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Lumen Scholar identifies key traits of successful attorneys

In a series of interviews with lawyers and career specialists, Sarah Kowalkowski '13 pinpoints the characteristics of students who thrive in law school - and then their profession.

Psychology students co-author presentations with Amy Overman

Projects were supported by funding from Elon's Undergraduate Research Program and the Elon College Fellows program.

CELEBRATE! profile: Leslie Gilman '13 and Sophie Biggar '13

The two Civic Engagement Scholars worked together to build a mentor program for children at a Burlington, N.C., elementary school.

Mat Gendle, Elon students co-author article on dietary supplement

Psychology professor, Elon College Fellow publish paper and present at national conference

Elon College Fellow Lindsay Swenson ’13 and Alan Scott, assistant professor of psychology, presented a paper at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, one of the major divisions of the National Research Council, in Washington D.C., Jan. 13-17, 2013. 

Alan Scott and Lindsay Swenson (’13) publish paper and present at national conference

Alan Scott, assistant professor of psychology, and Elon College Fellow Lindsay Swenson (’13) presented their paper “Effect of Countdown-Only Pedestrian Change Interval Displays on Signal Recognition by Pedestrians with Reduced Visual Acuity” at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), one of the major divisions of the National Research Council, in Washington D.C., Jan. 13-17, 2013. 

