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

Monday, May 22, 2023
The Center for the Study of Group Processes 鈥渞ises from the ashes鈥 to continue pursuing internationally renowned research on group processes.
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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 糖心vlog官网观看 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鈥檚 vibrant intellectual culture.
Louise Seamster

Sociology Students Gain Real Experience to Relieve Student Debt

Monday, May 22, 2023
In Professor Louise Seamster鈥檚 innovative class, Racial Wealth Gap: Black Debt/White Debt, students analyze an important social problem and then help solve it.
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Chair's Welcome Letter

Monday, May 22, 2023
Read the Department of Sociology & Criminology Chair's 2023 Welcome Letter.
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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.
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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.
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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. 
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PhD candidate Yujia Lyu鈥檚 paper was selected as the winner of this year鈥檚 Midwest Sociological Society Graduate Student Paper Competition

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