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Lucia Suarez publishes Dançando Bahia: ensaios sobre danças afro-brasileiras, educação, memoria e raça.

Lucia Suarez recently had her work, Dancing Bahia: Essays on Afro-Brazilian Dance, Education, Memory, and Race, published in Portuguese translation by the prestigious Federal University of Bahia Press. The translated title is: Dançando Bahia: ensaios sobre danças afro-brasileiras, educação, memoria e raça. The work has also been awarded the Special citation for the 2019 Dance … Continue reading Lucia Suarez publishes Dançando Bahia: ensaios sobre danças afro-brasileiras, educação, memoria e raça.

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Olga Mesropova elected to American Council of Teachers of Russian Board of Directors

Olga Mesropova has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR). A division of American Councils for International Education, ACTR provides leadership and support for the study and teaching of the Russian language, linguistics, literature, and culture. Mesropova will serve on ACTR’s Board of Directors … Continue reading Olga Mesropova elected to American Council of Teachers of Russian Board of Directors

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Pablo Raúl Stinga co-advisee awarded 2023 Association for Women in Mathematics Dissertation Prize

María Soria-Carro has been awarded one of the three 2023 Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Dissertation Prize: https://awm-math.org/awards/awm-dissertation-prize/ Soria-Carro graduated in 2022 from the University of Texas at Austin with a Ph.D. in Mathematics dissertation entitled “Regularity of elliptic transmission problems and a new family of integro-differential operators related to the Monge-Ampère equation.” Her … Continue reading Pablo Raúl Stinga co-advisee awarded 2023 Association for Women in Mathematics Dissertation Prize

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Cason Murphy honored for innovative teaching at KCACTF Region 5 Festival

Assistant Professor of Theatre Cason Murphy was awarded the Prize for Innovative Teaching at the Region 5 gathering of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in Des Moines on January 26, 2023. Murphy was nominated by Iowa State University’s Department of Music and Theatre for the award, which is given by KCACTF in … Continue reading Cason Murphy honored for innovative teaching at KCACTF Region 5 Festival

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Andrew Hochstetler receives award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

Andrew Hochstetler, professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, has received the 2022-23 Donald MacNamara Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for his study, “Meth Cooking as a Job: Identity and Dirty Work.” Co-authors are Iowa State alumnus Jacob Erickson, and Heith Copes, professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at … Continue reading Andrew Hochstetler receives award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences