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  • Lori Biederman contributes to manuscript published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

    Lori Biederman, adjunct associate professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, contributed to a manuscript “Microbial substrate stoichiometry governs nutrient effects on nitrogen cycling in grassland soils.” The manuscript was published this month in Soil Biology and Biochemistry, which is published by Elsevier Science.

    February 14, 2021

  • William Carter publishes article in The German Quarterly

    William Carter, associate professor of German Studies in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, has published an article, “Money, Violence, and the Financialized Self in Michael Haneke’s Glacial Trilogy.” The article was published in The German Quarterly which serves as a forum for all sorts of…

    February 14, 2021

  • Olga Mesropova publishes second textbook

    Olga Mesropova, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, has published a textbook, “Faces of Contemporary Russia.” Print and eTextbook versions are available. “Faces of Contemporary Russia” is a one-semester textbook for high-intermediate to advanced level Russian students that aims to develop students’ linguistic…

    February 14, 2021

  • Psychology Professor Douglas Gentile quoted in Wall Street Journal article

    Douglas Gentile, a professor in the Department of Psychology, was quoted in a recent Wall Street Journal article, “Violent Videogames Aren’t Ruining Your Kids–but it’s Good to Discuss Them.” Gentile studies video game violence and its impacts on children. He’s considered an expert on the subject and he has…

    February 12, 2021

  • Jeremy Best appears on “History Against the Grain”

    Jeremy Best, assistant professor in the Department of History, appeared on the podcast “History Against the Grain.” Best discussed his recent book “Heavenly Fatherland” as well as his impressions, as a German historian, on white nationalism and insurrectionary attempts at the Capitol. A link to the January 29…

    February 1, 2021

  • Jeremy Best publishes book

    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.

    January 21, 2021

  • Amy Erica Smith co-authors Washington Post article

    January 20, 2021

  • Claus Kadelka develops COVID-19 model that factors in people’s social interactions more realistically

    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…

    January 19, 2021