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Science with Cyclones

Join ENGL 3120 students for the 4th year of Science with Cyclones. Students will share multi-layered explanations of… Read More

Andrias Susanto
Andrias Susanto presented in the TESOL Seminar in Aston University in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Susanto was invited to talk about the use of technology in the classroom in the TESOL Seminar in Ashton University. The title of his presentation… Read More

Maggie LaWare
Maggie LaWare has been chosen for the Women Impacting ISU Calendar 2025

Twelve women whose leadership has made a difference at Iowa State University will be honored on the 2025 Women Impacting ISU calendar, and Maggie LaWare… Read More

Linda Shenk
Linda Shenk will deliver the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture for Fall 2024

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Lecture Series highlights faculty excellence in learning, discovery, and engagement in Iowa State’s most academically diverse college. Read More

Liberato Silva dos Santos awarded a TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant

Liberato Silva dos Santos was awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Grant  from The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF). Liberato Silva dos Santos Liberato… Read More

New TA Q&A

Haley Belsher Quang Nguyen With Haley Belsher: MA, RPC and Quang Nguyen: MA, TESL What one teaching tool will we always find you… Read More

Instructor Spotlight: Using Communication to See and Be Seen – Katheryn Anderson

Katheryn Anderson Katheryn Anderson is a lecturer in the ISUComm Foundation Courses and Advanced Communication Programs at Iowa State University and is teaching ENGL 1500… Read More

Mostafa Ranjbar
Mostafa Ranjbar published in the International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Mostafa Ranjbar, a PhD student in Applied Linguistics and Technology has published “Unveiling the complexity of L2 learners’ emotions and emotion regulation: A retrodictive… Read More

Gears
Director’s Letter – August 2024

Dear all, Lesley Erin Bartlett (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University) I hope everyone is having a great first week of classes! The ISUComm Foundation Courses team… Read More

Fellows’ Notes

At the end of the ISUComm Foundation Courses Curriculum  Redesign Institute, the leadership team asked the fellows  to write a note to their… Read More

Up next in English 1500 and 2500: Relentless Welcome #2

ConnecTivity Scan Purpose of activity (one sentence describing goals): Placing an emphasis on student growth in connecting with other students that they are… Read More

Up next in English 1500 and 2500: Relentless Welcome #1

In “Chapter One: Visions of the Possible” in Relationship-Rich Education, authors Peter Felten and… Read More

Building critical AI literacy and strengthening curriculum through community

Funded by a Miller Faculty Fellowship, and led by Lesley Bartlett (Director of ISUComm Foundation Courses), Amy Walton… Read More

Congratulations, Summer 2024 Graduates!

Congratulations to the following graduate students in the Department of English who received their MA, MFA, or PhD degrees in Summer 2024! NameTITLE OF… Read More

Congratulations Spring 2024 Graduate & Undergraduate Award Winners!

Critical Literary Analysis Writing Award Awarded to an undergraduate or a graduate student for a single piece of critical exposition originally written for an… Read More

Congratulations, Graduates!

Congratulations to the following graduate students in the Department of English who will receive their MA, MFA, or PhD degrees in Spring 2024! NameTITLE… Read More

K.L. Cook is a 2024 recipient of the Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award!

K.L. Cook This award is a reflection of K.L. Cook’s commitment to Iowa State, his professional reputation, and his esteem among peers. This award was established… Read More

Angela Hakim
Angela Hakim has been selected for an English Language Specialist project

The U.S. Department of State announced the selection of Angela Hakim, a lecturer in the Department of English, for an English Language Specialist project focusing… Read More