Faculty in Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences make significant contributions to their fields through their research. The works listed below are just a few examples that illustrate the breadth and depth of the college’s prolific scholars.

Books

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Ann J. Cahill (professor of philosophy), “Sounding Bodies: Identity, Injustice, and the Voice,” with C. Hamel, Bloomsbury (Methuen Drama), London, 2021.

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Mina Garcia (professor of world languages and cultures), “Social Justice in the Spanish Comedia,” with E. Cowling, T. de Miguel Magro and G. Nieto Cuebas, University of Toronto Press, 2021.

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Lynn R. Huber (professor of religious studies), “Narrative Mode and Theological Claim: Essays on Johannine Literature in Honor of Gail R. Oday,” with S. E. Hylen and W.R. Wright (Eds.), IV, SBL Press, Atlanta, GA, 2021.

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Ryan J. Johnson (associate professor of philosophy), “Nietzsche and Epicurus: Nature, Health and Ethics,” with V. Acharya, Bloomsbury Press, October, 2021.

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Jason A. Kirk (professor of political science), “Rising Star: The Meaning of Nikki Haley, Trump’s Unlikely Ambassador,” The University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, AR, 2021.

Kim Shively (associate professor of performing arts) and Kevin Otos (professor of performing arts), “Applied Meisner for the 21st-Century Actor,” with K. Otos, Routledge, NY, NY 2021.


Selected Articles & Book Chapters

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Amy L. Allocco (associate professor of religious studies), “Bringing the Dead Home: Hindu Invitation Rituals in Tamil South India”, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 89 (March 2021): 103-42.

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Renay L. Aumiller (associate professor of dance), “Decentering Power: Students as Partners in Dance Education”, Teaching Artists Journal, 19 (October 2021): 49-66.

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Stephanie L. Baker (associate professor of public health studies), “Understanding the racialized breastfeeding experiences among Black millenials”, with Y. Lee, Breastfeeding Medicine, 16(6) (May 2021): 481-486.

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Eryn E. Bernardy (assistant professor of biology), “Cystic Fibrosis Sputum Impairs the Ability of Neutrophils to Kill Staphylococcus aureus”, with K. Fantone, S.L. Tucker, A. Miller, R. Yadav, R. Fricker, A.A. Stecenko, J.B. Goldberg, and B. Rada Pathogens, 10(6) (June 2021).

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Julia Bleakney (associate professor of English) “Rhetorical Training Across the University: What and Where Students and Alumni Learn about Writing”, with L. Li, E. Holland, P. Rosinski, and J. L. Moore, Composition Forum, Vol 46 (2021):

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David M. Buck (associate professor of psychology), “What’s in a pronoun: Exploring gender pronouns as an organizational identity-safety cue among sexual and gender minorities”, with Johnson, Pietri, & Daas, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 97 (2021).

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Ann J. Cahill (professor of philosophy), “Power, Intersectionality, and Radical Critique: A Response to Alcoff,” Social Philosophy Today 37 (2021): 49-54.

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Pablo G. Celis-Castillo (associate professor of world languages and cultures), “Reconciliation in the Dust: Cynicism and Exclusion in Héctor Gálvez’s Paraíso (2009)”, Hispanic Studies Review, 5.2 (2021): 1-16.

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Justin G. Clar (associate professor of chemistry), “Study Report on the Test for Removal in Wastewater Treatments Plants of Gold Manufactured Nanomaterials (MN): Activated Sludge Sorption Isotherm”, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Series on Testing Assessment, No. 340, (July 28, 2021).

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Jennifer A. Dabrowski (associate professor of chemistry), “Recipe Modification as a Means of Learning and Applying the Scientific Method”, with M.E. Manson McManamy, Journal of Chemical Education, 98, 5 (March 2021): 1610-1621.

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Alexandra N. Darby (professor of psychology), “Faculty members perspectives on co-education and reciprocity”, with T. Cobb and L. Willingham, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 25(20) (2021): 23-34.

