Academics & Research

The communications professor and strategic communications major shared their joint research paper, “Tweeps as sources: A comparison of legacy and new news outlets,” at a March 6-7 conference held at the University of Oklahoma.

In an example of collaboration between academics and practitioners, Carmen Monico worked with her former dissertation chair, Karen Smith Rotabi, now in the United Arab Emirates University, Kelley McCreery Bunkers, a child protection consultant, and Lucy Armistead, an adoption agency director, in the production of two book chapters summarizing the social literature of intercountry adoption globally, and the U.S. intercountry adoption experience from post-disaster Haiti.

The professor in the Department of Physical Therapy Education presented on a retrospective study involving the use of Nitroglycerin patches.

Chris Richardson, assistant professor of physics, and Maria Temming ’16, Elon Honors Fellow, each described their research during the annual Triad Starfest, a meeting of professional and amateur astronomers at Guilford Technical Community College.

Honors Fellow, Chelsea McQueen '15 and Buffie Longmire-Avital, an assistant professor of psycholgy presented their research at the Annual Conference for the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) in San Francisco, CA March 5 - 8.

Department of Performing Arts faculty and students will offer insight into the process of creating a contemporary dance performance in pre-show talks.

The assistant professor of education presented on digital backchanneling at the North Carolina Technology in Education Society Annual Conference in Raleigh, N.C., on March 6.

The article title is "Beyond Pen Pals: Shared Readigns, Internet Tools, and Classrooms Oversees."

The School of Communications professor addressed long-standing traits and skills essential in the advertising industry. The visit was part of the University of South Carolina’s Advertising Speaker Series.