Dale Harrison speaks with News 14 about “sunshine” laws

March 25, 2009

Dale Harrison, an adjunct associate professor and assistant director of the Sunshine Center of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition, spoke with News 14 Carolina on March 19 about public records and open meeting laws that affect the way government does business in North Carolina.

‘Cool coaching’ in pop culture focus of faculty research

March 25, 2009

Every teenager experiences it. Most act on it. But adolescent peer influence isn’t what Hollywood makes it out to be, a conclusion drawn by Elon University associate professor Jean Schwind, whose examination of “peer pressure” as portrayed in movies and books is the focus of a recent article in the Journal of Popular Culture.