sociology & anthropology
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Cornell adds anthropology major
Starting in fall 2018, Cornell College students will be able to enroll in a new anthropology major.
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Better together: Team-teaching at Cornell College
Cornell College professors Erin Davis and Emily Walsh teach and research very different topics, but they’re finding unique ways to collaborate through team-teaching.
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‘Inherited Dreams’ display shows student stories
Some say a photo is worth a thousand words, but for Alondra Arias ’18, a photo is worth much more than that.
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Cornell to host ISA Annual Meeting April 20
Cornell College will host the Iowa Sociological Association Annual Meeting on Friday, April 20, 2018.
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Visiting instructors expand student perspectives
One Course At A Time allows visiting lecturers to regularly teach entire Cornell College courses for 18 days and share their knowledge and research with students.
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Students appear in Ireland newspaper
Cornell College students visited Ireland for Block 2 with Professor Misha Quill for the Applied Anthropology course. While they were there, the students were featured in the local newspaper.
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CSRI students work to help homeless youth
Professors worked with four CSRI students on a community action study, looking at resources for homeless youth in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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CSRI project examines early 20th century abortion trials
Jack Majerus ’19 and Professor Tori Barnes-Brus are working to understand how 13 criminal trials from the early 20th century constructed the narratives of midwives and women who have received abortions.
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Cornell students make their mark at ISA meeting
Cornell College students have a long history of earning recognition at the Iowa Sociological Association (ISA) annual meeting, and this year was no different.
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Cornell College welcomes speaker to discuss genocide
There are lots of questions to be answered about genocide, defined as the deliberate killing of a large group of people.
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Peace Corps sending Goodfellow to Paraguay
Maria Goodfellow ’16 is preparing to serve with the Peace Corps as an Agricultural Extension Agent in Paraguay.
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Cornell students earn research awards from the Iowa Sociological Association
The ISA focuses on research and recognizes the best undergraduate conference papers in four categories, of which Cornell students earned two.
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Davis on ‘Ethical Perspectives in the News’
Cornell College sociology professor Erin Davis took part in panel discussion about the rising death rate among whites on KCRG-TV9’s “Ethical Perspectives in the News.”
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Davis on “Ethical Perspectives in the News”
Erin Davis, associate professor of sociology at Cornell College, will be part of a panel discussion on decriminalizing sex work that will air at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, on KCRG-TV9.
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Eight courses heading off campus
Dozens of students in eight different courses will spend Block 6 off campus, going as far afield as the Bahamas, Belize, Rome, and New Zealand.
Cornell adds anthropology major 
Better together: Team-teaching at Cornell College 
‘Inherited Dreams’ display shows student stories 
Cornell to host ISA Annual Meeting April 20 
Visiting instructors expand student perspectives 
Students appear in Ireland newspaper 
CSRI students work to help homeless youth 
CSRI project examines early 20th century abortion trials 
Cornell students make their mark at ISA meeting 
Cornell College welcomes speaker to discuss genocide 
Peace Corps sending Goodfellow to Paraguay 
Cornell students earn research awards from the Iowa Sociological Association 
Davis on ‘Ethical Perspectives in the News’ 
Eight courses heading off campus