total of 33 years of full-time teaching.

His teaching responsibilities included basic courses in American and Texas government and politics as well as undergraduate advanced courses in the American presidency, constitutional law, and the Vietnam War. He is co-author of two textbooks on Texas politics. He was named Professor Emeritus by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents in 2007.