History and Geography

Two Elon University professors in the Department of History and Geography shared from campus on Friday their insights about the Civil War with students in a U.S. history class taught by a former North Carolina Teaching Fellow at a high school 90 miles away.

Honglin Xiao, an associate professor of geography, coauthored a peer-reviewed paper with professor Jian Peng from Minzu University of China, professor Yueqing Xu from China Agricultural University, and professor Yunlong Cai from Peking University of China in the journal Environmental Earth Sciences.

Professor of History Clyde Ellis was invited to present his most recent research at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society in Enid, Okla., on April 28.

Kristen Klug '10, a History major and German Studies minor, has been accepted to the master's program in European Studies at the Hochschule Bremen in Germany.

Since the arrival of the Spanish to Ecuador, indigenous peoples have struggled against political and economic elites trying to introduce Western norms that undermine cultural identities. Elon senior Chris Jarrett is examining how groups interact with Ecuadorian society through political activity and development projects, and his research on the Amazonian Kichwa people is the latest work to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on Lumen Scholars in the Class of 2011.

Thousands of people went into exile when Augusto Pinochet established a military dictatorship in Chile in 1973. Elon University senior Renee Zale is studying how their return home was influenced by memories of the South American nation before Pinochet, and her work is the latest to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on Lumen Scholars in the Class of 2011.

Clyde Ellis, a professor of history, served recently as an outside consultant on tenure and promotion standards for the Department of History at Ithaca College.

Many people don’t think twice about water, or how new roads, parking lots and buildings to accommodate a growing population can harm water quality. As Elon University senior Samuel Shoge discovered in Alamance County, more asphalt and concrete means more pollution in local streams and lakes, and his work is the latest to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on undergraduate research to be presented during CELEBRATE! 2011.

Assistant professor Michael Matthews presented at the 58th annual Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Associate professor of geography Honglin Xiao presented his research, "Land use land cover changes under a market economy," at the 2011 annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers at Seattle, Wash.