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Taylor Brorby, a 2018 alum of the MFA Program in CWE, has just published his memoir.

Taylor Brorby, a 2018 alum of the MFA Program in CWE, has just published his memoir, Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land.  It just received a rave review in The New York Times. You can also read his interview in Black Earth Institute at https://blackearthinstitute.org/growing-up-gay-in-a-fractured-land-an-interview-with-taylor-brorby/. Taylor, an assistant professor of Environmental Studies at … Continue reading Taylor Brorby, a 2018 alum of the MFA Program in CWE, has just published his memoir.

Allison Durazzi and Carrie Ann Johnson received the Teaching Excellence Award from the Graduate and Professional Student Senate.

This award focuses on graduate students who go above and beyond their required teaching expectations by teaching extra courses, getting excellent marks in evaluations, or creating and leading their own courses. The award is given to multiple students each year. Recipients receive a certificate and a financial award. Congratulations on the recognition of your outstanding work!

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Dr. Linda Shenk received a grant from the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research

Dr. Linda Shenk received a grant from the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research for her project “Co-producing Climate Storylines with Women Landowners in Iowa.” Led by Dr. Shenk, this project creates and tests a storytelling-based framework that allows researchers, community partners, and women landowners in Iowa (some of agriculture’s potentially influential yet silenced … Continue reading Dr. Linda Shenk received a grant from the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research