Sociology and Anthropology

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.

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.

Zito, associate professor of sociology, publishes chapter on teaching crime and deviance within the sociology curriculum.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

Elon’s 133rd Commencement exercises will be held in Schar Center on Friday, May 19, 2023.