Faculty & Staff

Free Screenings at ARMC: blood pressure, glucose test, cholesterol test (12-hour fast recommended), and height and weight analysis.

Daryl Lawson, assistant professor of physical therapy education, was selected for the second annual Wound Management Research Award by the American Physical Therapy Association Special Interest group in Wound Care during the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Section Meeting in Chicago on Feb. 9, 2012.

Dr. Charity Johansson, professor of physical therapy education, and Dr. Susan Chinworth, associate professor of physical therapy education, signed copies of their new book, Mobility in Context: Principles of Patient Care Skills, at the Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association in Chicago February 8-11.

The American Association of Philosophy Teachers has selected "When the 'Best Hope' Is Not So Hopeful, What Then? Democratic Thinking, Democratic Pedagogies, and Higher Education," Journal of Speculative Thought, 24:4 by Stephen Bloch-Schulman, associate professor of philosophy, as an honorable mention for the 2012 Lenssen Prize.

Along with four other members of the Elon Research Seminar on Engaged Undergraduate Learning (ERS), Maggie Castor, a senior philosophy major, and Stephen Bloch-Schulman, an associate professor of philosophy, presented "Teaching Democratic Thinking" at the annual meeting of the Associate of American Colleges and Universities, January 26 in Washington D.C.

Bill Andrews, PT, EdD, NCS, an associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy Education, has published an article in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation.

Aunchalee Palmquist, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, is the lead author on a paper that will be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (DOI 10.1007/S10903-011-9522-1, 11 Sept, epub ahead of print) .

Jessica Gisclair, associate professor and department chair in the School of Communications, has been elected to serve as president-elect for the Executive Board of the Greensboro, N.C., Tar Heel Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

Gloria Thompson likes a good deal. That’s why three years ago she decided to become a member of Sam’s Club in Greensboro after she discovered the store offers a special membership fee for Elon employees.