River to River, Iowa Public Radio, aired 9/30/2021. https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river/2021-10-01/what-you-need-to-know-about-iowas-redistricting-process
River to River, Iowa Public Radio, aired 8/18/2021. https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river/2021-08-18/experts-explain-initial-results-from-the-2020-u-s-census-and-where-iowans-are-living
Des Moines Register, published 8/15/2021. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2021/08/15/census-iowa-2020-suburban-booms-rural-busts-increasing-diversity/5547264001/
WOI-TV News, aired 5/28/2021. https://www.weareiowa.com/article/life/people/immigrant-population-increasing-des-moines-heartland-forward/524-11f13757-f905-4b55-a5e1-a1c469dd857a
WHO-TV News at 4, aired 4/28/2021. https://who13.com/news/census-iowa-population-grows-4-7-keeps-4-us-house-seats/
The National Science Foundation’s Sociology program has awarded a $200,000 rapid response grant to document the health, socioeconomic, and emotional impacts of COVID-19 in Iowa small towns. The project is led by Iowa State University rural sociology professor David Peters, along with University of Iowa professors Mark Berg in sociology and Nicole Novak in public … Continue reading NSF awards grant to study impacts and responses to COVID-19 in Iowa small towns.
The National Science Foundation’s Smart and Connected Communities (SCC) program awarded a $1.5 million dollar grant to study rural smart shrinkage for the next three years. The SCC grant used ISTP data to identify shrink smart towns. This larger project continues work from a NSF SCC planning grant awarded in 2017. The new funding allows … Continue reading NSF awards $1.5 million grant to study smart shrinkage using ISTP data
“Why leadership styles matter in rural Iowa.” ISU News Service, published 3/30/2020. https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2020/03/30/shared-leadership
“In Iowa, Small Towns With Declining Populations Learn To ‘Shrink Smart’.” Here and Now, National Public Radio, aired 12/16/2019. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/12/16/iowa-towns-shrink-smart
“Child care centers, coffee shops and other projects helping rural Kansas towns ‘shrink smart’.” Lawrence Journal-World, published 10/23/2019. https://www2.ljworld.com/news/state-region/2019/oct/23/child-care-centers-coffee-shops-and-other-projects-helping-rural-kansas-towns-shrink-smart/