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Philip Gallagher, PhD student, Publishes an article in the Proceedings of the 37th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication.

He published the article titled, “Redesigning Audiences in Technical Communication” in the Proceedings of the 37th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication. The paper examines changing approaches for understanding audience in Technical Communication and formulates a framework for a distributed network audience theory that reassembles many of the sociocultural and technological boundaries of … Continue reading Philip Gallagher, PhD student, Publishes an article in the Proceedings of the 37th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication.

CATEGORIES: Department News

Michelle Tremmel, Emeritus Senior Lecturer, received the Distinguished Service Award

Michelle Tremmel, Emeritus Senior Lecturer, received the Distinguished Service Award from the Iowa Council of Teachers of English (ICTE). This is the highest award given by the organization to an English teacher in Iowa. According to the ICTE “This recipient is an instructional leader whose service to English/language arts has contributed significantly with local, regional, … Continue reading Michelle Tremmel, Emeritus Senior Lecturer, received the Distinguished Service Award

CATEGORIES: Department Events

Podcasting Panel – Workshop

For our final event of the semester, we will consider podcasting in the writing classroom. In this session, we will hear from instructors using podcasting assignments, and we will work together to understand how podcasting aligns with and supports the objectives of our writing courses. You don’t need to be a podcast expert, or even … Continue reading Podcasting Panel – Workshop

November 13, 2019, 12:00-1:00pm | Ross 212
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Textbook Review – Drop-in Session

Are you interested in helping us evaluate textbooks for English 250? In this drop-in session, we will first consider evaluation criteria for rhetoric and reader textbooks used for English 250 and then use these criteria to evaluate a variety of texts. Regardless of which textbooks you have used in your class, we would appreciate hearing … Continue reading Textbook Review – Drop-in Session

October 16, 2019, 1:00-2:00pm | Ross 131
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Debra Marquart presents at SheTalks — Women Who Create

Following the Women Who Create Conference, a community cocktail reception will kick-off showcasing six SheTalks presentations.  What’s a SheTalk?  Taken from the Japanese inspired PechaKucha, it is a presentation style where each presenter shows 20 slides, each for 20 seconds.  All of the six stories are told by women who create in all types of facets.  Debra … Continue reading Debra Marquart presents at SheTalks — Women Who Create

October 24, 2019, 4:30-6:30pm | ISU Economic Development Core Facility, 1805 Collaboration Place, Ames, Iowa
CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Rob Nixon — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series and 2019 Goldtrap Lecture

Environmental Martyrs and the Fate of the Forest Rob Nixon is a nonfiction writer and public intellectual working in the environmental humanities and postcolonial studies. He is the Barron Family Professor in Humanities and the Environment at Princeton University. The author of four books, most recently Slow Violence and the Environmental­ism  of the Poor, Nixon … Continue reading Rob Nixon — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series and 2019 Goldtrap Lecture

October 28, 2019, 7:00pm | Sun Room, Memorial Union
CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Katy Yocom — Three Ways to Disappear

In her debut novel, Three Ways to Disappear, Katy Yocom explores the story of journalist, Sarah DeVaughan.  Leaving behind a nomadic and dangerous career as a journalist, DeVaughan returns to India, the country of her childhood and a place of unspeakable family tragedy, to help preserve the endangered Bengal tigers. Meanwhile, at home in Kentucky, her … Continue reading Katy Yocom — Three Ways to Disappear

CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

MFA Program Home Voices Festival

Friday, January 31, 3 – 5 PM (reading & panel discussions) Join us for this celebration of alumni of the MFA Program in Creative Writing & Environment. This yearly festival features readings and craft discussions with alums of the MFA program who have recently published books.

January 31, 2020, 3:00-5:00pm | Ames Public Library