Department News

MFA Alum, John Linstrom edits Centennial Edition of Liberty Hyde Bailey’s landmark agrarian manifesto, The Holy Earth: The Birth of a New Land Ethic
MFA Alum, John Linstrom edits Centennial Edition of Liberty Hyde Bailey’s landmark agrarian manifesto, The Holy Earth: The Birth of a New Land Ethic, published by Counterpoint… Read More

December 1, 2015
2014 MFA Alum Lindsay Tigue
MFA Alum, Lindsay Tigue receives the 2015 Iowa Poetry Prize for her poetry collection, System of Ghosts, forthcoming from University of Iowa Press in 2016. Lindsay… Read More

December 1, 2015
2014 MFA Alum Lindsay Tigue receives the 2015 Iowa Poetry Prize
MFA Alum, Lindsay Tigue receives the 2015 Iowa Poetry Prize for her poetry collection, System of Ghosts, forthcoming from University of Iowa Press in 2016. Read More

December 1, 2015
Sarah Chase Cosby and Brenda Tyrrell, MA graduate students in English, present at Midwest Popular Culture Association
In early October, Sarah Chase Crosby and Brenda Tyrrell presented papers at the Midwest Popular Culture Association annual conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. The papers were… Read More

November 23, 2015
Rachel Murdock and Matt Baker Present Study on Narratives of Job Loss
Rachel Murdock and Matt Baker, Ph.D. students in the Rhetoric and Professional Communication program, presented their study on Narratives of Job Loss at the… Read More

November 19, 2015
New edition of Paul Errington’s Of Wilderness and Wolves
Matthew Sivils announced that his new edition of Paul Errington’s Of Wilderness and Wolves has now been published by the University of Iowa Press. Read More

November 17, 2015
Langenberg awarded the 2015 Louisville Literary Arts and Blue Mesa Review prose contest
Christiana Louisa Langenberg’s work has been chosen for the Louisville Literary Arts & Blue Mesa Review prose contest this year. Langenberg will receive $500… Read More

November 17, 2015
Blakely published in College Teaching
Barb Blakely, associate professor and member of rhetoric and professional communication, was recently published in College Teaching. The article, Pedagogical Technology Experiences of Successful Late-Career… Read More

November 2, 2015
“Crossing the Academic Border” Q and A With Jennifer Musgrove, WLC Spanish Teaching Assistant
“Crossing the Academic Border” Q and A With Jennifer Musgrove, WLC Spanish Teaching Assistant November 2, 2015 Jennifer Musgrove just completed her first year in… Read More

November 2, 2015
Orion magazine names Iowa State MFA student as new reviews editor
Award-winning essayist and poet Taylor Brorby has been named Orion‘s new reviews editor. His work has appeared in High Country News, Canary, Written River, and many others. Taylor speaks… Read More

October 29, 2015
Emeritus University Professor of English Neil Nakadate named 2015 Iowa Author by Des Moines Public Library Foundation
Emeritus University Professor of English Neil Nakadate has been named a 2015 Iowa Author by the Des Moines Public Library Foundation, and he will be… Read More

October 19, 2015
John Levis co-editor for The Handbook of English Pronunciation (published in 2015 by Wiley Blackwell)
John Levis was co-editor for The Handbook of English Pronunciation (published in 2015 by Wiley Blackwell). The Handbook contains 28 chapters (530 pages) on different aspects of… Read More

October 16, 2015
Jean Goodwin and Linda Shenk Awarded Funding from VPR’s Office
Linda Shenk and Jean Goodwin are part of a 9-member team at ISU that received a one-year $50,000 grant from the VPR’s office with additional… Read More

October 2, 2015
Educational Testing Service Grant Awarded to Elena Cotos for 2015-17
Elena Cotos, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics & Technology, received a grant from the Educational Testing Service recently for 2015-17. The project is titled “Domain… Read More

October 1, 2015
Poetry Reading with author Xavier Cavazos
Xavier Cavazos, a 2013 graduate of Iowa State’s MFA Program in Creative Writing and the Environment, will read from his new book of poetry, Diamond Grove… Read More

September 30, 2015
Carol Chapelle awarded grant from Educational Testing Service
Carol Chapelle and Amy Hutchison (Associate Professor in the School of Education) received a two-year $120,000 grant from Educational Testing Service to conduct foundational research… Read More

September 28, 2015
Re)discovering S(h)elves Exhibit includes work from three English majors
The current exhibit in the Christian Petersen Museum in Morrill Hall includes some fascinating art(ists) and media from ISU’s permanent collection. It posits several questions:… Read More

September 4, 2015
Premiere Issue of Journal of Second Language Pronunciation Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
John Levis, professor of applied linguistics, is the editor of a new international scholarly publication hosted by Iowa State University. The Journal of Second Language Pronunciation is… Read More

May 5, 2015
Brianna Burke Awarded LAS Cassling Family Faculty Award for Early Achievement in Teaching
Assistant Professor, Brianna Burke, was awarded in addition to the ISU award for early achievement in teaching, The LAS Cassling Family Faculty Award for early achievement in… Read More

May 5, 2015
Margaret Johnson Book Wins 2015 Vignette Collection Award
Margaret Johnson, Lecturer, received news that her second book won the 2015 Vignette Collection Award and is forthcoming from Vine Leaves Press. Read More

May 5, 2015