The following faculty members hold professorships and emerging scholar positions at Elon University:

Senior Professorships 

  • Maude Sharpe Powell – Lauren Kearns
  • Watts/Thompson – Cynthia Fair
  • William J. Story – Rod Clare
  • J. Earl Danieley Distinguished – Rissa Trachman
  • Frank S. Holt Jr. – Business Leadership – Robert H. Moorman
  • A.J. Fletcher – Communications – Qian Xu
  • Lincoln Financial – Tina Das
  • Japheth E. Rawls – Undergraduate Research in Science – Titch Madzima
  • Wesley R. Elingburg – Adam Aiken
  • W.S. Long – Jeff Carpenter
  • Martha and Spencer Love Term – Brian Lyons
  • Isabella Cannon Leadership – Chris Leupold
  • T.E. Powell Jr. – David Gammon
  • Lori and Eric Sklut – Jewish Studies – Geoffrey Claussen
  • Sidney F. and Kathleen Jackson – Physics – Joel Karty

Developing Professorships

  • Stella S. and John C. O’Briant – History – Yidi Wu

Emerging Professors & Scholars

  • Doherty Emerging Professor of Entrepreneurship – Smaraki Mohanty
  • Distinguished Emerging Scholar in Religious Studies – Sheila Otieno
  • A.L. Hook Emerging Scholar in Science and Mathematics – Nancy Scherich
  • Dr. Jo Watts Williams Emerging Professor – Stephanie Hernandez Rivera
  • Fletcher Moore Distinguished Emerging Scholar – Jonathan Poquette

Elon University School of Law Professorships

  • Justice Sandra Day O’Connor – Law – Cheri Beasley