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Latin American Studies hosted film festival ‘The Illusion of Abundance’
November 2, 2023
The festival presented the film “The Illusion of Abundance: Risking Their Life to Protect Our Planet” by Erika Gonzales Remirez and Matthieu Lietaert in Turner Theater.
Sociology class visits local homeless shelter to bring course content to life
October 24, 2023
Students enrolled in SOC 1720 Unhoused: Homeless in the U.S. toured and learned from the director of the homeless shelter operated by Allied Churches of Alamance County.
Rena Zito publishes chapter in the Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Sociology
September 7, 2023
Zito, associate professor of sociology, publishes chapter on teaching crime and deviance within the sociology curriculum.
Rena Zito and Kaylynn Hiller ’22 publish research in Sociological Imagination
September 4, 2023
The peer-reviewed study, “‘The Perfect Controlled Experiment’: The Impact of Abortion Clinic Closures on Teenage and Adult Reproductive Outcomes in Texas,” was published in a special issue on health inequalities and access to healthcare.
Tom Arcaro teaches course, gives presentation for aid workers in Bangladesh
August 30, 2023
Partnered with BRAC University’s Centre for Peace and Justice in Dhaka, Arcaro taught a three-day course around sociological principles, power and privilege, and presented around the importance of women in social movements.
John Luke Farah ’24 uses research to raise profiles of the businesses of refugees
June 5, 2023
Part ethnographic research, part marketing study, Farah worked with six microenterprises founded by clients of the Triad Refugee Business Center to build their online presence and gain customers.
Students inducted into anthropology and sociology honors societies
May 11, 2023
Nine students were inducted into The Iota North Carolina Chapter of the Lambda Alpha National Anthropology Honor Society and the Alpha Kappa Delta National Sociology Honor Society during a ceremony and dinner held at Johnston Hall on April 20.
Jessica Skelley ‘23 presents research at the Southern Sociological Society conference
April 19, 2023
Skelley, a sociology major and criminal justice studies and human services studies doublee minor, presented a study titled “Predicting Attitudes towards the Defund The Police Movement vs. Police Budget Reallocation Reform: An Exploratory Study."
Elon sociology professors present research at the Southern Sociological Society conference
April 11, 2023
Sociology faculty Rena Zito, Raj Ghoshal and Alexis Franzese presented research at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society from March 29 through April 1 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Ashton Newhall ’98 to deliver Elon’s 2023 undergraduate commencement address
February 20, 2023
Elon’s 133rd Commencement exercises will be held in Schar Center on Friday, May 19, 2023.