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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, Hispanic American, and Native American history and ethnic studies The team will receive $118,948 to support planning for its collaborative digital edition project, Literary Voyager or Ojibwe Muzzeniegun, based on a manuscript … Continue reading A team of researchers, including Rochelle Zuck, have been awarded an NHPRC-MELLON Grant

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 for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon The … Continue reading Melissa Sevigny, CWE Alumna, wins National Outdoor Book Award in History

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 Excellence Awards Spring 2023 Febriana Lestari   ALT    Emily Dux Speltz, Nominator Thomas Elliott        ALT       Sarah Huffman, Nominator   The recipients receive a certificate and honor cord from … Continue reading The Department of English recognizes graduate student excellence in teaching

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Linda Shenk is a Principal Investigator in a $6 million community engagement and climate adaptation project

Linda Shenk is a Principal Investigator in a $6 million community engagement and climate adaptation project funded by the US Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the Central Midwest states of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. The project, housed at the University of Iowa, involves researchers from ISU and … Continue reading Linda Shenk is a Principal Investigator in a $6 million community engagement and climate adaptation project

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The Department of English continues its collaboration with John Deere

This past summer, faculty from Iowa State University’s Department of English helped high school apprentices in welding and machinery at John Deere sharpen their writing and speaking skills through a five-week, in-person communications training course called the High School Registered Apprenticeship Program (HRAP). This was a continuation of the collaboration between Iowa State and the … Continue reading The Department of English continues its collaboration with John Deere

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Ananda Muhammad is awarded a TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant

Ananda Muhammad is awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Grant  from The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF). Ananda is a doctoral candidate in applied linguistics and technology. Her dissertation investigates the construct of interactional pragmatics in the U.S. university setting through the development and administration of a diagnostic assessment. Her work has been presented … Continue reading Ananda Muhammad is awarded a TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant

Debra Marquart has a new collection published this August

Gratitude with Dogs under Stars features selections from Debra Marquart’s three collections of lyric poetry (Small Buried Things, New Rivers Press 2015; From Sweetness, Pearl Editions 2001; and Everything’s a Verb, New Rivers Press 1995) and adds 21 new poems to round out the experience. Beginning with the new poems, the collection travels back through Marquart’s illustrious … Continue reading Debra Marquart has a new collection published this August