University of Iowa Department of Sociology and Criminology

03/25/2026

It’s One Day for Iowa, the University of Iowa’s 24-hour online giving day! Show your support for Sociology and Criminology and UIowa today! https://1dayforiowa.org/dsc26

10/06/2025

Check out our first dept. popup apparel shop! Open until Oct. 23rd.

https://undergroundshirts.com/groups/iowa-sociology-and-criminology

03/26/2025

It's One Day for Iowa! https://1dayforiowa.org/sc25

Your donation will contribute to the Charles W. Mueller Fellowship Fund, which is designed to provide graduate student with research and training opportunities that they need to thrive in our program and in their subsequent careers.

These donations will help support graduate student summer research work, facilitating project development with faculty members and the publication of new research findings.

03/25/2025

Help out Sociology and Criminology tomorrow during One Day for Iowa, the University of Iowa's 24-hour online giving day on March 26th! Learn more here: https://1day.uiowa.edu/

02/03/2025

The consortium brings together faculty working across departments in the areas of war, genocide, or ethnic and political violence to facilitate collaboration and exchange of knowledge.

01/30/2025

We are proud to highlight Sociology graduate student Chad Rhym's inclusion in the Dare to Discover campaign, highlighting research from students across the university! Chad Rhym’s dissertation research explores the past, present, and future of journalistic objectivity through the lens of race in the United States.

https://dare.research.uiowa.edu/rhym-chad/

06/12/2024

Our annual newsletter is here! 🎉 🎉🎉

Learn more about research, accomplishments, and experiences from our students, faculty, and alumni over the past year!

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03/27/2024

Help support the University of Iowa and the Department of Sociology and Criminology today by donating!

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12/04/2023

Criminology professor Dr. Mark Berg was named director of the University's Public Policy Center! The center supports a large intramural research program and a university-wide research development program, emphasizing, but not limited to, the social sciences. Mark had been serving as the interim director since January 2023.

Congratulations Mark, well deserved!

11/06/2023

We are proud to announce Dr. Jenn Haylett was selected as a recipient of the 2023 1stGen@Iowa Award for First-Generation Student Advocacy! Established by the UI First-Generation Task Force, the award honors one faculty member and staff member who support first-generation students' education and serve as an exemplary advocate for first-generation students at the University of Iowa. Jenn will attend the recognition ceremony on Nov. 9th. in the IMU.

Congratulations Jenn!

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10/30/2023

We are happy to highlight Dr. Sarah Harkness being elected chair of the ASA's Section on Sociology of Emotions! Dr. Harkness will take over the chairs duties starting in 2024.

Congratulations Sarah!

The ASA Section on Sociology of Emotions brings together social and behavioral scientists in order to promote the general development of the study of emotions through the exchange of ideas, theory, research, and teaching. Scholars from a variety of backgrounds are members of this section, and collec...