• Andrew Hochstetler receives award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

    Andrew Hochstetler, professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, has received the 2022-23 Donald MacNamara Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for his study, “Meth Cooking as a Job: Identity and Dirty Work.” Co-authors are Iowa State alumnus Jacob Erickson, and Heith Copes, professor in the…

  • Peters, Hochstetler receive Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award

    Dave Peters, associate professor of sociology and Extension rural sociologist, and Andy Hochstetler, professor of sociology, and their co-authors have been awarded the 2021 Fred Buttel Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award from the Rural Sociological Society for their article, “The Opioid Hydra: Understanding Overdose Mortality Epidemics and Syndemics Across the Rural-Urban…

  • DeLisi, Hochstetler receive exemplary mentor awards

    Matthew DeLisi, Distinguished Professor and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Professor, and Andrew Hochstetler, professor of sociology, have been recognized by the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost as faculty members who have demonstrated exemplary mentoring of junior faculty. The 2020 Exemplary Faculty Mentor Award recognizes…

  • Jacob Erickson and Andrew Hochstetler
    It’s a crime, but for meth cooks it’s also a job

    A new study by Jacob Erickson, Ph.D. candidate in sociology, and Andrew Hochstetler, professor of sociology, looks at the reasons why people who cook meth see it as a job, despite it being illegal.