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Congratulations Spring 2024 Graduate & Undergraduate Award Winners!

Critical Literary Analysis Writing Award Awarded to an undergraduate or a graduate student for a single piece of critical exposition originally written for an English course at Iowa State University Malcolm Wei Cross-Disciplinary Linguistics Scholarship Awarded annually to one student majoring in linguistics for exceptional academic performance Nora Carlson Laura Dupuis EnglQueer Outreach Award An annual award for … Continue reading Congratulations Spring 2024 Graduate & Undergraduate Award Winners!

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Congratulations, Graduates!

Congratulations to the following graduate students in the Department of English who will receive their M.A., M.F.A., or Ph.D. degrees in Spring 2024!

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K.L. Cook is a 2024 recipient of the Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award!

This award is a reflection of K.L. Cook’s commitment to Iowa State, his professional reputation, and his esteem among peers. This award was established in 1985 by Margaret Ellen White to show her appreciation for excellent guidance and encouragement of graduate students. This award was founded to recognize a member of the graduate faculty who has demonstrated … Continue reading K.L. Cook is a 2024 recipient of the Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award!

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Angela Hakim has been selected for an English Language Specialist project

The U.S. Department of State announced the selection of Angela Hakim, a lecturer in the Department of English, for an English Language Specialist project focusing on curriculum development, English language teacher, and English medium instruction (EMI) lecturer development in Japan at Kumamoto University. She is part of a select group, as her project is one … Continue reading Angela Hakim has been selected for an English Language Specialist project

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Joan Chamberlin & Josh Taylor are the 2024 ISUComm Award winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 ISUComm awards. Joan Chamberlin We are pleased to announce Joan Chamberlin, 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 for their teaching excellence and teaching innovation in our ISUComm courses. Awardee receives … Continue reading Joan Chamberlin & Josh Taylor are the 2024 ISUComm Award winners

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The Department of English recognizes graduate student excellence in teaching and research for Spring 2024

Congratulations to the following graduate students! Recipients of the Graduate College Research Excellence Awards (REA) and/or Teaching Excellence Awards (TEA) by the Graduate Studies Committee Spring 2024 Research Excellence Awards Spring 2024 Abdulrahman Alharthi ALT Gary Ockey, Major Professor Jessica Brock CWE Charissa … Continue reading The Department of English recognizes graduate student excellence in teaching and research for Spring 2024

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Evgeny Chukharev & Emily Dux Speltz received a grant from the National Science Foundation

Evgeny Chukharev (PI) and Emily Dux Speltz (Co-PI) received a $50,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to organize a workshop on how humans and artificial intelligence systems comprehend and generate written language. Workshop participants will discuss their current research, identify key challenges, explore possible solutions, and map future research directions. Through dialogue between the cognitive, … Continue reading Evgeny Chukharev & Emily Dux Speltz received a grant from the National Science Foundation

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Summer Awad named a Fulbright Award winner

Summer Awad, a third year Creative Writing and the Environment MFA student from Knoxville, Tennessee, has been named a Fulbright Award winner for the 2024-25 academic year. She will be teaching English at the university level in Morocco. “I am grateful to have the opportunity to go back to Morocco after spending time there last … Continue reading Summer Awad named a Fulbright Award winner

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Emily Dux Speltz Wins the Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student Award

Congratulations! Emily Dux Speltz (ALT) is the recipient of the English Department’s Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student Award (awarded by the English Graduate Studies Committee Fall 2023). The English department provides a certificate and honor cord to be worn at the graduation ceremony.