Elon Core Curriculum

In this essay, Director of Project Pericles and Professor of Psychology Mathew Gendle elevates Sri Lanka’s Sarvodaya movement as a model for populist solutions to governmental dysfunction in the U.S.

Amy M. Johnson published on Jamaica's Windward Maroon Slaveholders in the New West Indian Guide.

The chair of the Journalism Department teamed with School of Communications faculty members Julie Lellis, Doug Kass and Brooks Fuller to produce an introductory media writing textbook specific to the needs of the school’s students.

The author of "Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do," joined the Elon community for a live discussion of the university's Common Reading selection on Sept. 9.

Elon will welcome Eberhardt for a virtual presentation at 7:30 p.m. Elon students, faculty and staff as well as members of the public can view the event at www.elon.edu/live.

An exciting list of performers, speakers and cultural events will engage the campus within new policies to keep the community safe this semester.

Surveys this spring showed that students' appreciation of writing — and their perception of its power to change themselves and the world — grew after classes went remote. English 110 is a First Year Foundations course and part of the Core Curriculum.

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce the recipients of the Diversity and Inclusion Grants for the 2020-2021 academic year, as well as their project descriptions.

In a panel discussion led by Naeemah Clark, coordinator for diversity, inclusion and equity initiatives in the Elon Core Curriculum, President Book and other campus leaders recently discussed the university's Common Reading book "Biased" by Jennifer L. Eberhardt.

The 2019 book by Eberhardt, a Stanford University professor and MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant recipient, takes on additional meaning this year amid widespread protests against racism and oppression.