Department News

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
Hoyt Schmidt’s Advanced Grammar Book Published by Pearson
Advanced Grammar is a new, advanced-level grammar course that prepares English language learners for academic work. Its unique approach helps students master written grammar with the… Read More

May 4, 2015
Debra Marquart Publishes Fifth Book
Small Buried Things — Debra Marquart: Small Press Distribution. Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. Women’s Studies. Pluck, swallow, bury, drive, frack. Debra Marquart’s newest poetry ranges from… Read More

April 27, 2015
David Russell, Matthew Sivils, and Susan Yager Receive Mentoring Awards
The Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost recognizes in the spring faculty members who have demonstrated exemplary mentoring of junior faculty. David Russell,… Read More

April 17, 2015
Speech Majors Argue Immigration at First-Ever Mediacom Invitational Debate, Win Scholarships
Two LAS students demonstrated their superior debating skills at the first ever Mediacom Collegiate Invitational Debate over the weekend. Speech majors Kelly Erbes and Tim… Read More

April 15, 2015
English Literature majors Sarah Chase (WGS graduate minor) and Caroline Martin granted “First Place for Best Student Paper” award at the 2015 Biennial Women and Gender Research Conference at the University of South Dakota
From left to right: Ms. Chase, Leah E. Wilson, Dr. Schaal, Tonya Tienter, and Ms. Martin. Prof. Michèle A. Schaal presided a panel with four… Read More

April 15, 2015
Recent MFA graduate, Tegan Swanson, Announced as Winner of the 2014 Horatio Nelson Fiction Prize
Black Balloon Publishing, an imprint of the newly established Catapult, has announced Tegan Nia Swanson as the winner of the 2014 Horatio Nelson… Read More

March 23, 2015
Speech alumni makes Forbes “30 Under 30” List
One of our alumni, Ty Stafford, graduated with a degree in speech in 2011 has recently made Forbes “30 Under 30” list in the area… Read More

January 28, 2015
Professor Matthew Wynn Sivils authors new book on early-American environmental literature

September 2, 2014
Angie Mallory Representing ISU at the University Innovation Alliance meeting in Washington DC
Angie Mallory, Ph.D. graduate student in Rhetoric and Professional Communication (RPC), will be representing ISU at the University Innovation Alliance meeting in Washington DC later… Read More

September 1, 2014
Neil Nakadate Talks About His New Book “Looking After Minidoka” with KCCI’s Mollie Cooney

April 28, 2014
Six English Faculty Awarded Center of Excellence in the Arts and Humanities (CEAH) Research Grants for 2015
Brianna Burke – Dangerous Divisions: Race, Class, and Animality in Environmental Justice Fiction Barbara Haas – Nature Conquered, River Tamed: The Neva River Delta at Saint… Read More

April 28, 2014
Impact stories: Marquart writes about her month inside the Bakken oil boom

February 25, 2014
Best Dissertation of the Year Award goes to Jacob R
Recent graduate Dr. Jacob Rawlins was awarded the best dissertation of the year award at the 78th Annual International Association for Business Communication (ABC) Convention… Read More

October 23, 2013