Professor Anne Bolin co-chaired an presented two invited sessions at the Society for Applied Anthropology meeting in San Francisco from March 29-April 2, 2011, in which an Elon alumna also presented on her work with Bolin while an ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ student.
Bolin co-chaired with Patricia Whelehan the first session, “Issues in Teaching Human Sexuality: Integrating Undergraduate Research into a Professional Project,” in which they discussed themes and pedagogical outcomes that emerged as the professors involved ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ students in the four-volume international Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality.
In the second session, “Dispatches from the Field of Internships,” Bolin and Whelehan discussed how scholarly internships in which ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs work directly with faculty on a professional project can be valuable learning experiences for students and faculty alike. The presentation addressed issues along with “aha moments” of mentoring ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ interns at two universities, including finding various forms of outside support for interns, in addition to course credit, course planning, and evaluation.
Elon alumna Leigh Lampley ’10, a psychology major and anthropology minor while at Elon and now a graduate student at the College of William & Mary program also presented. Her presentation, “An Undergraduate Adventure into Sexuality,” focused on her work with the four-volume encyclopedia of human sexuality.