Department of Sociology adopts a new name
Beginning July 1, the Department of Sociology will change its name to better reflect students’ growing interest in criminal justice.
Beginning July 1, the Department of Sociology will change its name to better reflect students’ growing interest in criminal justice.
Behnken, associate professor of sociology and director of the Leadership Studies Program at Iowa State University, will begin her appointment on July 1, 2021.
Noah Kutz has been accepted into the Graduate Space Systems program at the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, a highly competitive military graduate school.
Goh, a double major in political science and psychology, has demonstrated stellar leadership skills, outstanding academics and notable achievements in undergraduate research.
Toni Sleugh will begin a Ph.D. in marine biology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.
Behnia Rezazadeh Shirazi will conduct research into HIV vaccine discovery at the National Institutes for Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
Sarah Dees, assistant professor of American religions, discusses the Ioway Creek renaming—and how it reflects a broader trend of selecting Indigenous terms to define sites of natural and cultural significance.
At Iowa State, graduating senior Maya Walker (’21 biology) expanded her perspective—from working in Iowa emergency rooms to studying in Ireland. Now she also hopes to expand opportunities for others as a future physician.