IU-I Professor Erik Saak’s latest work, Confessions of a Heretic. Volume One: Philosophical Considerations, is written for all those who have struggled with the concept of God. It is the first of a planned three-volume systematic theology. It seeks to answer the question of how can one believe in God when horrible things happen, from …

IU-I Religious Studies Professor Kelly E. Hayes has been appointed a Permanent Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Hayes will join an international group of researchers studying esoteric religions from a global perspective. Her project, “The Valley of the Dawn: A Case …

Indy Toxic Heritage: Pollution, Place, and Power – Exhibit is now open in the stunning lobby of the Holliday Park Nature Center, January 25- March 29, 2025. The exhibit explores how environmental harm and advocacy for justice are part of our citywide past, present, and future. With support from the Bantz Community Fellowship and IN …

ScholarGPS, which is “the world’s most comprehensive scholarly analytics platform,” just released their 2024 “Highly Ranked Scholars” list for the prior 5 years in sociology. Andrew Whitehead, professor of sociology and director of the Association of Religion Data Archives at IU Indianapolis, is ranked #7 globally out of over 45,000 scholars ranked in sociology in …

Sociologist Dr. Kenzie Mintus at Indiana University-Indianapolis, was featured as an expert on a recent This Old House Reviews 2025 report titled Aging in Place: Can Older Americans Afford To Stay in Their Homes?  The report focused on aging in place. Click here to learn more about Dr. Mintus’s research on aging.

After a two year delay, the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland held presidential and political party elections on November 13, 2024. The elections led to the defeat of the incumbent president and the emergence of a new political party. IU Indianapolis Professor of Political Science Dr. Scott Pegg who served as an international election observer for …

Professor of Sociology Andrew Whitehead‘s lasted book, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church, won the 2024 Midwest Book Award for Non-Fiction, Religion & Philosophy. This is the second book award American Idolatry has won. The Midwest Book Awards is one of the longest running literary recognition programs in the …

Indiana University-Indianapolis English Lecturer Katherine (Kate) Brinkmeyer received the “Best of the Best” in Adult ELL Education Award from the Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL). This award is reserved for exceptional INTESOL teachers. As one of her nominator’s for the awarded noted:  “As a teacher, Kate is exceptional at supporting …

Dr. Rosa Tezanos-Pinto and Dr. Judith Carlstrand, both from the Program in Spanish at IU Indianapolis, are creating programs designed to raise student awareness and ability to work with people with multicultural perspectives. They have developed strategies that link research in pragmatics with pedagogy for the explicit instruction of real-world intercultural communication skills. Three separate …

Indiana University-Indianapolis Sociology Professor Carrie Foote, is featured in the #CelebrateUU Art Campaign which opened at the Indianapolis Public Library on World AIDS Day, Dec 1.  The exhibit highlights 25 stories of Hoosiers living with HIV in the modern era of U=U (Undetectable = Untransmittable). With U=U, we know a person living with HIV who …