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Mark your calendar: Fall 2022 Department Meetings (Wednesdays at 1:10 pm – 2 pm):
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CATEGORIES: Department Events
Department Meeting
Mark your calendar: Fall 2022 Department Meetings (Wednesdays at 1:10 pm – 2 pm):
CATEGORIES: Department News
Jo Mackiewicz publishes Welding Technical Communication: Teaching and Learning Embodied Knowledge
Jo Mackiewicz, Associate Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of English at Iowa State University, recently published a book, Welding Technical Communication: Teaching and Learning Embodied Knowledge. Mackiewicz notes, “I’m graduating with my diploma in welding, a degree I started in 2018 and finished by taking night classes at DMACC Ankeny. My welding degree … Continue reading Jo Mackiewicz publishes Welding Technical Communication: Teaching and Learning Embodied Knowledge
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Spring 2022 Graduate Student Award Recipients
We are pleased to announce our Spring 2022 graduate student award recipients! Leadership Award Spring 2022 Carrie Ann Johnson RPC Service Awards Spring 2022 Kimberly Becker ALT Emily Golden CWE Savannah Maynard TESL/AL Emily Riley-Smith CWE Teaching Excellence Awards Spring 2022 Zoë Fay-Stindt CWE Debra Marquart, Major Prof Elizabeth Helmick ENGL Linda Shenk, Major Prof … Continue reading Spring 2022 Graduate Student Award Recipients
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Katie Fulton recognized with Excellence in Teaching Foundational Speech Communication Courses Award
We are pleased to announce Katie Fulton, Associate Teaching Professor, as this year’s recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Foundational Speech Communication Courses Award. This award is given annually and recognizes instructors on their excellence in teaching foundational Speech Communication courses. Awardees receive $200 and a certificate.
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LAS Faculty Excellence Awards Ceremony
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) recently held the LAS Faculty Excellence Awards Ceremony. They celebrated the LAS faculty that have received donor-funded awards in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Due to Covid-19 cancellations, this is the first ceremony held since 2018. A number of Department of English faculty were recognized for their achievements: … Continue reading LAS Faculty Excellence Awards Ceremony
CATEGORIES: Department News, English
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
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Congratulations, Iowa State University 25 Year Club Members!
The 25 Year Club honors loyal Iowa State University faculty and staff for their continuous service of 25, 35, 45 or 50 years. This year Christiana Langenberg (35 years), Donna Niday (25 years), and Deanna Stumbo (35 years) were recognized for their contributions to the Department of English. Looking back on their time with Iowa … Continue reading Congratulations, Iowa State University 25 Year Club Members!
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Lydia Lee will be a Visiting Student at the University of Oxford at Lady Margaret Hall (one of Oxford’s 45 colleges).
She applied to study at the University of Oxford through Arcadia University, one of Iowa State’s affiliated study abroad institutions. Arcadia sent her application directly to the Visiting Student department at Lady Margaret Hall, which is the specific college she decided to apply to. The application process involved submitting about 25 pages of written academic … Continue reading Lydia Lee will be a Visiting Student at the University of Oxford at Lady Margaret Hall (one of Oxford’s 45 colleges).
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ALT team of researchers are awarded an LAS Seed Grant for Social Sciences
This fall, an amazing team of researchers is hoping to begin the process of creating an automatic pronunciation assessment tool to help identify both speech disorders and second-language learning difficulties in children, thus bridging a gap between speech–language pathology and second-language instruction. On the team, we have three professors, Evgeny Chukharev-Hudilainen, John Levis, and Gary … Continue reading ALT team of researchers are awarded an LAS Seed Grant for Social Sciences