Faculty & Staff

Visiting Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies Samuele Pardini presented a paper titled "Images of Italian Americans in African American literature during Jim Crow," at the "Reimagining White Ethnicity. Expressivity, Identity, Race" conference held at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute in New York City, on April 27-28, 2012.

Professor of History Jim Bissett presented a paper titled "Demanding Democracy: The Socialist Movement and Oklahoma Politics" at the Woody Guthrie Symposium hold at the University of Tulsa in March 2012, as part of the celebration to honor the legendary American folksinger 100th anniversary.

Amy Overman, assistant professor of psychology, presented her research at the 14th Cognitive Aging Conference.

Professor Cynthia Fair and Assistant Professor Kristen Sullivan presented research this month at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association.

Bonnie McAlister, Executive Coach in Residence at Elon Law, presented at the Association of Law Teachers annual conference at Oxford University in England on April 2.

The Elon Law professor writes in an April 29 News and Record article that the proposed amendment to the North Carolina Constitution may have a number of unintended and negative consequences for the state and its residents.

Communications associate professor Anthony Hatcher has written an essay about Amendment One for The Scoop, a blog that critiques media coverage of religion. The blog is hosted by the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication.

Gerald Knight, assistant professor of music, coordinator of Music Education, voice instructor and director of University Chorale; Omri Shimron, assistant professor of music theory and piano; and Virginia Novine-Whittaker, adjunct saxophone instructor and Elon Music Ambassadors leader, performed a benefit concert in Greensboro, N.C. on Saturday, April 21.

Paula DiBiasio, Assistant Professor - Physical Therapy Education, received $2000 from The Walking Classroom Institute for Move, Listen & Learn: Integrating Language Arts Instruction with Physical Activity.