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A Warm Welcome to Professor Amber Joy Powell!
Monday, May 22, 2023
Our newest assistant professor of sociology and criminology, Dr. Amber Joy Powell, has already made a significant contribution to our department’s vibrant intellectual culture.
Sociology Students Gain Real Experience to Relieve Student Debt
Monday, May 22, 2023
In Professor Louise Seamster’s innovative class, Racial Wealth Gap: Black Debt/White Debt, students analyze an important social problem and then work to help solve it.
Annual seminar teaches UI graduate students the art of grant writing
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Sociology professor Freda Lynn took part in the seminar as an instructor.
Criminology majors attend Iowa Wrestling Banquet
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Current undergraduates Bretli Reyna and Abe Assad and recent graduate Max Murin attended the banquet.
Amber Powell was accepted to the Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice Networks Summer Research Institute at Rutgers University
Friday, March 24, 2023
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.