Articles by Mat Gendle
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Periclean Scholars program welcomes members of the Class of 2027
April 16, 2024
Members of the 21st cohort of Periclean Scholars at Elon celebrated their acceptance into the program during a ceremony held in McKinnon Hall on April 15.
Gendle offers session at AAC&U Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success
March 25, 2024
The Director of Project Pericles led a roundtable event with academic colleagues from across the U.S. to discuss ways to increase meaningful faculty engagement with institutional DEI efforts
Gendle advocates for self-defense strategies for DEI programs in Inside Higher Ed column
February 29, 2024
In this essay, which was published on Feb. 29, the director of Project Pericles and professor of psychology contends that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education must prepare effective and proactive self-defense strategies against the multiple forces that wish to see them fail.
Elon faculty and colleagues present outcomes from CAA Academic Alliance Grant
February 16, 2024
A team of faculty from Elon, Drexel, University of Delaware, and UNC Wilmington shared the outcomes of their collective work at the 2024 North Carolina Campus Engagement PACE conference
Mathew Gendle authors essay on U.S. tourism in Sri Lanka
January 24, 2024
The Director of Project Pericles at Elon published the essay in the journal Tourism in Paradise.
Gendle advocates for increased transparency regarding the Greensboro Piedmont Academy Influx Care Facility
December 22, 2023
In an essay published by the Greensboro News & Record, Director of Project Pericles and Professor of Psychology Mathew Gendle argues that more information is needed about the sprawling Greensboro facility.
Gendle featured in Inside Higher Ed’s ‘A Year in Views’
December 21, 2023
An essay written by the Director of Project Pericles and Professor of Psychology was recognized as one of the most widely read “Views” essays in 2023.
In My Words: In providing aid to Ukraine, U.S. should not repeat its past mistakes in Latin America
November 16, 2023
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor Mat Gendle considers whether the current support for the Ukraine war effort has dangerous parallels to the proxy war in Nicaragua during the 1980s. The column appeared in the Greensboro News & Record and the Butner-Creedmoor News.
In My Words: Democrats must end their shaming of third-party campaigns
July 5, 2023
In a column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor of Psychology Mathew Gendle argues that shaming third-party voters for their electoral choices is uncalled for and profoundly undemocratic. The column was published by the Greensboro News & Record, the Butner-Creedmoor News and Restoration News Media outlets.
Mat Gendle and Amanda Tapler publish scholarship on community-centered assessment of community-based global learning programs
July 5, 2023
The director and associate director of Project Pericles at Elon published this work in Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement.