Academics & Research

The annual event offered academic, clinical and career guidance to 200 students from 13 of North Carolina's Doctor of Physical Therapy and Physical Therapy Assistant programs. 

 

Catherine M. Bush, assistant professor of biology at Elon, and colleagues published an analysis of low-copy nuclear genes in the current issue of the Nordic Journal of Botany.

 

This March 23 oral presentation by the professor of biology and environmental studies communicated the results of a five-year study examining the role of fish predators in preventing the establishment and spread of the invasive light bulb tunicate on submerged hard surfaces at the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, N.C.

Three faculty members and six undergraduate researchers from the Department of Biology represented Elon University at the N.C. Academy of Science conference at the University of North Carolina Wilmington on March 22-23, 2019.

The assistant professor of psychology presented motor development research at the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, held in Baltimore, Maryland.

Aaron Trocki, assistant professor of mathematics, presented his research at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education in Las Vegas on March 18-22, 2019.

Associate Professor of Mathematics Chad Awtrey, math major Peter Komlofske '19, and alumni Christian Reese '18 and Janae Williams '18 have published their article "On Galois p-adic fields of p-power degree" in the most recent issue of the JP Journal of Algebra, Number Theory, and Applications.

Rozana Carducci, associate professor of education and graduate director of the Master of Arts in Higher Education program, co-edited a book recently published by Stylus Publishing.

 

Bowman’s poster addressed how small archives, which typically have limited resources, can use exhibits to educate the public about local or underrepresented history.

Assistant Professor of Exercise Science Takudzwa Madzima, Professor of Exercise Dr. Eric Hall, and Associate Professor of Exercise Science Dr. Svetlana Nepocatych have published a new study with Elon Alumni Jonas Black ’17 and Jared Melanson ’17  showing that varying doses of whey and casein protein consumed prior to sleep do not alter next morning appetite, affective mood states and levels of the stress hormone cortisol.