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Thomas R. Erdmann (professor of music), “Ian Carey: Contrast Can Be Just as Effective as Synchronicity”, International Trumpet Guild Journal, 46.1 (October 2021): 46-56.

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Benjamin A. Evans (professor of physics), “Soft Capsule Magnetic Millirobots for Region-Specific Drug Delivery in the Central Nervous System”, with L. Mair, G. Adam, S. Chowdhury, A. Davis, D. Arfin, F. Vassoler, H. Engelhard, J. Li, X. Tang, I. Weinberg, J. Bulte, and D. Cappelleri, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8 (July 2021).

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Cynthia D. Fair (professor of public health studies), “Evidence-based psychosocial interventions in pediatric psycho-oncology”, with L. Wiener, M. Barnett, S. Flowers, & A. Thompson, in Psycho-Oncology (4th Edition), W. Breitbart, P. Butow, P.B. Jacobsen, W. Lam, M. Lazenby, M.J. Loscalzo (Eds.) Oxford University Press, New York, NY, (2021): 703-714.

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Peter Felten (professor of history), “Conversations That Make Meaningful Change in Teaching, Teachers, and Academic Development”, with G. Pleschová, T. Roxå, & K. Thomson, International Journal for Academic Development 26(3): 201-209.

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CJ E. Fleming, (associate professor of psychology), “Undergraduates disclosures of unwanted sexual experiences: Who, Why, and When?”, with E.C. Muscari, Violence Against Women, 27(2) (2021): 207-221.

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Mina Garcia (professor of world languages and cultures), “El Trato de Argel and the Immigrant Crisis”, Social Justice in the Spanish Comedia, University of Toronto Press (2021): 157-74.

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Evan A. Gatti (professor of art history), “The Vercelli Rotolus: Images of Acts of the Apostles and Acts of Imitation”, IKON: Journal of Iconographic Studies, 14 (2021): 67-76.

Mathew H. Gendle (professor of psychology), Amy Allocco (associate professor of religious studies) and Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler (professor of psychology), “A catalyst for rethinking global engagement”, with P. Motley, The Global Impact Exchange: A Quarterly Publication of Diversity Abroad, (Summer 2021): 24-27.

Eric E. Hall (professor of exercise science) and Caroline Ketcham (professor of exercise science) “Gait assessment in collegiate athletes: Do concussion history, symptoms, gender and type of sport matter?”, with E.L. Messerschmidt, K. Patel, and S. Vallabhajosula, Journal of Sports Rehabilitation, 30 (7) (2021): 988-999.

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Jennifer A. Hamel (associate professor of biology), “A tangled web: comparing inter- and intraspecific mating dynamics in Anasa squash bugs”, with G. Greenway and C.W. Miller, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, (November 2021).

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Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak (associate professor of engineering), “A Project-Based Case Study for Students Interested in Biomedical Engineering”, with E. Walker, Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference (March 2021).

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Lynn R. Huber (professor of religious studies), “Revealing Christ in Revelation”, in Narrative Mode and Theological Claim: Essays on Johannine Literature in Honor of Gail R. ODay, L.R. Huber, S.E. Hylen and W.R. Wright IV, (Eds.), Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, (2021).

Duke Hutchings (professor of computer science), Shannon Duvall (associate professor of computer science) and Scott Spurlock (associate professor of computer science) “Improving Content Learning and Student Perceptions in CS1 with Scrumage”, with R. Duvall, Proceedings of the ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 52 (2021): 474-480.

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Megan L. Isaac (professor of English), “Secrets and Spies: A paired study of E. Lockhart’s The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado about Nothing’”, in Shakespeare and Canonical Literature: Pairing and Teaching, V. Malo-Juvera, P. Greathouse, and B. Eisenbach (Eds.), Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, (2021): 153-172.

