Awards for Teaching

• Amy Slagell. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Master Teacher. Iowa State University. 2007.
• Michael Mendelson. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Master Teacher. Iowa State University. 2004.
• Donna Kienzler. Meada Gibbs Outstanding Teacher Award. Association of Business Communication, 2004.
• Marty Graham. James Huntington Ellis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Introductory Teaching. Iowa State University, 2003.
• Jean Goodwin. Honor Role for Teachers. Associated Student Government. Northwestern University, 2001–2002.
• 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 Publications

Contributors to Best Books 

• Donna Kienzler (with Carol David). Best Collection of Articles, contributing article. Technical Communication Quarterly, National Council of Teachers of English, 2000.

Best Articles

• 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.
• Helen Rothschild Ewald and Roberta Vann. Outstanding Article. "You’re a Guaranteed Winner: Composing ‘You’ in a Consumer Culture." Journal of Business Communication 40 (April 2003): 98–117. Association for Business Communication, 2004.
• Carl Herndl (with Cindy Nahrwold). Best Article on Philosophy or Theory. "Research as Social Practice: A Case Study of Research on Technical and Professional Communication." Written Communication, 17.2 (2000), 258-296, National Council of Teachers of English, 2001.

Contributors to Collections of Distinguished Essays

• Carl G. Herndl. "Teaching Discourse and Reproducing Culture: A Critique of Research and Pedagogy in Professional and Academic Writing." Central Works in Technical Communication. Oxford University Press, 2004. 220-231.

For Online Publications

• Geoffrey Sauer. Award of Excellence. EServer Technical Communication Library website. APEX, 2008.

Awards for Career Service

• Michael Mendelson was named a University Professor at the Fall 2007 Convocation. This promotion is in honor of Professor Mendelson's contributions to research, teaching, and program development.

Recent Funded Research Awards/Proposals

 
Recent Grants Awarded

• 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.

Recent Grants Applied For

• Carl G. Herndl, Jean Goodwin, and Lee Honeycutt.

• Geoffrey Sauer, et al. “Redesigning Engineering Curricula for the 21st Century,” with seven co-PIs. NSF. $2 million requested, 2006.