Zhijun Wu, professor in the Department of Mathematics, has published a paper on PLOS ONE, “Why multilingual, and how to keep it – an evolutionary dynamics perspective.” PLOS ONE is an inclusive journal community working together to advance science for the benefit of society, now and in the future.
English and Speech Department faculty member, Rachel Mans McKenny’s debut novel “The Butterfly Effect,” will be published on December 8th. Her book will be distributed by Penguin Random House. Set partially in Ames, the novel follows an ISU Ph.D. entomology student.
Steven Biggs and Heimir Geirsson, faculty members in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, will publish “The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference” in December. Biggs is an associate professor and Geirsson is a professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. “The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference” offers students and more … Continue reading Stephen Biggs and Heimir Geirsson to publish “The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference”
David A.M. Peterson, professor in the Department of Political Science and the Lucken Professor of Political Science, together with Maxwell B. Allamong, published an article in Political Psychology The article is tiled, “Screw Those Guys: Polarization, Empathy, and Attitudes About Out‐Partisans.” Political Psychology, the journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, is dedicated to … Continue reading David A.M. Peterson publishes article in Political Psychology
Lori Biederman, adjunct associate professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, is a co-author on a publication, “Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time”. This research appeared in the journal Ecology and is part of the continuing work of the Nutrient Network, which is … Continue reading Lori Biederman co-authors article published in the journal Ecology
Brook Arterberry, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, has co-authored an article that has been published in JAMA Pediatrics. The article, “Assessment of Changes in Alcohol and Marijuana Abstinence, Co-Use, and Use Disorders Among US Young Adults from 2002 to 2018” was published in the October 12 issue. This research has received extensive media … Continue reading Brooke Arterberry co-authors research published in JAMA Pediatrics
A new book chronicles the scientific discoveries of NASA’s Kepler and K2 missions. It also asks some big questions: “Are we alone? What is our place in the Universe?” Iowa State’s Steve Kawaler contributed to the book and is chair of the editorial advisory board for the partnership that published the book. The NASA Kepler … Continue reading Kawaler contributes to new Kepler book
Low publishes Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj With the advent of the steamship, repeated outbreaks of cholera marked oceanic pilgrimages to Mecca as a dangerous form of travel and a vehicle for the globalization of epidemic diseases. European, especially British Indian, officials also feared that lengthy sojourns in Arabia might expose … Continue reading Low publishes Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj