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Undergraduate Students Present at the North American Review 50 Writing Conference

A panel of undergraduate students presented at the North American Review 50 Writing Conference on April 21, titled, “Fierce and Phenomenal: Multi-modal and Nonlinear Stories from ISU’s Write Like a Woman course”. The students read their own work they wrote in the class. Those presenting were (L-R) Mallory Gunther (Engl and WGS majors), Kalli Baker … Continue reading Undergraduate Students Present at the North American Review 50 Writing Conference

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Assistant Professor Jim Ranalli helping to expand access to writing enhancement tool

Since fall 2018, Assistant Professor Jim Ranalli has been leading a Miller Faculty Fellowship funded project to pilot the use of Grammarly, an online writing enhancement tool, with more than 1,000 students in writing-focused and writing-intensive courses across campus. He is now consulting on a new initiative funded by the Computation Advisory Committee to pilot Grammarly … Continue reading Assistant Professor Jim Ranalli helping to expand access to writing enhancement tool

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TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching Receives 2019 Prose Award

The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching, in which Drs. Beckett and Slater have an entry on project-based language learning and technology, was awarded the 2019 Prose Award for Best Multi-Volume Reference in the Humanities by the Association of American Publishers.  The Prose Award recognizes the best of professional and scholarly publishing in 58 categories.

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Professor Emeritus Wins Distinguished Achievement Award

Professor Emeritus Dan Douglas was awarded the Cambridge English Language Assessment/International Language Testing Association (ILTA) 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award. Since his retirement in 2009, Dan continues to be active and among other work, conducts research on the assessment of language ability in specific academic and professional contexts, the effect of context on second language acquisition … Continue reading Professor Emeritus Wins Distinguished Achievement Award

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Emily Grzywacz Presents at MLA Conference

Emily Grzywacz, MA student in English Literature, presented her paper, “Echoing Trauma between Body and Place in Beloved“, at the 2019 MLA Annual Convention January 3-6, 2019 in Chicago. The panel, Polluted, Revolting, Alien Nature: An Ecohorror Roundtable, was sponsored by ASLE. Emily stated, “The 2019 MLA Annual Convention provided me with invaluable opportunities to … Continue reading Emily Grzywacz Presents at MLA Conference