Our Faculty Awards

Recent awards won by the faculty in Rhetoric and Professional Communication.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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