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Department Innovations in Using Technology in the Classroom

These events show that the Department of English’s expertise is sought after to deliver training on how to use technology in the classroom. Webinar The U.S. Dept. of State asked Volker Hegelheimer to do the webinar Using Educational Technology in the English Language Classroom in part to highlight the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) we … Continue reading Department Innovations in Using Technology in the Classroom

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Emily Dux Speltz — 2020 Departmental Research Grant Award Winner

Emily Dux Speltz won the 2020 Departmental Research Grant Award for her project “The Effect of Automated Fluency Feedback on Product and Process Measures.” This project explores the potential of a computer-assisted intervention for written language production that directly encourages fluent outputting of text. It is the first study to systematically investigate automated, real-time, process-focused … Continue reading Emily Dux Speltz — 2020 Departmental Research Grant Award Winner

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Emily Riley-Smith — 2020 Departmental Research Grant Award Winner

Emily Riley-Smith won the 2020 Departmental Research Grant Award for her project “Research on Historic Arcade Street” In the small city of Shiso in Hyogo, Japan, there is an old shopping street that one neighborhood decorates for major festivals such as the Wisteria Festival and the Winter Lights Festival, drawing tourists and locals alike. During her … Continue reading Emily Riley-Smith — 2020 Departmental Research Grant Award Winner

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Samantha Cosgrove — 2020 Departmental Research Grant Award Winner

Samantha Cosgrove won the 2020 Departmental Research Grant Award Winner for her project “Hurricane Florence and disaster preparedness: Investigating risk through the intersections of technical communication and user experience.” Using interdisciplinary theories from technical communication and user experience, this project is a two-part research study exploring communication between the government and public during Hurricane Florence … Continue reading Samantha Cosgrove — 2020 Departmental Research Grant Award Winner

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Andrea Flinn was recently awarded a Critical Language Scholarship

Andrea Flinn, PhD student in the Applied Linguistics and Technology program, was recently awarded a Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic in Meknes, Morocco.  Because world events will prevent international travel this summer, she will instead be studying stateside at Middlebury College, where she’s earning her Master’s in Teaching Arabic to Speakers of Other Languages. … Continue reading Andrea Flinn was recently awarded a Critical Language Scholarship

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Roz Hirch — 2020 Departmental Research Grant Award Winner

Roz Hirch won the 2020 Departmental Research Grant Award Winner for her project “What are Students Thinking?: Development of a Diagnostic English Grammar Test for Use in an ESL Classroom” At a time when everyone seems to be developing speaking and writing tests, what place is there for a grammar test? While considerable attention in recent … Continue reading Roz Hirch — 2020 Departmental Research Grant Award Winner

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Krista Klocke interviewed by the American Society for the History of Rhetoric

Krista Klocke was interviewed by the American Society for the History of Rhetoric on her Outstanding Student Paper, “Sacred Kairos and Secular Chronos: Angelina Grimke’s Negotiation of the Temporal and Eternal in the ‘Pennsylvania Hall Address.’” She argues that understanding lessons from the history of rhetoric and applying them to current events, such as to … Continue reading Krista Klocke interviewed by the American Society for the History of Rhetoric

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Cancelled–Novotny Lawrence selected to deliver LAS Dean’s Lecture

Unfortunately this has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 partial shutdown Beate Schmittmann, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, selected Novotny Lawrence, associate professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and the Department of English, to deliver the spring 2020 LAS Dean’s Lecture. Lawrence, who studies African American research in film and … Continue reading Cancelled–Novotny Lawrence selected to deliver LAS Dean’s Lecture

March 26, 2020, 8:00pm | Great Hall, Memorial Union
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Grammarly Pilot Program

Dr. Jim Ranalli, assistant professor in the Department of English, is helping ISU students and faculty make the most of Grammarly, the online writing enhancement tool. Iowa State began a one-year pilot of Grammarly in January 2020. All students and faculty can create a premium Grammarly account by following the instructions at MyCanvas Teacher or MyCanvas Student. The $57,000 … Continue reading Grammarly Pilot Program