Undergraduate Research

Allocco’s invited talk at the University of Helsinki is the last of five she has presented about her current project, "Domesticating the Dead: Invitation and Installation Rites in Tamil South India," this academic year.

Elon senior Lindsey Jordan’s research focuses on an alternative leadership model in eliminating poverty.

Faculty in the Department of Psychology within Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences, were mentors for the projects.

A psychology major researches how romantic partners can influence whether a person seeks help for mental health concerns. 

An English major studies representations of adolescent power in young adult literature, a genre for and about adolescents but written almost exclusively by adults.

An engineering major works to develop a personalized cancer-detection system. 

More than 200 students on Tuesday, April 29, presented the fruits of their research at SURF — the annual Spring Undergraduate Research Forum — in poster sessions, oral presentations and symposia.

A policy studies and sociology major explores how gender and race can impact the political activism of college-aged women.

The Love Award for Excellence in Business Leadership provided the senior with an opportunity to pursue a research project exploring the variation in work sample tests’ levels of predictive validity.

The university's top undergraduate research award comes with $20,000 to support and celebrate academic and creative achivements.