Psychology

Faculty and students from the School of Communications and Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences presented original research at the annual conference of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Sept. 23-25 in Baltimore.

Thomas Tiemann, Jefferson Pilot Professor of Economics, and Alan Scott, assistant professor of psychology, along with recent psychology and sociology graduate Katerine Atkins, have published a paper, "Sidewalks, Streets, and Walkability," in Spaces and Flows: An international journal of urban and extraurban studies.

Buffie Longmire-Avital, an assistant professor in psychology, presented her research poster titled "How Sociocultural Views Influence Perceptions of Sex Partner Availability for Black Women" at the annual conference for the American Psychological Association in Orlando, Fla., Aug. 2-5.

The Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences program offers top students stipends to work closely for eight weeks with Elon faculty.

As debate over natural gas extraction intensifies in North Carolina, Associate Professor Mat Gendle uses personal experience to offer perspective.

The first ever Neuroscience Workshop at Elon University was held Oct. 24, 2008, in the Moseley Center, where dozens of students and faculty took part in five presentations on a subject of growing interest in higher education.

Amy Overman, assistant professor of psychology, presented her research at the 14th Cognitive Aging Conference.