Awards

Iowa State University earns Highly Established Action Plan Seal of Recognition for increasing democratic engagement

Efforts spearheaded by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics and the Department of Political Science have earned Iowa State University a Highly Established Action Plan Seal of Recognition from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. Iowa State is one of 82 campuses to be so recognized…

August 29, 2022

Angela B. Pavitt Professorship in English honors research in second language assessment

Gary J. Ockey, professor of English, is recognized for his research in second language assessment. Ockey will use the award to further his current book project.

January 6, 2022

K. L. Cook named LAS Dean’s Faculty Fellow in the Arts

Cook, professor of English and co-coordinator of Iowa State's MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment, is the author of three recently published works of fiction, essays and poetry.

July 20, 2021

Arbuckle receives Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Outreach Award

J. Gordon Arbuckle, professor of sociology, is the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Outreach Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University. His extension programming centers on natural resource conservation and the environmental and social sustainability of agriculture. He brings social science…

April 19, 2021

Wells awarded 2020 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy

Gary Wells, Wendy and Mark Stavish Chair in Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Psychology, was selected as the 2020 recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy. The award honors an individual who has…

January 24, 2020

Shannon Harper receives dissertation award

Shannon Harper, assistant professor of sociology, received the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Graduate College and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago last month for her dissertation, “A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Neighborhood Domestic Violence Resources and Intimate Partner Homicide.” Harper’s research uses…

January 7, 2020

LAS Alumni Honors

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences alumni will be honored for excellence at the 2019 Honors and Awards Ceremony.

October 14, 2019

Faculty and staff honored at 2019 LAS Convocation

Innovation, teaching, research, service and excellence celebrated in the college.

September 11, 2019