Elon Core Curriculum

English Department faculty share pedagogical innovations and career reflections at the Conference on College Composition and Communication

Along with other members of the Penguin Random House Common Reads Advisory Board, Paula Patch, associate director of the Common Reading Program and First-Year Foundations in the Elon Core Curriculum and associate teaching professor of English, facilitated a half-day workshop on launching and sustaining a Common Reading program at the annual Conference on the First-Year Experience in Seattle in February.

The Elon anthropologist's edited volume introduces methods guidelines and provides case studies for the practice of digital ethnographic study in the social sciences.

During the Winter Term study abroad opportunity, students had the unique experience of meeting the president of Cyprus and president of the European Union Commission.

The new course, offered by Associate Teaching Professor of Communication Design Randy Piland, blends hands-on projects and flight simulations with discussions about ethics, privacy and the broader impact of drone use.

In this upper-level Core Curriculum seminar, Lecturer in Sociology Karen Wirth guides students in exploring the links between time, purpose and the pursuit of a meaningful life.

The four students from Braye’s fall semester course "COR 4330: The Impact of Studying Abroad" challenged faculty and study abroad staff to re-think standard re-entry programs and engage with their returning students.

Karunatilaka’s “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” won the 2022 Booker Prize. He discussed his works with Assistant Professor of English Dinidu Karunanayake in Turner Theatre.

Karunatilaka will converse with Assistant Professor of English Dinidu Karunanayake in Turner Theatre on Monday, Oct. 7, at 5:30 p.m. The Sri Lankan author’s “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” won the 2022 Booker Prize.

In the 2024-25 Common Reading Lecture, Leah Thomas, author of "The Intersectional Environmentalist," detailed her journey from passionate college student to intersectional environmental activist.