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CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Amitav Ghosh — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

The Great Derangement: Writing and Researching Climate Change Narratives March 22 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Room 3560 | Memorial Union In this moderated conversation about craft, Amitav Ghosh will discuss his process of writing and researching the complex topics contained in his works, including his award-winning environmental novels and his two recent works of … Continue reading Amitav Ghosh — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

March 22, 2023, 2:00-3:00pm | Room 3560, Memorial Union

CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Yvette Nolan | The Unplugging: (Re)Writing the Apocalypse — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

In this online event, Yvette Nolan will discuss her creative work as a playwright and theatrical director. Ms. Nolan’s play, The Unplugging, tells the story of two women who are exiled from their village in a post-apocalyptic world, after passing child-bearing age. They rely on their traditional wisdom to survive. But when a stranger from … Continue reading Yvette Nolan | The Unplugging: (Re)Writing the Apocalypse — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

February 28, 2023, 5:00pm | Online via WebEx

CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Leave it in the Ground: Poems and Drawings

February 19, 2023, 2:00-3:00pm | Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building

CATEGORIES: Foundation Courses

ENGL 250 Teaching Tip: Rhetorical Analysis

Ryan Everett, RPC Ph.D. student, pushes his students to consider the rhetorical situation with every module in ENGL 250, but for many students, it is the Rhetorical Analysis module where it really clicks. Regardless of the selected medium for this assignment, instructors can encourage students to think about the elements of the rhetorical situation, not … Continue reading ENGL 250 Teaching Tip: Rhetorical Analysis

CATEGORIES: Foundation Courses

ENGL 150 Teaching Tip: Profile

In the first half of the second week of the profile module (when students are brainstorming people to interview/week six), Natalie Meyer, Associate Teaching Professor, shows her students an interview with the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and analyzes Stone Phillips’ interview skills. She asks students to discuss what they can learn from the interview to … Continue reading ENGL 150 Teaching Tip: Profile

CATEGORIES: Foundation Courses

New TA Q&A: Collet & Dehghanian

Carina Collet Fatemeh Dehghanian What do you wish your students knew about you? Carina: I wish that my students knew how much I enjoy it when they stop by my office hours! Fatemeh: I am more playful than they are! What one word would your students use to describe you? Carina: Hopefully “passionate” Fatemeh: … Continue reading New TA Q&A: Collet & Dehghanian

CATEGORIES: Foundation Courses

Instructor Spotlight: Dr. Sharma Leads with Gratitude, Relevance & A Focus on Her Students

Dr. Manisha Sharma’s favorite teaching moments are those when she actually fades into the background, with her students becoming the center of the classroom, overtaken by student learning. “It could be anyone else teaching that content, it shouldn’t matter; what should be paramount is the learning that’s happening and the engagement of students,” says Manisha, … Continue reading Instructor Spotlight: Dr. Sharma Leads with Gratitude, Relevance & A Focus on Her Students

CATEGORIES: Foundation Courses

Letter from the Director

Dear all, The more I hear about machines, the more I want to connect with people. Don’t get me wrong—I’m excited to learn how tools like ChatGPT might support the work of teaching writing and learning to write. But, for me, humans are at the center of our work. And isn’t writing one of the … Continue reading Letter from the Director

CATEGORIES: Applied Linguistics, Department News, Graduate Student News

Agata Guskaroska receives a 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant Award

Agata Guskaroska is a recipient of the 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant Award for her project “Exploring educators and students’ technology acceptance through the lenses of the TAM model”. The aim of this study is to explore the factors that influence acceptance of an ASR tool for pronunciation learning by investigating educators’ and students’ perspectives and experiences … Continue reading Agata Guskaroska receives a 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant Award

CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series : Lecture with Michael Walsh — Rescheduled

At the end of March, we’ll be welcoming Michael Walsh to the ISU campus as part of the MFA program’s Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series on Thursday, March 30th. This event is a double-decker: Walsh will be offering a craft talk at 2pm, followed by a lecture at 7:30pm. We’ll hear about his writing practice, … Continue reading Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series : Lecture with Michael Walsh — Rescheduled

March 30, 2023, 7:30pm | South Ballroom, Memorial Union