Publications and Accolades

Katie Dentzman named to OVPR research cohort

Twenty outstanding Iowa State University faculty members have been selected to participate in the 2024-2025 Research Collaboration Catalysts (RCC) program cohort, designed… Read More

June 18, 2024

Dan Krier organizes critical social theory symposium

Professor Dan Krier organized a three-day critical social theory symposium, Kontrapunkt, in Des Moines, Iowa, April 5-7. The event was co-organized by Harry Dahms, professor… Read More

April 29, 2024

Elizabeth Oritz receives first place in masters presentation at GPSA Symposium

Elizabeth Ortiz, graduate research assistant and master’s student in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, received first place for her three-minute lightning talk at… Read More

April 26, 2024

Shawn Dorius is selected to participate in the Emerging Leaders Academy

Shawn Dorius, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, has been selected to participate in the 2024-25 cohort of Iowa State University’s… Read More

April 26, 2024

Samuel Mindes publishes study in Rural Sociology

April 1, 2024

New book sheds light on criminal behaviors, forensic frontier with DNA

March 18, 2024

David Peters releases 2023 Rural Iowa at a Glance – Farm Trends

January 11, 2024

Samuel Mindes receives a grant from North Central Regional Center for Rural Development

The project combines qualitative and quantitative sociological research to investigate rural inequality in the North Central Region (NCR). This mixed methods research project involves two… Read More

January 5, 2024

Scholar GPS ranks Matt DeLisi the fifth most influential scholar of justice

December 21, 2023

Ann Oberhauser gives presentation at the University of Iowa

Ann Oberhauser, professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, presented “Polarization and Identity Politics in the Heartland” at the University of Iowa’s Department… Read More

November 30, 2023