School of Communications

Elon seniors Jenna Raffio (psychology) and Ryan Pauley (leisure and sport management), along with faculty members Chris Leupold and Tony Weaver, presented a poster titled, “Creation of a Strategic Performance Model for Division I Athletic Directors: Phase I” at the Scholarly Conference on College Sport in Chapel Hill, N.C., held from April 15-19.

For the third consecutive year, the Elon University Bateman Team has received recognition in the nation's highest competition for public relations students.

Kenn Gaither, an assistant professor of communications, and three seniors in his international public relations capstone course were interviewed April 20 for a segment on bilingual professors on WFMY News 2, a CBS affiliate in Greensboro, N.C.

Jessica Gisclair, associate professor in the School of Communications, presented "Perceptions of Beauty and Self in China's X-Generation" to the Asian Popular Culture Division at the PCA/ACA Conference in New Orleans April 10.

"The Future of Things," an online magazine focusing on science, technology and medicine from around the world, has named Elon's Imagining the Internet Web site its "Site of the Week."

School of Communications Associate Professor Frances Ward-Johnson presented a paper at the 2009 National Conference of the Popular Culture & American Culture Associations held April 8-11 in New Orleans.

Michael Skube, associate professor of communications, wrote a review of "The Future of Liberalism" by political scientist Alan Wolfe for the April 5 edition of the Raleigh News and Observer.