Elon Talks: Cindy Fair

Professor Cindy Fair in the Department of Human Services Studies talks about HIV and experiential education. Fair's expertise in HIV/AIDS and related scholarship stems from her practice as a clinical social worker at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) during the early 1990s with HIV-infected children, when there were no drugs for pediatric use.Her scholarship mirrors the changes in the epidemic over the past 20 years.

Elon Talks: Charles Irons

Associate Professor - History and Chair of the Department of History and Geography Charles Irons discusses a book he is working on about post-Civil War segregation of southern churches.

Matt Florian '13 discusses Chinese Studies at Elon

Elon Alumnus Matt Florian studied Chinese at Elon after seeing the value of the language in the field of international economics. Florian used what he learned while studying abroad in Beijing. In an interview, he discussed his experiences studying Mandarin at Elon and abroad.

Elon Talks: Faith Rivers James

Professor of Law and Director of the Leadership Program at the Elon University School of Law Faith Rivers James talks about civic engagement and leadership.Faith Rivers James teaches Legislation, Nonprofit Organizations, Property, and Public Law & Leadership, a course she created at Elon Law. Previously, Rivers James taught at Vermont Law School, where she was a member of the Environmental faculty and fellow of the Land Use Institute. She began her law teaching career as a Visiting Assistant Professor at University of South Carolina School of Law in 2005 and taught in the master's in public administration program from 1999 to 2002.Rivers James began practicing as a legislative attorney in the Washington, D.C. office of Akin Gump Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP. She entered public service to serve as Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor to the Majority Leader of the United States Congress, and later served as Executive Director of the South Carolina Bar Foundation. In that post, Rivers James authored the South Carolina Supreme Court rule that converted the state's Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program into a comprehensive program that exponentially increased revenues that the Bar Foundation invests in law-related programs.A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Rivers James has done extensive research on preservation of African American property ownership. She was instrumental in the creation of the Center for Heirs' Property Preservation in Charleston, for which the South Carolina Bar Foundation received the National Conference of Bar Foundations Award for Excellence in Programming in 2004. Rivers James served on the American Bar Association's Property Preservation Task Force from 2006-2007. Most recently, she co-authored a chapter about the saga of heirs' property in the Carolina Lowcountry in Breakthrough Communities: Sustainability and Justice in the Next American Metropolis, from MIT Press.Rivers James received a bachelor's degree in government and sociology from Dartmouth College (1987) and a Juris Doctorate from the Harvard Law School (1990). She is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, and the North Carolina Bar Association, where she serves on the Citizen Lawyer Committee and the Real Property Section's Legislative Committee.

Elon Talks: David Copeland

Professor of Communications and Program Director of Elon's graduate program in interactive media David Copeland discusses a focus on the history of journalism and the ever-changing technologies to deliver the news.Professor Copeland is author of a number of books. The latest is The Media's Role in Defining the Nation: The Active Voice, which was released in January 2010. He is the series editor of the 8-volume, 4,500-page Greenwood Library of American War Reporting, which was published in June 2005. In that series, he wrote the book on the French and Indian War and co-authored the volume on the War of 1812 with Carol Sue Humphrey of Oklahoma Baptist University. He is the author ofa number of other books including The Idea of a Free Press: The Enlightenment and Its Unruly Legacy, The Antebellum Era, which is part of the 7-volume Debating the Issues series of which he is series editor; Debating the Issues in Colonial Newspapers; Colonial American Newspapers: Character and Content;Benjamin Keach and the Development of Baptist Traditions in 17th-Century England;and The Function of Newspapers in Society: A Global Perspective, with Shannon Martin of Indiana University. Another book, Mass Communication in the Global Age,with Anthony Hatcher of Elon University, was first published in 2004 and the second edition in 2007.Professor Copeland worked for seven years in North Carolina as a reporter, photographer, sports editor and news editor for both daily and weekly newspapers. That work earned him sports writing and sports coverage awards from the North Carolina Press Association and recognition from the Associated Press for investigative journalism.

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Human Service Studies: Sara Stanton-Hoyle '13

The Human Service Studies major prepares students to work as practitioners in a variety of professional service settings such as social services, mental health, family services, corrections, gerontology, youth programs, group homes and many others. The Human Service Studies curriculum guides students through gaining the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to work effectively with a variety of populations.Students engage in extensive fieldwork in human services agencies as part of their studies. Through the classroom and field components of the major, students examine critically a range of human and societal problems and the programs and services designed to address them, acquiring an understanding of the societal, cultural and personal variables which contribute to the development of human problems and to their solution.The Human Service Studies major draws upon knowledge in the social sciences, especially psychology and sociology, and emphasizes the application of this knowledge to the improvement of human life and society. In order to apply this knowledge effectively, students develop a variety of skills, including those involved in oral and written communication, problem solving, developing a professional helping relationship, organization and administration.

Human Service Studies: Grant Woody '13

The Human Service Studies major prepares students to work as practitioners in a variety of professional service settings such as social services, mental health, family services, corrections, gerontology, youth programs, group homes and many others. The Human Service Studies curriculum guides students through gaining the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to work effectively with a variety of populations.Students engage in extensive fieldwork in human services agencies as part of their studies. Through the classroom and field components of the major, students examine critically a range of human and societal problems and the programs and services designed to address them, acquiring an understanding of the societal, cultural and personal variables which contribute to the development of human problems and to their solution.The Human Service Studies major draws upon knowledge in the social sciences, especially psychology and sociology, and emphasizes the application of this knowledge to the improvement of human life and society. In order to apply this knowledge effectively, students develop a variety of skills, including those involved in oral and written communication, problem solving, developing a professional helping relationship, organization and administration.

Human Service Studies: Eliza Gibson '13

The Human Service Studies major prepares students to work as practitioners in a variety of professional service settings such as social services, mental health, family services, corrections, gerontology, youth programs, group homes and many others. The Human Service Studies curriculum guides students through gaining the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to work effectively with a variety of populations.Students engage in extensive fieldwork in human services agencies as part of their studies. Through the classroom and field components of the major, students examine critically a range of human and societal problems and the programs and services designed to address them, acquiring an understanding of the societal, cultural and personal variables which contribute to the development of human problems and to their solution.The Human Service Studies major draws upon knowledge in the social sciences, especially psychology and sociology, and emphasizes the application of this knowledge to the improvement of human life and society. In order to apply this knowledge effectively, students develop a variety of skills, including those involved in oral and written communication, problem solving, developing a professional helping relationship, organization and administration.