Sociology Department News
Sage Publications Podcast:
Authors Elizabeth Ransom and Carmen Bain discuss their article, "Gendering Agricultural Aid: An Analysis of Whether International Development Assistance Targets Women and Gender."
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AMES, Iowa -- Two Iowa State University sociology professors have been awarded a $225,428 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) grant in collaboration with the Iowa Department of Corrections to study prisoner reentry in Iowa. The researchers plan to assess the quality and appropriateness of rehabilitation treatment received by the inmates in predicting their chances of becoming repeat offenders. More.
From a special conference on climate change and production agriculture, co-sponsored by K-State last week Iowa State University sociologist J. Gordon Arbuckle looks at farmer perspectives on climate change and agriculture, based on a new survey he conducted.
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Kim Kardashian’s 72-day attempt at marriage may be considered another celebrity freak show, but marriages with the lifespan of an adult locust happen among everyday folks in Iowa, too.
There were 74 marriages in Iowa from 2000 to 2009 that lasted 72 days or fewer. Two lasted a whopping seven days.
People don’t like to talk about their divorces. But with nearly 1 in 4 marriages in the U.S. ending in the first five years, it’s sport to pick apart others, said Susan Stewart, associate professor of sociology at Iowa State University.
“We are fascinated when people crash and burn,” she said. “It’s a way to work through it: ‘They are way worse off than I am.’
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