GWSS alumnae Deirdre Egan’s (PhD 2016) doctoral dissertation has been selected for the Iowa Academy of Education’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. Her dissertation, Haunted by the Bell Curve, focused on issues of significant policy importance to education in Iowa. The committee concluded that the scholarship was important, original, and of high quality. Dr. Egan will receive a $500.00 award and be invited to present her research at the spring meeting of the Iowa Academy of Education, either physically or virtually. The announcement of her award and a summary of her dissertation will be posted on the IAE web site.