Faculty in the News - Dr. Susan Stewart, MSN Living
Violent video games are a risk factor for criminal behavior and aggression
ISU sociologists find treatment works, but only for urban parolees
Scientists Encourage Engineering for the New Climate Normal
Farm Poll: Farmers Say Land Market Bubble Will Burst
Faculty in the News: Dr. Susan Stewart - MSN Living, "New Dads Feel Sexier, Study Suggests"
Fatherhood boosts men’s perception of how good they look – especially when their wives give birth in the first year of marriage...read more
Violent video games are a risk factor for criminal behavior and aggression
People are quick to point the finger or dismiss the effect of violent video games as a factor in criminal behavior. New evidence from Iowa State researchers....read more
ISU sociologists find treatment works, but only for urban parolees
There are several risk factors that influence whether an offender walks out of prison for good or one day returns to the correctional system...read more
Scientists Encourage Engineering for the New Climate Normal
The deliberate breaching of levees in the Birds Point -New Madrid Floodway, in Missouri in May 2011 was a planned...read more
Farm Poll: Farmers Say Land Market Bubble Will Burst
Many farmers appear to believe that farmland is overvalued and eventually the market bubble will burst, according to the 2012 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll....read more
What the birth rate says about changing family dynamicsAMES, Iowa – An Iowa State University sociologist is not surprised by a recent U.S. Census Bureau report showing a spike in the number of unmarried women giving birth. According to the report, nearly 36 percent of babies born in 2011 were to single mothers. Susan Stewart, an associate professor, says there are several factors that influence this rate, including the recent recession. More from Iowa State News Service
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Jan and Cornelia Flora Retirement
Jan and Cornelia Flora will be retiring from Iowa State this summer and they held a retirement reception on April 24, 2013. Photos from the event are available on the Sociology Facebook page. |
Women on the Farm: An Evolving Role
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Angela Carter, PhD student in Sociology and board member of the Women, Food and Agriculture Network, was part of a conversation on IPR's "Talk of Iowa."