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Anne-Marie R. Iselin (assistant professor of psychology), “Development of internalizing symptoms during adolescence in three countries: The role of temperament and parenting behaviors”, with C. Lunetti, L. Di Giunta, J.E. Lansford, N. Eisenberg, C. Pastorelli, D. Bacchini, L.M. Uribe Tirado, E. Thartori, E. Basili, I. Fiasconaro, A. Favini, M. Gerbino, F. Cirimele, C. Remondi, A.T. Skinner, and W.A. Rothenberg, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, (2021).

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Ryan J. Johnson (associate professor of philosophy), “Notes of a Wayward Son: Hegel, Baldwin, and Antiracist Idealism”, with N. Jones, Idealistic Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, Special Edition: Philosophical Idealism as Anti-Racism on the Occasion of Hegel’s 250th Anniversary, Vol. 51: Issue 2 (Summer 2021).

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Martin J. Kamela (associate professor of physics), “Reflections on Physics Education and Communication with Tibetan Monastics”, with J. Beck, J. C. Burton, M. Kuchera, A. J. Lovell, K. Nordstrom , T. Tenzin , and J. Ziffer, Front. Commun., 02 (November 2021): 1-6.

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Chris R. Leupold (professor of psychology), “Perceptions of working conditions and work-related stress in Iceland”, with I. Minelgaite, A.E. Gudmundsdottir, G. Gudmundsdottir, and T.K. Snorradottir, International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 21(1) (2021): 73-87.

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Buffie Longmire-Avital (professor of psychology), “’She does not want me to be like her’: Exploring maternal communication around eating pathology risk for collegiate Black women,” with J. Finkelstein, Women & Therapy, (2021).

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Takudzwa A. Madzima (associate professor of exercise science), “The Acute Effects of a Relative Dose of Pre-Sleep Protein on Recovery Following Evening Resistance Exercise in Active Young Men”, with J.V. Costa, and J.M. Michel, Sports, 9 (March 2021): 44.

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Julio Agustin Matos, Jr. (associate professor of performing arts), “From Mu-Cha-Cha to Ay! Ay! Ay! A Critical Explication of the Use of Latin Dance Styles and the Absence of Latinx Creatives in the Broadway Musical”, Theatre Topics, 31/1 (March 2021): 43-54.

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Ryan S. Mattfeld (assistant professor of computer science), “Evaluating Pedometer Algorithms on Semi-Regular and Unstructured Gaits”, with E. Jesch and A. Hoover, Sensors, 21 (June 2021): 4260.

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Kristen L. Mazur (associate professor of mathematics and statistics), “Connectivity at Infinity of the State Space of Complete Bipartite Graph”, with J. McCammond, J. Meier, and R. Rohatgi, The Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics, (2021).

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Andrew Monteith (assistant professor of religious studies), “Transhumanism, Utopia, and the Problem of the Real in Ready Player One,” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, (Oct. 2021).

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Jessie L. Moore (professor of English), “Key Practices for Fostering Engaged Learning,” Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 53.6 (November/December 2021): 12-18.

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Janet C. Myers (professor of English), “Leaning into Technology to Cultivate Student Engagement: Lessons from a Year in the Zoomverse”, The Journal for Research and Practice in College Teaching, vol. 6, no. 2 (2021): 1-3.

Svetlana Nepocatych (associate professor of exercise science) and Tadkudzwa A Madzima (associate professor of exercise science), “The Personal Food Systems of Pre-Season NCAA Division 1 High-Contact, Low-Contact, and Non-Contact College Athletes”, with J. Peluso, and S. Christopher, Nutrients 13(11), 3670, (2021).

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Amy A. Overman (professor of psychology and assistant dean of Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences), “Enhanced memory for context associated with corrective feedback: Evidence for episodic processes in errorful learning,” with J.D.W. Stephens and M.F. Bernhardt, Memory, 29(8): 1017-1042, (2021).

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Pratheep Kumar Paranthaman (assistant professor of computer science), “Comparative Evaluation of the EEG Performance Metrics and Player Ratings on the Virtual Reality Games”, with N. Bajaj, N. Solovey, and D. Jennings, IEEE Conference on Games, (August 2021): 1- 8.

