Archive for September 19, 2011

Two young alumni grew their Periclean Scholar legacies through a program for social and environmental activists.

Sowande Mustakeem ’00 has come a long way since her Elon graduation more than a decade ago. A master’s, doctorate and postdoctoral fellowship later, she is a respected authority in history and African and African-American studies, which she teaches as an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Recently, Mustakeem’s article, “‘She must go overboard & shall go overboard:’ Diseased bodies and the spectacle of murder at sea,” was published in Atlantic Studies, a leading journal in the field.

We regret the need to cancel the Community of Care program scheduled for Monday, September 19, 2011 and hope that our speaker, Kim Novak, feels better soon.