David Peters

Peters, Hochstetler recognized for opioid overdose research
Congratulations to David Peters and Andrew Hochstetler for receiving the 2021 Fred Buttel Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award from the Rural Sociological Society. Read More

July 22, 2021
David Peters: ISU sending out surveys to rural Iowa towns on COVID-19 impact

August 10, 2020
NSF awards grant to study impacts, responses to COVID-19 in small Iowa towns
Associate Professor of Sociology David Peters has received a rapid-response grant from the National Science Foundation to study the COVID-19 impact on small Iowa towns. Read More

July 10, 2020
David Peters: COVID in rural Iowa

July 6, 2020
David Peters publishes COVID-19 study in Rural Health
David Peters, associate professor of sociology and rural extension sociologist in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, had his study, “Community Susceptibility and Resiliency… Read More

June 26, 2020
David Peters: Rural America is more vulnerable to COVID-19 than cities are, and it’s starting to show

June 22, 2020
Leana Bouffard, Andrew Hochstetler, David Peters, Susan Stewart: Stand up and be counted for research’s sake

May 6, 2020
Rural areas face higher and distinct risks of serious COVID-19 outcomes than urban areas
Recent research conducted by David Peters, associate professor of sociology and Extension rural sociologist, indicates that rural places may still be at risk for COVID-19 even in the absence of cases, as the pandemic may just be taking hold. Read More

April 15, 2020
Why leadership styles matter in rural Iowa
A new report from David Peters, associate professor of sociology, shows why municipal leadership style matters in Iowa’s small towns. Read More

March 30, 2020
David Peters: This map shows how the opioid epidemic varies in different parts of the U.S.

December 16, 2019