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Brian K. Pennington (professor of religious studies), “The Haunt of Authenticity: Viswanath, the Pariah Problem, and the Production of Modern Hinduism”, Modern Asian Studies, (2021): 10-18.

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Robert T. Perdue (associate professor of sociology), “Who Needs the Dark Web?: Exploring the Trade in Critically Endangered Plants on eBay”, American Journal of Criminal Justice, (2021).

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Rebecca Todd Peters (professor of religious studies), “Listening to Women: Examining the Moral Wisdom of Women Who End Pregnancies”, Journal of Religious Ethics, 49:2 (June 2021): 290-313.

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Aaron T. Piepmeier (assistant professor of exercise science), “Prevalence, Severity and Correlates of Cognitive Impairment in Colorectal Cancer Survivors Who Received Chemotherapy: A Systematic Review”, with Y-N Chan, A.L. Bryant, J.L. Conklin, T.C. Girdwood, and R. Hirschey, Oncology Nursing Forum, (2021).

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Devin A. Proctor (assistant professor of anthropology), “Cybernetics and Digital Whiteness: Exposure to Radicalization through Feedback Loops”, Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Conference, Norbert Weiner in the 21st Century (21CW), (2021): 1-5.

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Paula M. Rosinski (professor of English), “Rhetorical Training Across the University: What and Where Students and Alumni Learn about Writing”, with Li Li, J. Moore, J. Bleakney, and E. Holland, Composition Forum, 47.1 (2021).

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Hwayeon Ryu (assistant professor of mathematics), “Spatially localized cluster solutions in inhibitory neural networks”, with J. Miller, Z. Teymuroglu, X. Wang, V. Booth and S.A. Campbell, Mathematical Biosciences, 336 (2021): 108591.

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William B. Schreiber (assistant professor of psychology), “Teaching in a Pandemic: Adapting Preparations for Asynchronous Remote Learning Using Three Evidence-Based Practices”, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, (2021).

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Andrea A. Sinn (associate professor of history), “Jüdisches Leben in der alten Bundesrepublik,“ Informationen zur Politischen Bildung Heft 348: Jüdisches Leben in Deutschland nach 1945 (2021): 12–23. [“Jewish Life in the Old Federal Republic“]

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Aaron C. Sparks (assistant professor of political science and policy studies), “Climate change in your backyard: When climate is proximate, people become activists”, Frontiers in Political Science, 3, 75 (2021).

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Scott R. Spurlock (associate professor of computer science), “Chasing rainbows: colorizing black and white images with adversarial learning”, with D. Bowman, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Volume 36 (January 2021): 57-66.

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Jonathan Su (assistant professor of engineering), “Design and Testing of a Cabotegravir Implant for HIV Prevention”, with D. Karunakaran, S. M. Simpson, E. Bryndza-Tfaily, T. J. Hope, R. Veazey, G. Dobek, J. Qiu, D. Watrous, S. Sung, J. E. Chacon, P. F. Kiser, Journal of Controlled Release, 330 (February 2021): 658-668.

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Brant W. Touchette (professor of biology and environmental studies), “Elevated nutrient content in host plants parasitized by swamp dodder (Cuscuta gronovii): Evidence of selective foraging by a holoparasitic plant?”, with S. Feely and S. McCabe, Plant Biosystems, (2021).

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Maureen O. Vandermaas-Peeler (professor of psychology), “Conceptualizing academic mentoring: A research overview”, with J. Ruelle, in Academic Library Mentoring: Fostering Growth and Renewal, Volume 2, Mentoring of Library Faculty and Librarians, L.J. Rod-Welch & B.E. Weeg (Eds.), Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, Chicago, IL, (2021): 393-409.

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Mark A. Weaver (assistant professor of statistics) “Impact of a Carbohydrate Mouth Rinse on Corticomotor Excitability after Mental Fatigue in Healthy College-Aged Subjects”, with S.P. Bailey, G.K. Harris, K. Lewis, T. Llewellyn, R. Watkins, B. Roelands, J. Van Cutsem, and S.F. Folger, Brain Sciences, 11 (July 2021): 972.

