Congratulations!
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 OF… 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

Congratulations!
Joan Chamberlin & Josh Taylor are the 2024 ISUComm Award winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 ISUComm awards. Joan Chamberlin We are pleased to announce Joan Chamberlin, Teaching Professor, as this year’s recipient of… Read More

Director’s Letter — April 2024 (End of semester)

Lesley Erin Bartlett (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University) Dear all, If you missed Stuart Selber’s talk, “Framing AI for Curriculum Reform,” you… Read More

Up Next in ENGL 150/250 – Multimodal Reflection Activities

The end of the semester often focuses on reflection, and Ali Ebrahimpourlighvani and Sam Arthur have taken shared activities that encourage students to… Read More

Instructor Spotlight: Finding Voice through Reflection and Imagination with Cornell Brellenthin

Cornell Brellenthin Cornell Brellenthin is an instructor teaching in the ISUComm Foundation Courses program, an active faculty member in the ISUComm mentorship program,… Read More

New TA Q&A

Jorge Ambacher Samuel Arthur Zack Bukovich Haley Greer Droste Hennings Katie Painter                          … Read More

Congratulations!
The Department of English recognizes graduate student excellence in teaching and research for Spring 2024

Congratulations to the following graduate students!   Recipients of the Graduate College Research Excellence Awards (REA) and/or Teaching… Read More

Evgeny Chukharev & Emily Dux Speltz received a grant from the National Science Foundation
Evgeny Chukharev & Emily Dux Speltz received a grant from the National Science Foundation

Evgeny Chukharev (PI) and Emily Dux Speltz (Co-PI) received a $50,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to organize a workshop on how humans and artificial… Read More

Framing AI for Curriculum Reform

You’re invited to attend Stuart Selber’s talk, “Framing AI for Curriculum Reform,” at 1:10pm on Wednesday, April 17. This presentation will prepare the ground for… Read More

Summer Awad
Summer Awad named a Fulbright Award winner

Summer Awad Summer Awad, a third year Creative Writing and the Environment MFA student from Knoxville, Tennessee, has been named a Fulbright Award winner for… Read More

2024 Goldtrap Lecture meet and greet — “Natural and Artificial Intelligence: How Rational Are Humans?”

Feel free to come to Ross 212 between 4:15 and 5:15 on Friday, April 12, to ask him questions and learn more about his research. Read More

2024 Goldtrap Lecture — “Natural and Artificial Intelligence: How Rational Are Humans?”

Are humans fundamentally irrational? Is that why so many people commit statistical and logical blunders and fall for fake news, medical quackery, paranormal woo-woo, and… Read More

Science with Cyclones

Please join us for the totally fun and interactive “Science with Cyclones” event that English 312 students in the Communicating Science and Public Engagement Course… Read More

Society for Technical Communication Guest Speaker

Sharon Wiederanders, an RCPC alum who works for Garmin, will be the guest speaker at our next STC meeting on Tuesday, April 9, at 5:30… Read More

Director’s Letter

Dear all,  Lesley Erin Bartlett (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University) I have great news! Amy Walton, Brenna Dixon, and I were awarded a… Read More

Up Next in ENGL 150

Connor Ferguson In conjunction with the ISUComm Foundation Courses Program’s 4/3/24 Brown Bag Session, which will focus on ways to improve and innovate… Read More