Undergraduate Research

The event hosted by the South Asia Research Group will provide students, faculty and staff an opportunity to discuss the research process over a selection of Indian food. 

The economics and mathematics double major analyzed data from the National Center for Education Statistics’ High School Longitudinal Survey of 2009 to identify the driving factors contributing to female student STEM attrition rates. 

Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, professor of psychology, was the mentor for both projects.

Kearns' research titled "Implications for elementary educators' abilities to accurately self-evaluate their mathematics teaching practices in relation to math anxiety levels" discusses the correlation and effects between high levels of female elementary school teachers and the fact that women tend to have higher anxiety levels when it comes to math. 

Three faculty members and six undergraduate researchers from the Department of Biology represented Elon University at the N.C. Academy of Science conference at the University of North Carolina Wilmington on March 22-23, 2019.

Associate Professor of Mathematics Chad Awtrey, math major Peter Komlofske '19, and alumni Christian Reese '18 and Janae Williams '18 have published their article "On Galois p-adic fields of p-power degree" in the most recent issue of the JP Journal of Algebra, Number Theory, and Applications.

Lindsey Jordan ’19, and Honors Fellow, is among the recipients of the Lumen Prize, which provides selected students with a scholarship and celebrates their academic and creative accomplishments. 

Six students presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion held March 8-10 in Greenville, N.C.

Assistant Professor of Biology Jen Hamel and biology major Alina Iwan ’19 co-authored a research presentation for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Annual Interns & Fellows Symposium in Panama City, Panama.

The article appeared in The North Carolina Journal of Mathematics and Statistics