Prof. Christina Benson

Research/Creative Interests

Business Law, Business Ethics, International Law, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability in Business, International Trade Relations, Immigration Law, Social Justice.

Research/Creative Needs

Data collection and entry, review of scholarly publications, mentoring of student research in areas of law/ethics, building bibliographies and citation checking. Research can be done in affiliation with a major academic journal “The Journal of Legal Studies in Business,” so that students learn about scholarly publication process and/or seek to publish their work.

Mentoring Style

Typically one-on-one
One-on-one or in small groups, depending on the project
I typically work with multiple students; some of them are on the same project
I an in the Love School of Business, but also collaborate with students and faculty at Elon Law School

Currently looking for a student to apply and work in these programs

Any program/opportunity

I can mentor a student enrolled in 4998/4999 hours during these semesters

Any semester

Student Qualifications

I love to work with students from any major/school who have a particular interest in legal or ethical issues, or in furthering research on environmental sustainability or social justice related topics.
Happy to: 1) plug students into my existing research topics; 2) plug students into research for the business law journal on which I serve as editor, or 3) mentor the student’s preferred research topic relating to law, ethics, sustainability, social justice.