Academics & Research

Alan Russell, associate professor of mathematics, published "Is There a Best Rectangle?" in the November 2011 issue of the Mathematics Teacher.

The 3-volume World Literature in Spanish: An Encyclopedia, has been released by ABC-CLIO.

Darris Means '05, associate director of the Elon Academy, presented research findings Oct. 28 at the annual conference of North Carolina College Personnel Association.

Janna Anderson and four co-authors contributed essays for Zócalo Public Square.

Communications assistant professor Max Negin and Communications associate professor Amanda Sturgill presented a study at Convergence and Society: Journalism, Sustainability and Media Regeneration.

Kathy Gallucci, associate professor of biology, presented the paper, "Using Case Studies to Teach Evolution," at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) in Anaheim, CA, on Oct. 14, 2011.

Assistant Professor Amy Overman and Lumen Scholar Ruth Robbins '12 co-authored a presentation at the North Carolina Conference on Aging in Charlotte on Oct. 18, 2011, titled, "Memory improvement in older adults through cognitive training: A community approach."

On Thursday, Oct. 20, Chris Leupold, associate professor of psychology and Faculty Leadership Fellow, delivered a presentation titled “A Little of This and a Little of That: Careers in I/O, ” to the graduate students of the Clemson Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychologists.

Associate professor Stephen A. Futrell in the Department of Music appeared as guest vocal soloist with the Spelman College Glee Club and Spelman College music faculty in an Oct. 17 tribute concert to Willie T. Johnson and the Golden Gate Quartet.

Janna Anderson's address at the New York conference focused on the future of learning.