Faculty & Staff

Stop by Elon’s newest maker space, Maker Hub – Downtown, between 3 and 5 p.m. on Aug. 24 for a tour. 

This session is designed for all teaching faculty interested in getting feedback on their writing assignments and learning about best practices in writing instruction. Those working on the Writing Excellence Initiative for their majors may find this session especially helpful. Held on 8/23/17 at noon.

Terry Tomasek, associate professor of education and director of Elon Academy, has published a chapter as lead author on connections and contributions through research service learning in Science and Service Learning.

Tony Crider, associate professor of physics, described how student testing could be done using virtual reality at the July 18 conference in Washington, D.C.

The article by Associate Professor of Physics Tony Crider and Elon University iMedia alumnus Jessica Torrez-Riley ’12 appeared in the most recent volume of Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. 

Elon is offering resources and glasses to allow people to safely view the Aug. 21 solar eclipse, which will be close to a total eclipse at Elon with the moon blocking 93 percent of the sun at 2:43 p.m.

Associate Professor Amy L. Allocco and Professor Brian K. Pennington recently presented papers at the Seventh South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and Religion conference.

As an MLA Bibliography Fellow for 2017-20, Senior Lecturer in English Paula Patch and her students will index materials from current and past issues of five composition and rhetoric journals for the MLA International Bibliography, a leading scholarly database in the modern languages.

Squire, a professor of computing sciences, talks about cybersecurity and how to craft stronger passwords.