Jan Lisa Huttner is a graduate of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland ("the Great Books School"), and holds Masters Degrees from Harvard University, the State University of New York at Binghamton, and the University of Chicago. Huttner is best-known as a Feminist film critic. She is the driving force behind the WITASWAN project (Women in the Audience Supporting Women Artist Now) and the co-creator of International SWAN Day.