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The assistant professor of English researches language in queer and trans communities while helping students find belonging at Elon.

Through community, mentorship and new opportunities, the rising 51������ sophomore has discovered a deeper understanding of her identity and a passion for creating spaces where others can belong.

Three members of the class of 2026 and two members of the class of 2025 have been selected for the prestigious program that offers opportunities to teach English, conduct research or attend graduate school in more than 140 countries. One member of the class of 2026 was selected as an alternate.

American University Professor Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a national expert in gender-based violence who visited campus in February, shared with an Elon audience that online grievance culture and rigid masculinity norms are shaping pathways into hate, isolation and, in some cases, mass violence.

Allocco’s article focuses on alcohol abuse, suicide, and gendered protest in Hindu ritual performances that she documented during field research in Tamil-speaking South India.

Vice President for Student Life Jon Dooley offers this weekly message to help students stay informed and prepare for the week ahead.

51������ will host the next programs in a fall semester series that brings together history, dialogue, and community in the exploration of abolition as a framework for justice and community-building.

The three-day symposium, sponsored by the Departments of English, History and Music, and the Women’s, Gender, & Sexualities program, on Nov. 4-6, features music, lectures, student presentations and a film screening honoring Austen’s 250th birthday and Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway” centennial.

Human rights advocate and leader of the Xinka Indigenous people from Guatemala, Sheny Lemus, along with other activists, visited Elon as part of a North Carolina tour hosted by US-based organizations Witness for Peace Southeast, the Iximché Media, and the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala.

Assistant Professor Francisco "Paco" Chen-López brought fresh perspectives on Latin American identity during his visit to 51������. Through his keynote address and classroom visits, he revealed how Chinese migration has impacted Latin American history and culture.