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Global Film & Cultures faculty present adaptation pedagogy research at LFA/AAS online conference
March 4, 2024
Assistant Professor of Cinema & Television Arts Kai Swanson and Assistant Professor of English Dan Burns presented their collaborative research at this year’s joint Literature/Film Association and Association of Adaptation Studies virtual conference.
New Issue of ‘Phoenix Rhetorix’ Journal celebrates exemplary first-year writing
March 4, 2024
Six students were honored for their work during a Feb. 12 event marking the publication of the annual journal.
In My Words: In vast space to deepest ocean, explorers push to the edges so we don’t have to
February 28, 2024
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor Rosemary Haskell examines what we as a society gain by the triumphs of those explorers who brave danger to accomplish new things. The column was published by the Fayetteville Observer and other media outlets.
Cormac McCarthy Society newsletter features Greg Hlavaty’s ‘Eulogy for Cormac McCarthy’
February 23, 2024
The Cormac McCarthy Society featured Greg Hlavaty's "The Huntsman and His Hounds (or, Eulogy for Cormac McCarthy)" in its February 2024 newsletter.
Jacqueline Alnes ’13 publishes first book, ‘The Fruit Cure’
February 15, 2024
"The Fruit Cure" is a memoir and a critical look at fad diets and scam cures, and has been reviewed in the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. Alnes will read from the book in a March 13 appearance at Elon.
CATL announces 2023-24 Diversity and Inclusion Grant recipients
February 14, 2024
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce the recipients of the 12th annual Diversity and Inclusion Grants for the 2023-24 academic year. Since 2011, this grant program has supported small faculty teams in developing projects focused on inclusive pedagogies, assignments, content and strategies to foster learning about human diversity.
Winter Term Course explores language and social justice
February 14, 2024
Students in ENG 2040 (Language and Society) dove into the connections between language, identity and society with the help of guest presenters, funded by the CATL Winter Term Enhancement Grant.
Jessie Moore appointed to National Advisory Board
February 7, 2024
Moore will serve a four-year term on the National Advisory Board of the Roger & Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University.
Wall Street Journal publishes column by Abigail Santamaria ’00 about acclaimed author Madeleine L’Engle
January 17, 2024
Santamaria is currently writing a biography of L'Engle, who penned "A Wrinkle in Time," a Newbery Medal-winning novel that was later made into an award-winning film.
Elon launches new Global Film & Cultures minor
December 5, 2023
The new interdisciplinary minor is a collaborative offering from the Department of English and the Department of Cinema & Television Arts.