Sociology and Anthropology

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.

His research on race, names, and discrimination among American millennials was featured on the WNCU-RTI International show.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The online ethnography mini-grants support student projects that used contemporary technologies of connectedness to examine communities and cultures.

The Heldt Prize is awarded annually to the best book in Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian studies from any academic discipline.

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.

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