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

Instructor Spotlight: Creativity, Revision, and Collaboration in the ISUComm Classroom with Samuel Piccone 

Samuel Piccone is an instructor teaching across the ISUComm Program (ENGL 150, 250, 302, and multiple learning communities), integrating creative writing pedagogy… Read More

Up Next in ENGL 250

Claire Jussel For the upcoming Multimodal Argument and Presentation Module, Claire Jussel has prepared an activity for students that encourages them to recognize… Read More

New TA Q&A

Micaela Edelson Eleanore Tisch                     Micaela Edelson, MFA, CWE Eleanore Tisch, MFA, CWE What do… Read More

Up Next in ENGL 150/250

Brenna Dixon In conjunction with the ISUComm Foundation Courses Program’s February Brown Bag Session, which will focus on practicing mindfulness in the writing… Read More

Director’s Letter

Lesley Erin Bartlett (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University) Dear all, Do you ever get the overwhelming urge to make something? This week, I’m going to make… Read More

New TA Q&A

Danilo Calle Londono Hannah Reischaeur                     Danilo Calle Londono, MA, TESL/AL Hannah Reischaeur, MA, TESL/AL… Read More

Instructor Spotlight: Keeping Online Learning in Line with Katie Fulton

Katie Fulton began teaching at Iowa State as a graduate student in 2007. This was her first foray into the arena of public… Read More

Get to Know Natalie Meyer: Advocate for Students and the English Department

In 2003, Natalie Meyer’s journey in Iowa State’s English Department began in her undergraduate career as an English major. She continued her education,… Read More

New TA Q&A

TJ Benson Ellis Deputy TJ Benson, MFA, CWE Ellis Deputy, MA, ENGL What do you wish your students knew about you?  TJ: That… Read More

Up Next in ENGL 250

For the first unit of ENGL 250, Rhetorical Analysis, Shaya Kraut has composed a lesson plan meant to build skills and tactics for students as they learn… Read More

Up Next in ENGL 150

What is the Purpose of a University? Cornell Brellethin As a reflective activity for the first unit of ENGL 150,… Read More

Director’s Letter

Lesley Erin Bartlett (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University) Dear all, One of my priorities as I start my five-year term as Director… Read More