Alexandra McCorkle

Elon University '18 | Religious Studies

[Molly Fisch-Friedman @MFischFriedman]

We talk a lot about the role of alcohol in sexual assault. But we should also be talking about the role of toxic masculinity, writes @maggiekb1 at @FiveThirtyEight. https://t.co/LOxnLzOvR3

[HuffPost Women @HuffPostWomen]

"I am here today not because I want to be. I am terrified. I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school." -- Christine Blasey Ford (📷: Getty)

[Alanna Vagianos @AlannaVagianos]

"I have found your testimony powerful and credible, and I believe you... You have given America an amazing teaching moment." -- @SenBlumenthal to Christine Blasey Ford #KavanaughHearings

[Alexandra McCorkle @afmccorkle]

Missing the undergraduate classroom a little extra today. #ghostsdemonsancestors #religionmatters https://t.co/2xbJSMURJZ

[Alexandra McCorkle @afmccorkle]

Massive thank you to our mentors @lhuber01 and @ElonIndia who got us to #SECSOR2018! We are so lucky to be @ElonRelS majors at @elonuniversity! #religionmatters #mentoringmatters @anya_fredsell

[Elon-CSRCS @ElonReligion]

@afmccorkle will be McCorkle AF. Good luck! #SECSOR2018 #trusttheWOD @ElonIndia @lhuber01 @anya_fredsell @ElonRelS

[Dr. Amy L. Allocco @ElonIndia]

The final @elonuniversity #undergraduateresearch student presenting at #SECSOR2018 is this one in the middle, the dedicated and insightful @afmccorkle , whose paper is titled “In WOD We Trust.” Get it, Ali! #CrossFit #Christianity @ElonReligion @ElonRelS @lhuber01

[Dr. Amy L. Allocco @ElonIndia]

Restless spirits, wandering ghosts, and disgruntled ancestors — #hybridization in the contemporary #Thai #religious landscape: love the material in @ElonRelS minor Kim Byrne’s paper from our Ghosts, Demons & Ancestors seminar! 👻👹💀 #SECSOR2018 @ElonReligion

[Dr. Amy L. Allocco @ElonIndia]

@elonuniversity senior Kim Byrne is presenting on #ethnic influences in #deathpractices in #Thai spirit cults to a packed room in the third #undergraduateresearch #panel here at #SECSOR2018 👻👹💀@ElonReligion

[Alexandra McCorkle @afmccorkle]

Another @elonuniversity student, Kim Byrne presenting her research from our fall seminar "Ghosts, Demons, and Ancestors" taught by @ElonIndia at #SECSOR2018 #religionmatters @ElonReligion @ElonRelS @lhuber01

[Alexandra McCorkle @afmccorkle]

"It does us no good to say all religions are the same and good or all religions are different and bad" -Lisa Battaglia of @SamfordU citing Stephen Prothero in her talk on teaching Asian religions in the American south #SECSOR2018

[Alexandra McCorkle @afmccorkle]

Final presentation of the morning is senior @ElonRelS major Daniela's paper on possession rituals and social justice in the Himalayas from our Ghost's Demons, and Ancestors seminar taught by @ElonIndia #SECSOR2018 @elonuniversity @ElonReligion

[Dr. Amy L. Allocco @ElonIndia]

Thinking about confluences between #yoga and #Christianity: as one of @anya_fredsell ‘s participants says, “I can stretch and I can strengthen, and still be cool with #Jesus “ #SECSOR2018

[Alexandra McCorkle @afmccorkle]

Senior @ElonRelS major @anya_fredsell on yoga in #India and #America, reminds us that the boundaries between "religious," "sacred," and "secular" are porous academic constructs, tidy on the page but more complicated in practice. @ElonReligion @ElonIndia

[Alexandra McCorkle @afmccorkle]

My fave and colleague @anya_fredsell killing it at #SECSOR2018 https://t.co/YPKXxp6NZC

[Dr. Amy L. Allocco @ElonIndia]

Now we hear from @elonuniversity senior — @ElonRelS major / Lumen Scholar / Elon College Fellow @anya_fredsell — whose paper is titled Pujas & Poses: #Religion and Modern #Transnational #Yoga 🧘🏻‍♀️ #SECSOR2018 @ElonReligion @afmccorkle

[Alexandra McCorkle @afmccorkle]

Third, we have @anya_fredsell presenting her paper "Pujas and Poses," 3 years of intermittent ethnographic fieldwork on yoga and religion in #India and #America mentored by @ElonIndia #SECSOR2018 @elonuniversity @ElonReligion @TruittCenter

[Alexandra McCorkle @afmccorkle]

Fabulous handout from Caitlyn on the dynamics and politics of presenting Asian religious objects in American museums in the Bible Belt. #SECSOR2018 #undergraduateresearch @UofAlabama

[Dr. Amy L. Allocco @ElonIndia]

Proud of the research on #Catholic #possession and #religiouspluralism in #SouthIndia that @ElonRelS major Katira Dobbins produced as part of my #GhostsDemonsAncestors seminar! 👻👹💀 @afmccorkle @lhuber01 @anya_fredsell @ElonReligion

[Dr. Amy L. Allocco @ElonIndia]

Love #undergraduateresearcher Katira Dobbins’ brief excursus on #positionality and defense of #feministethnography - she argues that #religion itself, as well as #insiderperspectives & women’s #testimonies , must be taken seriously. @ElonReligion @anya_fredsell #SECSOR2018

[Alexandra McCorkle @afmccorkle]

Next is Caitlyn from @UofAlabama on Asian religious art in American museums. #SECSOR2018 #undergraduateresearch