Faculty & Staff

Associate Professor of Physical Therapy Education Melissa Scales found a calling to help people move, heal and be seen.

From physics to performing arts, several new faculty members will teach, mentor, and conduct research beginning this academic year within Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences.

Raj Ghoshal, associate professor of sociology, examined Americans' views on whether an individual's race is up to that person.

The 2025–26 academic year is officially underway at Elon University, starting with the Opening Day ceremony on Aug. 18 in Alumni Gym.

In her new role on the university’s Senior Staff, the current chair of the Department of Human Service Studies will help establish more formal policies, procedures, and practices to support the creation and growth of graduate programs at Elon University.

Planning Week, a collection of welcome events, orientations and workshops ahead of the 2025-26 academic year begins on Aug. 18 with Opening Day.

In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor of English Rosemary Haskell connects her teachings to the current discourse on U.S. immigration and the war in Gaza. The column was published by the Greensboro News & Record and The Wilson Times.

Classes for the Elon University 2025-26 academic year begin on Aug. 26. Take a look at some of the exciting new locations, programs and people for this academic year.

Pagnapech Ngoun '26 and a mathematics faculty member Hwayeon Ryu presented at MathFest, the annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America on Aug. 6-9 in Sacramento, California.

Schwartz, assistant professor of finance, offered his advice to WalletHub on putting together a budget.