Honors Program

Lynn Huber, Maude Sharpe Powell Professor, professor of religious studies and director of the Honors Program, was recognized with the Distinguished Scholar Award in August 2020 and delivered her lecture online on Thursday, March 18.

Huber, Maude Sharpe Powell Professor, professor of religious studies and director of the Honors Program, was recognized with the Distinguished Scholar Award in August 2020 for her impressive portfolio of books, articles, book reviews and other work in her academic discipline.

The senior elementary education major and environmental education minor recently published an article in the international journal Environmental Education Research on the role of gender in nature-based learning experiences, and is immersed in the classroom as a student-teacher.

Danielle Deavens ’16 and Doug Spencer Jr. ’16 launched Bold Xchange, an online retail shop offering products exclusively sourced from Black-owned businesses, in 2020.

Biochemistry major Kevin Scott ’21, under the mentorship of Associate Professor of Biology Yuko Miyamoto, is studying the molecular relationship between a high-salt diet and HER2-positive gastric cancer as part of his Lumen Prize research.

Elon was recently recognized as a top producer of Fulbright students, and McKelvey is among the scores of Elon alumni who have taught English or conducted research abroad through the program.

"An Introduction to Afrofuturism in Rap" is part of the Rap, Race, Gender and Philosophy course. The program is also part of the Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity's Black History Month events around "Imagining a Black Future."

The Elon alumnus is a social media specialist for Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, a fast-growing ice cream company based in Columbus, Ohio.

The $7,500 Leadership Prize supports sustained, mentored and community-based research projects undertaken by Elon undergraduates.

Femspec published Lange’s essay last month, the Journal of Popular Culture plans to publish another in 2022 and a third is under review. Lange is a Lumen Scholar and Honors Fellow whose research examines gender, age, race and disability in speculative fiction