Sociology and Anthropology

The John Jay School of Criminal Justice criminologist and leading expert on corporate crime, global financial crises, and corruption will speak in Yeager Recital Hall at 7 p.m.

John Douglas, the FBI special agent and inspiration behind the Netflix serial-killer drama and other television and film projects, speaks on March 6 in McCrary Theatre. Tickets are available at the Center for the Arts Box Office. For information, call (336) 278-5610. 

The honorees, young alumni who have achieved major professional success, serve as difference-makers in their communities and loyally support Elon as partners, advocates and investors, will be recognized April 13.

"Using community-based participatory research with Montagnards to explore lingering effects of the Vietnam War" with Catherine Bush. 

Jennifer J. Carroll, assistant professor of anthropology, has received an award to evaluate novel harm-reduction programs in Massachussetts.

Concern about the growing opioid epidemic prompted the Elon community to organize the forum as a way to educate students, faculty and staff.

The grant was awarded through the "Combating Opioid Overdose through Community-Level Intervention" (COOCLI) program of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy to evaluate harm reduction services in rural areas of North Carolina.

"HIV Physicians and Chronic Opioid Therapy: It's Time to Raise the Bar" was published in AIDS & Behavior, a top HIV journal highlighting qualitative research on HIV care.

Elon students Stephanie Ntim '19, Taylor Jones '19, Samantha Perry '18 and Sarah Holdren '18 presented research at the American Public Health Association Conference held Nov. 10-13 in San Diego.   

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jennifer J. Carroll's article appears in the journal Medical Anthropology.