Sarah Dees

LAS faculty receive spring 2024 CEAH research grants

The grants support scholarly work in the arts and humanities.

May 9, 2024

Sarah Dees awarded 2022-23 American Fellowship

Sarah Dees, assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, has been awarded a 2022-23 American Fellowship by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). During her fellowship, Dees plans to finish her book and begin work on a second project. AAUW is one of the world’s…

September 26, 2022

US landmarks bearing racist and Colonial references are renamed to reflect Indigenous values

Sarah Dees, assistant professor of American religions, discusses the Ioway Creek renaming—and how it reflects a broader trend of selecting Indigenous terms to define sites of natural and cultural significance.

April 28, 2021

Sarah Dees and Jeffrey Wheatley awarded grant from the American Academy of Religion

Sarah Dees and Jeffrey Wheatly, assistant professors in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, were recently awarded a regional development grant from the American Academy of Religion. The grant will allow Dees, Wheatley and their colleagues to organize a workshop for Scholars of American Religion in Iowa (SOARIA)…

September 21, 2020