Sociology and Anthropology

Elon University students and a staff member were recognized for their leadership with awards sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society.

Through a two-year fellows program, the five rising juniors of this interdisciplinary cohort will participate in specialized coursework, faculty-mentored undergraduate research, campus leadership, and community engagement in multifaith contexts.

The alumna, now a student at Boston College Law School, was awarded one of twelve prestigious fellowships that allow them to work with professional policymakers.

The $290,000 NSF grant for Trachman and her fellow researchers will allow them to explore the potential location of marketplaces within cultural sites in northwestern Belize dating back to at least 100 B.C.

Faculty and community members spoke of the legacy of grief and terror spawned by ongoing racial inequity and violence. Elon University must address its past and accelerate change for justice and equality, they said.

His research on race, names, and discrimination among American millennials was featured on the WNCU-RTI International show.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers research, study and teaching opportunities to recent graduates in more than 140 countries, with approximately 1,900 grants awarded annually in all fields of study.

A new journal article co-authored by Assistant Professor of Sociology Raj Ghoshal finds that younger Americans, believed to be more enlightened on racial issues, may still discriminate when it comes to roommate selection.

Anthropology major Mary Kate Mauney '23 is studying a pre-revolutionary battle as it relates to one of her favorite televisions shows during an internship in Burlington, North Carolina.

Megan Casner '22, Professor Tom Arcaro and Assistant Professor Ahmed Al Fadaam participated in an international Zoom conference honoring the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Though the conference had participants from several continents, it was organized and convened by academics and activists in Kurdistan.