Jeremy Best, assistant professor in the Department of History, recently published a book. “Heavenly Fatherland: German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire” was published by the University of Toronto Press. For additional information, click here.
ISU math professor Claus Kadelka says early on in the pandemic he noticed many COVID-19 models were based on the assumption people engage in random social mixing. Along with a graduate student, Kadelka developed a model that takes into account that most people practice homophily. This is the tendency to associate with groups who share … Continue reading Claus Kadelka develops COVID-19 model that factors in people’s social interactions more realistically
The biogeochemistry of ferruginous lakes and past ferruginous oceans Abstract Anoxic and iron-rich (ferruginous) conditions prevailed in the ocean under the low-oxygen atmosphere that occurred through most of the Archean Eon. While euxinic conditions (i.e. anoxic and hydrogen sulfide-rich waters) became more common in the Proterozoic, ferruginous conditions persisted in deep waters. Ferruginous ocean regions … Continue reading Swanner published in Earth-Science Reviews
David A.M. Peterson, professor in the Department of Political Science and the Lucken Professor of Political Science, published an article in the British Journal of Political Science. The article, “Macrointerest” was published online by Cambridge University Press. The British Journal of Political Science (BJPolS) is a broadly based journal aiming to cover developments across a … Continue reading David A. M. Peterson publishes article in the British Journal of Political Science
Amy Erica Smith, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, was quoted in a November 16 New York Times article, “As Brazil’s Covid Crisis Eases, Bolsonaro Sees Rising Popularity.”
Michele Schaal,associate professor of French and women’s and gender studies, has published the following book chapter: “Overstepping and Blurring Boundaries: Queer(ing) Autofiction in Wendy Delorme’s La Mere, la Sainte et la Putain.” The chapter appears in the book, “Transgression(s) in Twenty-First Century Women’s Writing in French” which is published by Brill. Founded in 1683, Brill … Continue reading Michele Schaal publishes chapter in “Transgression(s) in Twenty-First Century Women’s Writing in French”
Michele Schaal, associate professor of French and women’s and gender studies, has co-edited a special issue for the journal French Cultural Studies. The special issue is titled “Contemporary Feminisms.” In the special issue, Schaal has published the following article, “From Actions to Words: FEMEN’s Fourth-Wave Manifestos.” French Cultural Studies is a fully peer-reviewed, international journal … Continue reading Michele Schaal co-edits special issue and publishes article in French Cultural Studies