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Pamela D. Winfield (professor of religious studies), “Chinese Visual Texts, Japanese Spatial Contexts: Mandala Installation and the Reading of Empowered Space in Japan”, Studies in Chinese Religions, (December 3, 2021): 1-24.

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Matthew W. Wittstein (associate professor of exercise science), “Quantifying National Biomechanics Days Impact on Student Perceptions toward Biomechanics: A Multisite Pilot Study”, with S.M. Monfort, K.E. Bigelow, S. Vallabhajosula, L.Q. Evertz, J.N. Becker, P. Gannon, and P. DeVita, Journal of Biomechanics, 131 (January 2022).

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Yidi Wu (assistant professor of history), “The Secret Police, A Funeral, and Lunch Gatherings: My Story of Doing Oral History Interviews in China”, Special Issue: PRC History in the Era of COVID, Censorship, and Sino-US Confrontation, PRC History Review, 6(3) (2021).


Presentations

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Meredith Allison (professor of psychology), “Alibi believability: Salaciousness, presence of physical evidence, and timing of disclosure”, American Psychological Association, virtual, August 12-14, 2021.

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Amy L. Allocco (associate professor of religious studies), “When the Dead Will Not Be Denied: Insistence, Persistence, and Resistance in Pūvātaikkāri Pūjās”, The Annual Conference on South Asia, virtual, October 21-23, 2021.

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Renay L. Aumiller (associate professor of dance), “Franklin Methods Art of Change: Inclusive and Equitable Practices in Dance Education”, National Dance Educators Organization, virtual, October 7-10, 2021.

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Stephanie L. Baker (associate professor of public health studies), “COVID-19 Pandemic: Spotlight Louisiana and NIH Grantee Outreach Efforts”, National Medical Association Virtual Convention and Scientific Assembly, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 10, 2021.

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Kelsey S. Bitting (assistant professor of environmental studies), “Fostering Sustainability Out of a Pandemic: Pathways for Higher Education to Create a More Resilient Institution and Society”, American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Annual Meeting, virtual, January 20-23, 2021.

Julia Bleakney (associate professor of English), Michael Carignan (professor of history), Jessie Moore (professor of English) and Paula Rosinski (professor of English) “Teaching and Researching Writing Within and Beyond the Curriculum: One Universitys Initiatives to Encourage Faculty Collaboration and Further Writing Transfer Research”, International Writing Across the Curriculum conference, July 2021.

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Bethany M. Brinkman (associate professor of engineering), “Experiences with Prototyping and Making in Virtual Classes,” with R. Bailey, G. Lewin, and M. Shields, Mudd Design Workshop, virtual, May 2021.

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Nicholas W. Bussberg (assistant professor of statistics), “Incorporating an Accessible Reproducibility Workflow into Entry-Level Courses”, Project TIER Symposium on Instruction in Reproducible Research: Educational Outcomes, virtual, March 5 – May 21, 2021.

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Ann J. Cahill (professor of philosophy), “Comment on Consent and Presupposition by Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa,” the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association, virtual, April 8, 2021.

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Pablo G. Celis-Castillo (associate professor of world languages and cultures), “The Ruins of Disillusionment: Film Production and the Failure to (Re)build Peruvian Society”, Annual Conference of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS), virtual, April 15-18, 2021.

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Jennifer A. Dabrowski (associate professor of chemistry), “Design of Culinary Transformations: A Chemistry Course for Nonscience Majors”, American Chemical Society Spring 2021 Meeting, virtual, United States, April 9, 2021.

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Andrew E. Dellinger (assistant professor of mathematics), “DRB1*11:04 is associated with liver injury due to nitrofurantoin: results from the drug induced liver injury network (dilin) studies”, 2021 AASLD- The Liver Meeting Conference, 2021.

