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Yujia Lyu

Relating to People at Work: Yujia Lyu’s Journey to a PhD

Monday, May 22, 2023
Yujia Lyu travelled from China to the University of Iowa’s Center for the Study of Group Processes to study how people relate to each other at work.
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Where Criminology Leads: A Profile of Alec Hillbo (MA 1996)

Monday, May 22, 2023
A department alum tells us where they've been since earning their Masters degree.
undergraduate research assistants

Phoenix Rising: The New Center for the Study of Group Processes

Monday, May 22, 2023
The Center for the Study of Group Processes “rises from the ashes” to continue pursuing internationally renowned research on group processes.
Haylett's parents

Why Sociology? Reflections on the Decision to Become a Sociologist

Monday, May 22, 2023
Professor Bodi Vasi asked two professors and two graduate students in the Department of Sociology and Criminology why they wanted to become sociologists.
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A Warm Welcome to Professor Amber Joy Powell!

Monday, May 22, 2023
The department's newest assistant professor, Dr. Amber Joy Powell, has already made a significant contribution to our department’s vibrant intellectual culture.
Louise Seamster

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 help solve it.
Michael Sauder

Chair's Welcome Letter

Monday, May 22, 2023
Read the Department of Sociology & Criminology Chair's 2023 Welcome Letter.
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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.