Academics & Research

Associate Professor Lynne Kurdziel-Formato was selected to choreograph Dollywood's perennial "Christmas in the Smokies" production, a winner of multiple International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions awards.

Several faculty from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics recently presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 27-28.

Amy L. Allocco, assistant professor of religious studies, presented a paper titled "Earning respect, securing survival: Gender negotiations in a Tamil healing network" during the 2011 Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, Wisc., Oct. 20-23.

Thomas Erdmann, professor of music, had three articles featured on the front cover of the November/December 2011 issue of Saxophone Journal.

Hackett Publishing Company has released A Workbook for Arguments: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking, co-authored by Elon's Anthony Weston and David Morrow of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Professor Juan Obando will be presenting some of his current projects at the exhibition Narco Nation | Drug-Borders | Utopian-Futures at Duke University's Fredric Jameson Gallery. The exhibit explores from three perspectives and geographies (Colombia, Mexico and the diasporas in the USA) what is now-called Narco-Culture through visual representation.

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.