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Kirsten A. Doehler (associate professor of statistics), “Infusing Activities Centered Around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Statistics Courses”, with H. Barker, United States Conference on Teaching Statistics, June 28 – July1, 2021.

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Peter Felten (professor of history), “Leveraging Assignment (Re)Design to Improve Learning Outcomes,” with C.E. Watson, C. Hilk, and B. Orcutt, AAC&U National Meeting, virtual, January 21-22, 2021.

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Mary Jo Festle (professor of history), “The Art of Asking Good Questions”, Teaching History Conference, virtual, May 7, 2021.

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CJ E. Fleming (associate professor of psychology), “Shutting Down During Shutdown? Predictors of Depression and Anxiety in Working Adults during the Early COVID-19 Pandemic”, The 55th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, virtual, 2021.

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Mina Garcia (professor of world languages and cultures), “Use of Metatheatre in Cervantes El trato de Argel”, Renaissance Society of America, virtual, April 13-22, 2021.

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Evan A. Gatti (professor of history), “Legacies of Privilege: Making Meaning for Medieval Manuscripts”, The Forty-Sixth Annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN, April 9-10, 2021.

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Jennifer A. Hamel (associate professor of biology), “Multiple functions for multiple signals: the role of sound and vibration in mediating courtship and competition in a neotropical katydid”, with J. Ross, M. Gamble, C. Kernan, H. ter Hofstede, Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, virtual, August 3-6, 2021.

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Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak (associate professor of engineering), “A Project-Based Case Study for Students Interested in Biomedical Engineering”, 2021 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, virtual, March 8-10, 2021.

Simon Higgins (assistant professor of exercise science), “Behavioral mechanisms through which suboptimal sleep is related to cardiometabolic risk factors”, Carolina Exercise Science and Kinesiology Research Symposium, virtual, March 2021.

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Lynn R. Huber (professor of religious studies), “Biblical Translation and LGBTQIA+ Publics”, Sacred Texts, Theory and Theological Construction, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, virtual, Nov 2021.

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Anne-Marie R. Iselin (assistant professor of psychology), “Cross-national associations among feedback sensitivity and emotion regulation on preadolescents’ school performance”, with L. Di Giunta, N. Duell, L. Steinberg, J.E. Lansford, N. Eisenberg, L.M. Uribe Tirado, M.S. Ruiz Garcia, C. Pastorelli, D. Bacchini, C. Lunetti, I. Fiasconaro, E. Thartori, E. Basili, A. Favini, F. Cirimele, and C. Remondi, EDULEARN21 13th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, virtual, 2021.

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Frederick L. Johnson (senior lecturer of music), “Diversity, Engagement and Education: Guiding the Student-Led Event”, Association of Popular Music Education, Chicago, IL, June 9-12, 2021.

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Ryan J. Johnson (associate professor of philosophy), “Teaching Philosophy as a Way of Life”, Talking Teaching Returns Series, American Association of Philosophy Teachers, October 18, 2021.

Caroline J. Ketcham (professor of exercise science) and Eric Hall (professor of exercise science), “Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Global Contexts: A Mentoring Constellation Model”, Association for American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Global Learning Reimagined, virtual, October 2021.

Buffie Longmire-Avital (professor of psychology) and Charles Irons (professor of history), “Universities Studying Slavery as a Vehicle for DEI Work at Elon University”, with T. Jean, National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, virtual, June 7-11, 2021.

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Kathryn Matera (professor of chemistry), “Mechanisms of Linoleic Acid Oxidation by Myeloperoxidase”, with C. Powell, Presented at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Birmingham, AL, November 2021.

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Kristen L. Mazur (associate professor of mathematics and statistics), “Promoting Productive Struggle”, Mathematical Association of American Southeastern Section Meeting, virtual, March 2021.

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David J. McGraw (assistant professor of performing arts), “The Future of Work: Workforce and Workplace Strategies for the Performing Arts,” Association of Performing Arts Professionals, virtual, December 8, 2021.

