Our Faculty Awards

Awards for Teaching

• Charles Kostelnick Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication, Society for Technical Communication, May 2011.
• Jean Goodwin. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Master Teacher. Iowa State University. 2010.
• Geoffrey Sauer. Excellence in Teaching Advanced Communication. Iowa State University. 2009.
• Amy Slagell. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Master Teacher. Iowa State University. 2007.
• Dave Roberts. Outstanding Innovations Award. (Exemplary Contributions to Learning Communities) Iowa State University, 2001.
• Dave Roberts. Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award. Iowa State University, 2000.

Awards for Research

• Charles Kostelnick Alfred N. Goldsmith Award for Distinguished Contributions to Engineering Communication, IEEE Professional Communication Society, October 2012.
• Charles Kostelnick Fellow, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, March 2012.
• David Russell in 2010 received an LAS Outstanding Career Achievement in Research Award, which recognizes faculty members who have a national or international reputation for contributions in research and/or artistic creativity, and who have influenced the research activities of students.
• Charles Kostelnick Fellow, Society for Technical Communication, May 2009.

Awards for Publications

• Geoffrey Sauer. Award of Excellence. EServer Technical Communication Library website. APEX, 2008.
• Jean Goodwin. 2007 B.K. Knight Award for Outstanding Article. "Using Environmental and Ethical Issues for Debate in an Introductory Agronomy Course." National Association of Colleges & Teachers of Agriculture Journal. National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriclture (NACTA), 2007.

Awards for Service

• Amy Slagell. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Institutional Service Award. 2011.
• Amy Slagell. Leadership for Iowa Women in Higher Education, Way Up Recognition Award. 2010.

Recent Funded Research Awards

• Jean Goodwin. (PI) “Cases for Teaching Responsible Communication of Science,” National Science Foundation-1237495; 2012-2015, $250K.
• Kathie Gossett (Co-PI). Building an Open Source Archive for Born-Digital Dissertations. National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant, 2012-2013, $25,000.
• David Russell. Fulbright Scholar award. University of Aveiro, Portugal, Summer 2012, to support research on university academic writing in Portugal.
• Jean Goodwin et al. “Promoting Ethical and Effective Communication of Science in Policy Controversies ,” ISU Center for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities Seed Grant; 2010-2013, $30K.
• Jean Goodwin. “The Rhetorical Force of the Appeal to Expert Authority,” National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, 2010.
• Carl Herndl, Jean Goodwin, Lee Honeycutt & Greg Wilson “Improving Communication and Cooperation between Diverse Stakeholders: Mapping the Rhetorical Terrain of the Bioeconomy ,” ISU Center for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities Collaborative Grant; 2008-9 $15K.
• Payne, Don, et al. (ISUComm). “Promoting Quantitative Reasoning in Higher Education through Assessment,” with six other colleges and universities. National Science Foundation: Division on Undergraduate Education. Program on Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement. October, 2007. $499,994.
• Geoffrey Sauer, Lee Honeycutt, et al. "Electronic Reference Library, Phase 3. Prototyping Web-Based Content Management Systems for Managing Iowa DOT Engineering Specifications: Assessing Best Practices," with two co-PIs. $135,000 funded, as of 2007.