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  • Abdi Kusow publishes book chapter

    Abdi Kusow, professor of sociology, has published a chapter titled, “Slavery and the Slave Trade Within and Across the Red Sea Region: A Preliminary Conceptual Framework,” the in 2020 book Slavery, Resistance and Abolitions: A Pluralist Perspective.

    April 19, 2021

  • Kusow, DeLisi publish research in The Sociological Quarterly

    Research on prejudice has historically employed Blumer’s group position as a theoretical alternative to Allport’s group conflict in understanding prejudice against members of minority groups. This study extends the theoretical parameters of group position into the domain of immigration by defining prejudice in terms of non-immigrant Americans versus immigrants. We…

    April 19, 2021

  • 3 vaccine vials and a syringe lie on a table
    Narratives can help science counter misinformation on vaccines

    Michael Dahlstrom publishes paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

    April 13, 2021

  • Susan Stewart
    New research: Pandemic-related anxiety associated with women drinking more

    Nearly two-thirds of female participants reported drinking more since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    April 7, 2021

  • Karen Kedrowski publishes research in the Journal of Convention & Event Tourism

    Karen Kedrowski, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center, has published an article, “Students’ perceptions of experiential learning in a political events course: A case study from Iowa.” The article was published in the Journal of Convention & Event Tourism.

    April 2, 2021

  • Amy Erica Smith quoted in New York Times article

    Amy Erica Smith, a Liberal Arts and Sciences dean’s professor and associate professor of political science, was quoted in a recent New York Times article, “Brazil’s Armed Forces Chiefs Resign Abruptly Amid Cabinet Shake-Up.” Smith is considered an expert on Brazil. She is frequently quoted in high-profile publications as an…

    April 2, 2021

  • Charlie Nagle publishes paper in Studies in Second Language Acquisition

    Charlie Nagle, associate professor of Spanish, has co-authored a paper entitled “Beyond Linguistic Features: Exploring behavioral and affective correlates of comprehensible second language speech.” The paper appears in Studies in Second Language Acquisition, which is published by Cambridge University Press. The paper explores the factors that make it…

    March 31, 2021

  • Paper co-authored by statistics professor and graduate students named February Editor’s Choice by Preventative Veterinary Medicine

    A paper co-authored by Associate Professor in Statistics and Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine Chong Wang, statistics graduate student Dapeng Hu, and statistics graduate student Paul Morris was named February Editor’s Choice by Preventive Veterinary Medicine. The article, “Active regional surveillance for early detection of exotic/emerging…

    March 30, 2021