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

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Emily Dux Speltz Wins the Graduate Service Leadership Award

Congratulations! Emily Dux Speltz (ALT) is the recipient of the English Department’s Graduate Service Leadership Award (awarded by the English… Read More

A team of researchers, including Rochelle Zuck, have been awarded an NHPRC-MELLON Grant

A multicenter team has been awarded a National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC)-MELLON planning grant for collaborative digital editions in African American, Asian American,… Read More

Melissa Sevigny, CWE Alumna, wins National Outdoor Book Award in History

Melissa Sevigny, a Creative Writing and the Environment alumna (English ’13) won the National Outdoor Book Award in History.  It has also appears on the longlist… Read More

Congratulations!
The Department of English recognizes graduate student excellence in teaching

Congratulations to the following graduate students!   Recipients of the Graduate College Teaching Excellence Awards (TEA) by the Graduate Studies Committee for Fall 2023   Teaching… Read More

Linda Shenk is a principal investigator in a $6 million community engagement and climate adaptation project

Kristie Franz William Gutowski Antonio Arenas Amado Linda Shenk is a principal investigator in a $6 million community engagement and climate adaptation project funded by… Read More

NEW TA Q&A

Ali Ebrahimpourlighvani Makenzie Van Maanen                         1. What do you wish your students knew… Read More