Academics & Research

The annual summer news update panel discussion will be held Aug. 29 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in McKinnon Hall.

Study abroad and risk management practitioners took on a fictional international crisis during an exercise at Elon to learn from experts and to consider their emergency preparedness.

Jen Hamel, assistant professor of biology, presented research at the Animal Behavior Society 2018 conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Matthew Valle, Martha and Spencer Love Professor of Business and Professor of Management, and colleagues have published the results of their empirical research on the relationship between ethical leadership and outcomes via the mediating effect of frustration.

Jan Mays, senior lecturer in mathematics, and Aaron Trocki, assistant professor of mathematics, presented research at the Mathematical Association of America’s Annual MathFest Meeting in Denver, Colorado, held Aug. 1-4, 2018.

Sarah Alger ’17 and Samantha Perry’18 joined Professor Cynthia Fair in the Department of Public Health Studies at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam where the group presented research. 

Margaret Chapman and Paula Patch gave multiple presentations at the annual conference of the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Twenty participants in the Center for Engaged Learning’s seminar on Residential Learning Communities as a High-Impact Practice returned for their second summer meeting on campus, June 17-22. 

The Center for Engaged Learning hosted the first summer meeting of the 2018-2020 research seminar on Capstone Experiences, June 24-29, 2018.

Elon Writing Center Director Julia Bleakney led a week-long international Summer Institute for new professionals in the Writing Center field.