Methods and Theories: phenomenological deconstruction, participant observation, filmmaking
Research Interests: HIV/AIDS in Africa, global health and justice, reflexive humanism
Projects: student civic engagement projects through Project Pericles, reflections on being human, evolutionary psychology, feminism and health, sociological biographies and AIDS activists
Methods and Theories: mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative methods), symbolic interactionism, theories of self and identity
Research Interests: mental health, social construction of deviance, medical sociology, social psychology, identity construction and transformation
Projects: research on self, identity, and the concept of authenticity, extramarital relationships and the transformation of self, medical education socialization processes
Tom Henricks | henricks@elon.edu | 336-278-6446
Research Interests: sociology of play, games and sport; sociological theory; social and cultural change, popular culture; social stratification, race and ethnicity
Projects: social construction of enjoyment, theories of play, historical transformations of identity and experience, American visions of the good life
Angela Lewellyn Jones | ajones5@elon.edu | 336-278-6447
Methods and Theories: prefer qualitative but can operate with quantitative research designs
Research Interests: violence in families, gender equality, crime and deviance, social control
Projects: qualitative research of battered women currently incarcerated in North Carolina for killing their abusive intimate partners, scholarship of teaching, social construction of meaning and messages
Methods and Theories: Ethnographic methods; mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative); biocultural perspectives; community based participatory research; ethnographic/documentary film
Research Interests: health disparities; child feeding beliefs and practices; childhood obesity; women’s health; food, culture, and identity; indigenous health and healing. Pacific Islands; Southeast Asia; U.S. Community Studies
Projects: social and cultural context of child feeding practices and body image in Hawaii; the biocultural context of Internet-based breast milk sharing in the U.S.; indigenous health transitions and medical pluralism in the Republic of Palau
Aaron Peeks | apeeks@elon.edu | 336-278-6445
Methods and Theories: mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative), feminist and conflict theories
Research Interests: sexual aggression and pornography
Projects: Guilt felt by males in sexual relationships, research on (dis)abilities, sexual aggression
Anne Bolin | boina@elon.edu | 336-278-6443
Geographic Interests: Oceania (Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia); Indigenous Australia, United States
Research Interests: ethnography, gender (women, men and masculinity) and gender identity, embodiment, sexology, developing interests in culture and food as well as critical anthropology of study abroad
Tom Mould | tmould@elon.edu | 336-278-5746
Methods and Theories: ethnographic methods, performance theory, indigenous hermeneutics
Research Interests: folklore, oral traditions, prophecy, Southern culture and video ethnography; issues of identity belief systems and personal experience narratives, with particular focus on sacred and supernatural narrative and belief systems
Projects: American Indian narrative, North Carolina pottery, African-American stepping, Latter-Day Saints prophecy and revelation
Research Interests: archaeology, Maya archaeology, ancient Mesoamerica, ancient social organization, household archaeology, lithlic technology, gender, identity construction, ancient childhood, everyday life
Projects: Dos Hombres Archaeological Project (Belize), Ancient Water Systems Project (Belize), Summer Archaeology Field School (Belize), Historical Bethabara Park (Winston Salem, N.C.)
Larry Basirico | basirico@elon.edu | 336-278-6448
Methods and Theories: quantitative and qualitative methods, symbolic interactionism, social construction of the self
Research Interests: identity transformation, family reunions, family dynamics, extramarital relationships, study abroad and self transformation, guitar virtual communities, art and craft worlds
Projects: "Study Abroad and the Transformation of Self: Identity and Global Engagement;" extramarital relationships and the transformation of self, ongoing revisions of introductory textbook
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