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Shayna R. Mehas (assistant professor of history), “Print and Practice: Religious Devotionals in the Time of Reform, Mexico City, 1750-1821”, Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS), virtual, April 15-18, 2021.

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Jessica A. Merricks (assistant professor of biology), “Fostering Agents of Change: Can a local water crisis shift students’ values, goals, and priorities?”, Earth Educators Rendezvous, virtual, July 2021.

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Paul C. Miller (professor of exercise science), “Supporting Integrative Learning Through a Mentoring Toolkit for High-Impact Practices”, 14th Annual Mentoring Conference: Mentoring in an Interconnected World, Albequerque, NM, virtual, October 21, 2021.

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Jessie L. Moore (professor of English), “Supporting Integrative Learning Through a Mentoring Toolkit for High-Impact Practices”, 14th Annual Mentoring Conference: Mentoring in an Interconnected World, Albequerque, NM, virtual, October 21, 2021.

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Amy A. Overman (professor of psychology), “Inclusion and belongingness in neuroscience”, Neuroscience Teaching Conference, July 23, 2021.

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Pratheep Kumar Paranthaman (assistant professor of computer science), “Comparative Evaluation of the EEG Performance Metrics and Player Ratings on the Virtual Reality Games”, IEEE Conference on Games, August, 2021.

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Brian K. Pennington (professor of religious studies), “Contingent Labor and the American Academy of Religion”, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 20, 2021.

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Rebecca Todd Peters (professor of religious studies), “Solidarity Ethics: How people of faith can lead the way toward a solidarity-driven global economy”, Beyond Barriers: Soaring in the Spirit, Baptist Peace Fellowship Summer Conference, virtual, July 21, 2021.

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Aaron T. Piepmeier (assistant professor of exercise science), “The effect of acute exercise on quality of life (fatigue and cognition) and brain activity in cancer survivors: a feasibility study”, North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, virtual, June 2021.

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Devin A. Proctor (assistant professor of anthropology), “Vernaculars of Mourning: Memorialization in Collapsed Digital Contexts”, 120th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, virtual, November 17-21, 2021.

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Chris T. Richardson (associate professor of physics), “IMBH activity in dwarf galaxies: optimizing mid-IR diagnostics for JWST”, American Astronomical Society Meeting, virtual, January 11-15, 2021.

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Kirstin Ringelberg (professor of art history), “ReProduction, PolliNation: The Flora and Fauna of Madeleine Lemaire”, Nineteenth Century French Studies Colloquium, Washington, D.C., October 28-30, 2021.

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Paula M. Rosinski (professor of English) “Second Generation Writing Beyond the University Research: Understanding Students and Alumni Writing Lives and Implications for Writing Education”, Conference on Engaged Learning, Elon, NC, July 11-13, 2021.

Headshot of Hwayeon Ryu.

Hwayeon Ryu (assistant professor of mathematics), “Bifurcation and sensitivity analysis reveal key drivers of multistability in a model of macrophage polarization”, AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, virtual, January 6-9, 2021.

Headshot of Leyla Savloff.

Leyla Savloff (assistant professor of anthropology), “Putes Feministas: Inclusive Language and Social Media Activism”, 27th Annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, virtual, May 21-23, 2021.

Headshot of Elena M. Schoonmaker-Gates.

Elena M. Schoonmaker-Gates (associate professor of world languages and cultures), “Variable cue perception in L2 Spanish”, Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Wake Forest University, virtual, October 7-9, 2021.

Headshot of Kim Shively.

Kim Shively (assistant professor of performing arts), “Re-visiting and Re-imagining Practice Through Publication”, ATHE Virtual Conference 2021, August 6, 2021.

Headshot of Andrea A. Sinn.

Andrea A. Sinn (associate professor of history and geography), “Tracing the Legacy of Nazi Persecution: Jewish Emigration from Nazi Germany, 1933-1945”, The Historisches Kolleg, Munich/Germany, virtual, July 30, 2021.

Headshot of Aaron C. Sparks.

