Academics & Research

School of Communications associate professor Lee Bush and Communications department chair Jessica Gisclair presented at the 2012 PRSA Southeast District Conference Sept. 19-21 in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Associate Professor of Mathematics Janice Richardson, Assistant Professor of Education Jeffrey Carpenter and Assistant Professor of English Kim Pyne gave a research presentation on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 at the North Carolina Association of Colleges of Teacher Education Fall Forum in Raleigh, NC.

Omri Shimron, associate professor of music, opened Randolph College's Guest Artist Series for the 2012-2013 season, with a performance of Frederic Rzewki's "36 Variations on The People United Will Never Be Defeated!".

Communications assistant professor Lucinda Austin's research has been featured by the Institute of Public Relations’ "Social Science of Social Media Research Center."

Zaire McCoy, assistant dean of admissions at Elon, represented higher education on Sept. 15 in a panel discussion hosted by the Triangle Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women.

Professor of Music Thomas Erdmann had his article, Thinking Forward And Staying True: Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, published in the October 2012 issue of the International Trumpet Guild Journal.

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Matthew Weidenfeld, has received the journal of Contemporary Political Theory’s award for outstanding scholarship.

Communications associate professor Anthony Hatcher published an essay about James Ross, author of a critically acclaimed but little known 1940 crime noir novel called "They Don't Dance Much," on The Oxford American magazine website.