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Elon panel tackles local history of lynching, racial violence and way toward healing
February 25, 2021
Faculty and community members spoke of the legacy of grief and terror spawned by ongoing racial inequity and violence. Elon University must address its past and accelerate change for justice and equality, they said.
Raj Ghoshal interviewed on The Measure of Everyday Life podcast
February 11, 2021
His research on race, names, and discrimination among American millennials was featured on the WNCU-RTI International show.
Sixteen Elon scholars named semifinalists for Fulbright U.S. Student Program
February 9, 2021
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers research, study and teaching opportunities to recent graduates in more than 140 countries, with approximately 1,900 grants awarded annually in all fields of study.
Millennials and race: Newly published research examines differences between words and actions
January 14, 2021
A new journal article co-authored by Assistant Professor of Sociology Raj Ghoshal finds that younger Americans, believed to be more enlightened on racial issues, may still discriminate when it comes to roommate selection.
American history, TV intersect in internship experience for Elon anthropology major
January 12, 2021
Anthropology major Mary Kate Mauney '23 is studying a pre-revolutionary battle as it relates to one of her favorite televisions shows during an internship in Burlington, North Carolina.
Student, faculty members participate in International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
December 1, 2020
Megan Casner '22, Professor Tom Arcaro and Assistant Professor Ahmed Al Fadaam participated in an international Zoom conference honoring the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Though the conference had participants from several continents, it was organized and convened by academics and activists in Kurdistan.
Hannah Boone and Kelly O’Neil win PERCS Online Ethnography Mini-Grants
November 24, 2020
The online ethnography mini-grants support student projects that used contemporary technologies of connectedness to examine communities and cultures.
Jennifer Carroll wins the 2020 Barbara Heldt Book Prize
November 11, 2020
The Heldt Prize is awarded annually to the best book in Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian studies from any academic discipline.
Lumen Scholar Sydney Hallisey ’21 researching effects of Syrian civil war on refugees
November 5, 2020
Sydney Hallisey ’21 and Assistant Professor in Political Science and Policy Studies Damion Blake are exploring the narratives of Syrian refugees who migrated to Turkey.
Carroll awarded federal research grant to explore stigma during COVID-19
October 15, 2020
The award from the National Institutes of Health will support research on the changing landscapes of stigma faced by people living with HIV in St. Petersburg, Russia, during the COVID-19 pandemic