Academics & Research

During the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s 2017 national convention, School of Communications faculty members presented research, shared professional experiences, and participated in topical discussions and educational sessions.

Titch Madzima, assistant professor of exercise science, has published an article in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise on the effects of moderate to vigorous resistance exercise combined with a daily protein supplement on body composition and muscular strength in breast cancer survivors.

A first book by Rebecca Pope-Ruark, associate professor of English, published by the University of Chicago Press looks at how the popular Agile project management techniques can be applied in the classroom and in research work. 

The article by Rosemary Haskell, professor of English, appeared in a special issue of the journal South Atlantic Review.

Enfield, associate professor of education worked with Rosenthal to write “Taking science home: Reflexivity on becoming a teacher insider in an afterschool science program,” a book about their efforts to bring science learning to local children in an informal after-school program. The book narrates their efforts to become insiders in the social and cultural context, their learning as teachers, and the ways that science learning mediated between the children, teachers, context and content through the after-school program.

Research co-authored by the assistant professor of international business examines the influence of corporate social responsibility and consumer ethnocentrism.

The continuing education opportunities brought more than 140 physical therapists from the state to Elon.

Religious Studies Professor Geoffrey Claussen presented at the 2017 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in Boston. 

Jeffrey Carpenter, associate professor of education and director of the Teaching Fellows program, and Julie Justice, assistant professor of education, published an article in the peer-reviewed journal Computers in the Schools.

Religious Studies Professor Geoffrey Claussen's chapter is included in "Jewish Religious and Philosophical Ethics," published by Routledge