Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

The Elon University Board of Trustees met on Feb. 25 and granted tenure and approved promotions for several faculty members.

Lane, assistant professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, disseminates three projects centered around inclusion.

Justin Seifts '09 is a Spanish teacher at East Chapel Hill High School and was awarded the Reckford Teaching Prize by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation.

Associate Professor of education Jeffrey Carpenter and his co-authors published the article in the Journal of Research on Technology in Education.

Lisa Buchanan, associate professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, has co-authored a research study in The Social Studies aimed at understanding elementary teacher candidates' knowledge of religious freedom and the Establishment Clause in public school settings.

Lucy Callicott '22 has been named a Provost Scholar for her research in examining elementary educators' awareness and perceptions of trauma-informed teaching approaches.

"Kilimanjaro Millennial Style: The Mountain We Climbed" is the collective effort of 22 students and three Elon faculty and staff members covering their experience climbing Africa's tallest mountain.

To honor their late son Joey, Elon parents Mike and Karen Brocato P’16 have endowed a Teaching Fellows scholarship to support students studying special education. Their gift to the Elon LEADS Campaign will also create a second Teaching Fellows scholarship for students pursuing teaching in a STEM field.

This fall Elon’s “It Takes a Village Project” was able to work with 11 of the 12 Title I elementary schools in the Alamance-Burlington School System thanks to a grant from the Oak Foundation.

Dani Lane, assistant professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, has published a book that looks at the instructional collaboration between special education and general education in international educational contexts and the role this plays in enabling inclusive education.