Diego Thompson (MS ’10 sociology, sustainable agriculture; Ph.D. ’14 sociology, sustainable agriculture) credits Professors Emeritus of sociology Cornelia and Jan Flora for nurturing his desire to help rural, disadvantaged groups.
Kody Olson (’18 agriculture and society, global resources systems) leans on his Iowa State education and student government experience in his role as a policy advisor for the Minnesota Council on Disability.
Professor of Sociology David Peters asked thousands of rural Iowans to gauge how the pandemic has impacted their physical and mental health. Learn what he and his research team discovered.
Thanks to her experiences with the Iowa National Guard and Army ROTC, Kennedy White (’22 criminal justice) is well prepared for a future criminal justice career.
Congratulations to David Peters and Andrew Hochstetler for receiving the 2021 Fred Buttel Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award from the Rural Sociological Society.
A sociology major makes perfect sense for Aura Garcia (’23 sociology), who excels at coming up with solutions to challenges.
Dwight Hinson (’98 sociology) is honored for his collegiate wrestling accomplishments at Iowa State from 1993 through 1998.
Monic Behnken, associate professor of sociology and director of the Leadership Studies Program at Iowa State University, will begin her appointment on July 1.
Beginning July 1, the Department of Sociology will change its name to better reflect students’ growing interest in criminal justice.
After years of a career in public relations and marketing, Daphne Christensen’s (’98 sociology, journalism) sociology degree is now taking center stage.