Residence halls in The Oaks dedicated
The buildings in The Oaks neighborhood were named in honor of four emeriti faculty in recognition for their service to the university.
Amy Overman publishes memory and aging research in premier journal
Amy A. Overman, an associate professor in the psychology department and neuroscience program, has published a peer-reviewed study in the journal Psychology and Aging.
Elon junior a finalist for Truman Scholarship
Mat Goldberg is competing for a national fellowship awarded each year to those with goals of working in public service or government.
Kim Epting publishes peer-reviewed article with students
Amy Overman publishes peer-reviewed article on aging and memory
Associate Professor of Psychology Amy Overman’s peer-reviewed research article, "Age differences and schema effects in memory for crime information" has been published by the journal Experimental Aging Research.
Elon student receives study abroad immersion award
Junior psychology major Alex Ward received the Outstanding Immersion Award from the Danish Institute for Study Abroad this past fall.
Psychology major awarded external research grant
The grant supports a project she and her mentor are conducting to examine factors influencing older adults’ ability to memorize face-name pairs.
Buffie Longmire-Avital co-authors article on black LGB adults in Developmental Psychology
Amy Overman presents at international conference
Chris Leupold named to editorial board
Faculty, students present at Service-Learning Research Conference
Faculty and students from the School of Communications and Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences presented original research at the annual conference of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Sept. 23-25 in Baltimore.
Economics and psychology faculty publish paper with alum
Thomas Tiemann, Jefferson Pilot Professor of Economics, and Alan Scott, assistant professor of psychology, along with recent psychology and sociology graduate Katerine Atkins, have published a paper, "Sidewalks, Streets, and Walkability," in Spaces and Flows: An international journal of urban and extraurban studies.
Elon student Leslie Gilman attends social entrepreneurship summer institute
SURE scholars share fruits of summer research
The Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences program offers top students stipends to work closely for eight weeks with Elon faculty.
Kim Epting and students present at international conference
In My Words: 'Fracking Presents Tough Choices for Rural Poor'
As debate over natural gas extraction intensifies in North Carolina, Associate Professor Mat Gendle uses personal experience to offer perspective.
Overman presents at international cognitive aging conference
Amy Overman, assistant professor of psychology, presented her research at the 14th Cognitive Aging Conference.
Amy Overman and Ruth Robbins' 12 present at gerontology and geriatrics mentoring conference
Faculty, student present at Global Summit on Childhood
Chris Leupold presents at University of Windsor, Canada
On Friday, March 30, Chris Leupold, associate professor of Psychology and Faculty Leadership Fellow, gave a talk on careers in organizational consulting to the doctoral students in the applied social psychology program at the University of Windsor, Canada.
Faculty panel explores dimensions of recent violence
Professors and an Elon Law student on March 28 share with their audience perspectives on deadly shootings in Florida, France and Afghanistan.
Amy Overman publishes study on brain rehabilitation
A research article authored by Assistant Professor Amy Overman has been published in the March issue of the journal NeuroRehabilitation.
Kim Epting and students present at psychology conference
Alan Scott and Katie Atkins '12 earn Outstanding Paper Award
Mat Gendle, Megan McGrath '11 publish research on Shakti device
Expert on cross cultural leadership concludes visit to Elon
Lumen Scholar probes link between storytelling & literacy
Working with children in Head Start, Elon senior Lauren Deaver explores how parents and children sharing stories at home impacts reading in school.
Elon mourns passing of Professor Emeritus Jim Pickens
A longtime faculty member who gave "voice to the voiceless," Pickens died on Feb. 3, 2012.
Kim Epting, Tom Green publish articles
Meredith Allison publishes article with former students
Meredith Allison publishes article in Applied Cognitive Psychology
Meredith Allison, an assistant professor of psychology, recently published an article on eyewitnesses in Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Mat Gendle, Anna Stroman '11 and Dani Mullin '12 publish study on kava
Their work appears in the Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism.
Alexa Darby, students present at conference
Alexa Darby, associate professor of psychology, and two psychology research students presented posters at the 11th International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Conference in Chicago.
Amy Overman presents at Society for Neuroscience
Chris Leupold presents, publishes pharmacist retention study
Chris Leupold, associate professor of psychology, presented a paper at the 2011 Southern Management Association meeting in Savannah, Ga. The manuscript, " To Stay or To Go?: The Roles of Job Embeddedness and Correlate Factors in Retail Pharmacists’ Intentions to Leave” was published in the proceedings of the annual meeting.
Amy Overman and Ruth Robbins '12 present Lumen research at conference
Assistant Professor Amy Overman and Lumen Scholar Ruth Robbins '12 co-authored a presentation at the North Carolina Conference on Aging in Charlotte on Oct. 18, 2011, titled, "Memory improvement in older adults through cognitive training: A community approach."
Buffie Longmire-Avital delivers lecture at UNC-Greensboro
Buffie Longmire-Avital, assistant professor of psychology, presented her research findings on sexual partner selection among black American women at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Developmental Brown Bag series on Oct. 7.
Lumen Scholar helps older populations sharpen memory
An Elon psychology major is driven to help the elderly strengthen their minds in part because of a close bond shared with her grandparents.
Mat Gendle co-authors chapter in forthcoming book
Mathew Gendle, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology, along with colleagues at Cornell University and the University of California-Santa Cruz, has co-authored a chapter in the forthcoming book Gender Differences in Prenatal Substance Exposure to be published by the American Psychological Association and released on Oct. 15, 2011, as part of the APA’s Decade of Behavior book series.
Chris Leupold presents at national leadership conference
Chris Leupold, associate professor of psychology and Faculty Leadership Fellow, recently delivered two presentations at Association of Leadership Educators Annual Conference which was held July 11-13 in Denver, CO.
Elon grad explores forgiveness in mental health community
Caregivers can face special challenges when helping clients with emotional, behavioral and learning disabilities. Leigh Ann Stutts ’11 explores these challenges and exposes gaps in caregiver training – including the need to learn forgiveness – in a recent edition of the The Open Mind, the newsletter of the Durham, N.C., chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Meredith Allison coauthors book chapter
Meredith Allison, assistant professor of psychology, coauthored a book chapter with colleagues at the University of Victoria. The new interdisciplinary book on gestures was recently published by John Benjamins.
Meredith Allison presents at international conference
Meredith Allison, an assistant professor of psychology, presented two papers that were co-authored with former students and colleagues at the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition international conference in New York. Both papers were included in a symposium on alibi research.
Amy Overman appointed to journal editorial board
Amy Overman, assistant professor of psychology, has been appointed as a disciplinary editor for The American Journal of Undergraduate Research.