Soko Sozuki Starobin (’98 M.Ed., ‘04 Ph.D.), Ames, Iowa :: is the 2010 recipient of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges Barbara K. Townsend Emerging Scholar Award. She is an assistant professor of higher education in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies at Iowa State University. She received the award for her research on community college students, especially those in science and engineering.