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In My Words: The immigrant experience, 40 years on
August 8, 2018
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor of English Rosemary Haskell recounts her own immigration story and how her thoughts returned to that experience after recently meeting someone on a similar journey.
In My Words: Trusting women to make abortion decisions is a Christian norm
July 31, 2018
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor of Religious Studies Rebecca Todd Peters writes about the moral decisions that women make about their families.
In My Words: Roe v. Wade's Unlikely Champion
July 23, 2018
A newspaper column by Associate Professor Andy Haile points to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court that indicate an overturn of Roe v. Wade isn't a foregone conclusion simply because of the court's pending conservative majority.
In My Words: How Kilauea eruption fits into our geological heritage
June 15, 2018
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Dave Gammon provides historical context for the recent eruptions of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii.
In My Words: 50 years later, Robert Kennedy’s funeral still unforgettable
June 6, 2018
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Tom Nelson, associate professor of communications, writes about the impact of Robert Kennedy's funeral on him as a teenager in New York 50 years ago.
In My Words: Taxes pay for education and public safety. Why not for universal health care?
June 4, 2018
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Rosemary Haskell, professor of English, writes about her experiences growing up in Britain with the National Health Service, and whether the United States should move to universal health care.
In My Words: ‘Roseanne’ reboot offers mixed portrait of blue-collar America
April 16, 2018
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Naeemah Clark, associate professor of communications, writes about the recent reboot of the TV show "Roseanne."
In My Words: An act of healing, a plea for change
April 12, 2018
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Tom Arcaro, professor of sociology, writes about the recent death of his daughter.
In My Words: One problem with Facebook is us
March 27, 2018
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Enrique Armijo, associate dean for academic affairs and an associate professor at Elon Law, examines the recent revelations about Facebook data that was leveraged by the analytics firm Cambridge Analytica.
In My Words: Reading the names of the dead in a cold world
March 26, 2018
Rosemary Haskell, professor of English, writes in this column for the Elon University Writers Syndicate about how the country grieves those lost to gun violence and how that should change.