Grad Connections Event: Assertive Communication Walk-in Session

Challenging students? Annoying office mates? Demanding partners? Whatever situation you may be facing, assertive communication tactics can guide you toward getting your needs met without… Read More

Sarah Vogel — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

SARAH VOGEL | TUESDAY, APRIL 18 The Farmer’s Lawyer | Researching & Writing a Legal Narrative April 18 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Gold… Read More

Amitav Ghosh — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

The Great Derangement: Writing and Researching Climate Change Narratives March 22 | 2:00 – 3:00  PM Room 3560 | Memorial Union    In this moderated… Read More

Yvette Nolan | The Unplugging: (Re)Writing the Apocalypse — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series

In this online event, Yvette Nolan will discuss her creative work as a playwright and theatrical director.  Ms. Nolan’s play, The Unplugging, tells the story… Read More

ENGL 250 Teaching Tip: Rhetorical Analysis

Ryan Everett, RPC Ph.D. student, pushes his students to consider the rhetorical situation with every module in ENGL 250, but… Read More

ENGL 150 Teaching Tip: Profile

In the first half of the second week of the profile module (when students are brainstorming people to interview/week six),… Read More

New TA Q&A: Collet & Dehghanian

Carina Collet Fatemeh Dehghanian What do you wish your students knew about you? Carina: I wish that my students knew how much I… Read More

Instructor Spotlight: Dr. Sharma Leads with Gratitude, Relevance & A Focus on Her Students 

Dr. Manisha Sharma’s favorite teaching moments are those when she actually fades into the background, with her students becoming the center of the… Read More

Letter from the Director

Dear all, The more I hear about machines, the more I want to connect with people. Don’t get me wrong—I’m excited… Read More

Agata Guskaroska receives a 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant Award

Agata Guskaroska is a recipient of the 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant Award for her project “Exploring educators and students’ technology acceptance through the… Read More

Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series : Lecture with Michael Walsh — Rescheduled

At the end of March, we’ll be welcoming Michael Walsh to the ISU campus as part of the MFA program’s Pearl Hogrefe Visiting… Read More

Photo of Linda Shenk "Linda Shenk Received a $100,000 Collaborative Planning Grant from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)"
Linda Shenk Received a $100,000 Collaborative Planning Grant

Linda Shenk is part of the transdisciplinary team to receive a $100,000 Collaborative Planning Grant from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). Shenk is… Read More

Photo of Ananda Muhammad and "Awarded a Graduate Student Research Grant
Ananda Muhammad awarded a Graduate Student Research Grant

Congratulations Ananda Muhammad! Below is her dissertation title and a brief description of the study: Designing an interaction-oriented diagnostic assessment of L2 pragmatic competence: An… Read More

Grad Connections Workshop

RPC Colloquium: Getting to know journal articles

The RPC area group is pleased to announce its first colloquium of the semester. This session may be of particular interest to instructors of ENGL… Read More