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Debra Marquart Receives LAS Dean’s Faculty Fellow in the Arts, Named Distinguished Professor

Professor Debra Marquart received the 2019-2020 Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Faculty Fellow in the Arts.  This award is designed to further enhance the visibility and reputation of high-performing faculty in the creative and performing arts. Professor Marquart was also named Distinguished Professor, which is awarded for exemplary performance in research and/or creative activities as … Continue reading Debra Marquart Receives LAS Dean’s Faculty Fellow in the Arts, Named Distinguished Professor

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Matt Sivils Receives LAS Dean’s Professorship

Professor Matthew W. Sivils received a Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Professorship, a rare and prestigious award honoring his excellent work as a nationally recognized scholar in early American literature, American Gothic, and its relations to environmental studies. Congratulations, Dr. Sivils!

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Undergraduate Students Present at the North American Review 50 Writing Conference

A panel of undergraduate students presented at the North American Review 50 Writing Conference on April 21, titled, “Fierce and Phenomenal: Multi-modal and Nonlinear Stories from ISU’s Write Like a Woman course”. The students read their own work they wrote in the class. Those presenting were (L-R) Mallory Gunther (Engl and WGS majors), Kalli Baker … Continue reading Undergraduate Students Present at the North American Review 50 Writing Conference

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Assistant Professor Jim Ranalli helping to expand access to writing enhancement tool

Since fall 2018, Assistant Professor Jim Ranalli has been leading a Miller Faculty Fellowship funded project to pilot the use of Grammarly, an online writing enhancement tool, with more than 1,000 students in writing-focused and writing-intensive courses across campus. He is now consulting on a new initiative funded by the Computation Advisory Committee to pilot Grammarly … Continue reading Assistant Professor Jim Ranalli helping to expand access to writing enhancement tool