Faculty & Staff

These four awards recognize members of the Elon community for excellence in teaching, scholarship, civic engagement and mentoring.

The Greensboro Bar Association recognized Margaret A. Dudley, supervising attorney of Elon University’s Emergency Legal Services Program, with its 2024 Distinguished Service Award in a ceremony that also included scholarship announcements for two Elon Law students.

Departments across Elon University united to host 1,000 athletes, coaches and staff across 58 events during the 2024 CAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships held May 10-11 at the Jerry and Jeanne Robertson Track and Field Complex.

Dr. Dinidu Karunanayake, Elon professor of Literature, publishes article “Teaching Sri Lankan Literature in the American South,” and shares his thoughts on the presence (or dearth of) Sri Lankan literature in the US college classroom.

Students explore opportunities to continue pursuing Campus Recreation and Wellness values outside of Elon’s campus through NIRSA Club Basketball Tournament.

Raj Ghoshal, faculty fellow for leadership, discusses his efforts to help faculty integrate leadership education into academic, administrative, and student realms, fostering a culture of inclusive leadership at Elon University.

Assistant Professor Mustafa Akben and Aaron Satko ’25 were a winner of the 2024 SIOP Machine Learning Competition by demonstrating innovative AI solutions that address complex workplace challenges and highlighting AI's transformative potential in organizational research.

The Director of Project Pericles and Professor of Psychology will begin a two-year term on the committee this July

In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Lee Rainie, director of The Imagining the Digital Future Center at Elon, considers how the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence systems are prompting a rethinking of what it means to be human. The column was published by The Virginian-Pilot, the Winston-Salem Journal and the Greensboro News & Record.

The professor of political science and policy studies and longtime director of the Elon University Poll will provide leadership at Elon in growing academic undergraduate programs, exploring new directions for academic programs, and supporting academic integrity.