Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

Over 20 students were recognized during the annual Omicorn Delta Kappa awards on May 1, 2025.

The Elon Academy has existed for nearly 20 years and now a new team is working to invigorate the college access and success program’s legacy of helping students reach their full potential.

Boyd '26 collaborated with teaching faculty at Elon and UNC Wilmington to present their research study on the counter-narratives of Brown v. Board of Education at the 2025 NC Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting.

Elon University's 32nd annual SURF Day brought together the Elon campus community for more than 250 presentations on a variety of research topics.

Lisa Buchanan, associate professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, presented two conference presentations for social studies educators alongside colleagues from The University of North Carolina Wilmington and Elon student Mary Boyd '26 at the 2025 NC Council for the Social Studies Meeting in April.

Research by three faculty from the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education was featured at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

The double major in middle grades education and communication design combined her passions to co-lead a STEAM workshop at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, guiding students through creative lessons on typography and emotion.

This spring, six students from Elon’s Master of Higher Education (MHE) program had the opportunity to present at two of the field’s leading national conferences.

Elon Teaching Fellow and elementary education major Lily Ragals '26 presented her undergraduate research at the North Carolina Reading Association Annual Meeting in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on March 24.

Riley Fennelle ’25 shares how the Alamance Scholars Program helped make her dream of becoming a teacher a reality.