Aaron C. Sparks (assistant professor of political science and policy studies), “Policy Effects on Teachers at Juvenile Detention Centers across the US”, with C. Vaughan and S. Morrison, MPSA, April 2021.

Headshot of Scott R. Spurlock.

Scott R. Spurlock (associate professor of computer science), “Chasing rainbows: colorizing black and white images with adversarial learning”, the 34th Annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Southeastern Conference, virtual, January 2021.

Headshot of Clayton P. Stevenson.

Clayton P. Stevenson (senior lecturer of music), “The Live Sound Class; Innovative and Integrative Practices”, Association of Popular Music Education, Chicago, IL, June 9-12, 2021.

Headshot of Maureen O. Vandermaas-Peeler.

Maureen O. Vandermaas-Peeler (professor of psychology), “Reimagining mentored undergraduate research in global contexts”, with D. Whitehead, S. Sutton, K. Patch, and K. Acheson-Clair, the AAC&Us 2021 Virtual Conference on Global Learning: Global Learning Reimagined, October 7-9, 2021.

Headshot of Ryne C. VanKrevelen.

Ryne C. VanKrevelen (lecturer of statistics), “Using IPUMS Data for Course Projects”, United States Conference on Teaching Statistics, virtual, June 28 – July 1, 2021.

Headshot of Pamela D. Winfield.

Pamela D. Winfield (professor of religious studies), “Zen Bodies of Knowledge”, New Directions in Zen Studies Conference, Stanford University, CA, January 30, 2021.

Headshot of Yidu Wu.

Yidu Wu (assistant professor of history), “Democracy Torch Relay: Campus Alliance and Divergence in Political Campaigns of 1957”, Southeast Regional Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, virtual, 2021.


Exhibitions & Performances

Headshot of Renay L. Aumiller.

Renay L. Aumiller, associate professor of dance

  • “Surveillance”, Minute Madness Toronto Film Festival, Toronto Canada, May 2021.
  • “Holding Space”, Contact Dance International Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, June 2021.
  • “A Brief Interruption”, Stay at Home Film Festival, New York City, NY, January 2021.
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Lynn Beck, lecturer in music

  • “Wicked”, hornist with the national touring company, 24 performances, Broadway Series at the Tanger Center, Greensboro, NC, October 2021.
  • “Sting in Concert”, hornist with the Greensboro Symphony, two performances, at the Tanger Center, Greensboro, NC, November 2021.
Headshot of Olivia Choplin.

Olivia Choplin, associate professor of world languages and cultures

  • “L’enfer, c’est…: Méditations contemporaines sur l’existentialisme”, Director, French Theater in Production final showcase, Elon University, YouTube Premier, February 9, 2021.
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Natalie Hart, associate professor of performing arts

  • “The Bluest Eye”, Synchronicity Theatre, Atlanta, October 2021.
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Julio Agustin Matos, Jr., associate professor of performing arts and director of music theatre

  • Director: Elliot, a Soldiers Fugue by Quiara Alegria Hudes, Theatreworks, Colorado Springs, spring 2021.
  • Producer: El Sol del Barrio: The Afro Latin Connection, New York City, fall 2021.
Headshot of Jen Guy Metcalf.

Jen Guy Metcalf, associate professor of dance

  • “Between the Lines”, San Francisco Dance Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, October 15-26, 2021.
  • “A Brief Interruption, 60 Second Short Film Fest”, Richmond, VA, April 24, 2021.
  • “Surveillance”, Mister Vorky, Ruma Film Festival, Serbia, June 9, 2021.
Headshot of Kirby R. Wahl.

Kirby R. Wahl, professor of performing arts and associate dean of Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences

  • “The Road to Mecca”, Dialect Coach, Burning Coal Theatre Company, Raleigh, NC, December 2-19, 2021.
Headshot of Karen A. Yokley.

Karen A. Yokley, professor of mathematics

  • Joint Mathematics Meetings Exhibition of Mathematical Art, Bridges Organization, Virtual, January 6-9, 2021.