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  • How personality traits shape sleep quality

    Zlatan Krizan (Hannah Olson-Wright) According to research by an Iowa State University psychologist, how well you sleep may depend as much on your personality as it does on your habits. Zlatan Krizan, professor of psychology, has spent more than a decade studying how personality traits affect both the perception and…

    June 9, 2025

  • Tyanna
    Entertaining kids without technology

    Tyanna Teetzen (‘26 psychology) has worked with children for over five years in a daycare facility, where she observed kids experiencing challenges with attention span, emotional regulation, and behavioral development. Through her experience, Teetzen noticed a pattern. Children who engaged in high levels of screen time had difficulties focusing and…

    April 15, 2025

  • Ann Lent
    Leading by example

    Ann Lent (’23 political science, international studies) will lead her fellow LAS graduates as student marshal during the college's convocation on Dec. 15. It's an appropriate conclusion to Lent's leadership-focused undergrad years.

    December 11, 2023

  • A person's hand points toward a laptop. The image on the laptop screen depicts a police lineup.
    LAS students focus on fall research

    The LAS Dean's High Impact Awards for Undergraduate Research are supporting student research ranging from intimate partner violence to solid-state chemistry.

    November 27, 2023

  • Jassma'ray Johnson creates beauty products.
    Jassma’ray Johnson built a beauty business in her dorm

    As she prepares to graduate this weekend, Jassma'ray Johnson ('23 psychology) is ready to take her beauty business, Simply Sámone, to the next level.

    May 8, 2023

  • Nydia Ayala and Andrew Smith sitting at a table.
    Better eyewitness lineup improves accuracy, detecting innocence

    Psychology researchers have developed a new tool to enhance police investigations.

    February 1, 2023

  • Jackson Stigers portrait
    Dental determination

    With strong pre-health experiences in LAS, graduating senior Jackson Stigers ('22 biology, psychology) achieved his dream of being accepted to dental school.

    March 25, 2022

  • Stephanie Madon
    Stephanie Madon receives 2021 Cassling Innovation Award

    Stephanie Madon, professor of psychology, receives award for interdisciplinary collaborations with faculty and students, and for innovative research and teaching practices.

    July 12, 2021