Articles from August 2022

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Pacheco publication "The relationship between health and political ideology begins in childhood"

Publication investigates whether childhood health status influences adult political ideology and whether health at subsequent life-stages, adolescent personality traits, or adolescent academic aptitude mediate this relationship.
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Welcome Incoming 2022 Graduate Students!

Thursday, August 25, 2022
The Department of Political Science welcomes ten new graduate students to academic year 2022-2023.
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Alexia Sanchez ('20) inducted into the Iowa Latino Hall of Fame

The Iowa Commission of Latino Affairs has announced the six Iowans who will be inducted into the Iowa Latino Hall of Fame this fall. Among the honorees is Alexia Sanchez, Class of 2020.
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Hawkeye Poll: Plurality of Iowans supports teaching the 1619 Project in K-12 schools

Monday, August 1, 2022
Since 2007, the Department of Political Science has conducted the Hawkeye Poll, a series of national and state public opinion polls that have resulted in important research by faculty and graduate students and that have exposed hundreds of undergraduates to the process of survey research.