Articles from March 2023

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Criminology majors attend Iowa Wrestling Banquet

Current undergraduates Bretli Reyna and Abe Assad and recent graduate Max Murin attended the banquet.
Faculty Amber Powell teaching to class

Amber Powell was accepted to the Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice Networks Summer Research Institute at Rutgers University

Dr. Powell will attend for three weeks starting in June of this year and have the opportunity to work with other scholars within the field. 
Yujia Lyu

PhD candidate Yujia Lyu’s paper was selected as the winner of this year’s Midwest Sociological Society Graduate Student Paper Competition

Friday, March 17, 2023
PhD candidate Yujia Lyu’s research paper was selected as the winner of this year’s Midwest Sociological Society Graduate Student Paper Competition.
Andrea Smith

Sociology and Criminology graduate students establish a Graduate Student Association

Thursday, March 16, 2023
The association's primary purpose is to facilitate the professional development of graduate students as rising scholars within the discipline.
Louise Seamster

Dr. Seamster Files Amicus Brief in Biden v Nebraska Case on Student Debt Relief

Thursday, March 16, 2023
The brief was in support of the Biden Administration’s student debt relief program.
Marina Zaloznaya

Dr. Zaloznaya featured on Iowa Public Radio's River to River

Thursday, March 16, 2023
Marina Zaloznaya discusses Russia's invasion of Ukraine one year into the conflict.