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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

CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department News

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

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Evgeny Chukharev and Abram Anders receive a competitive $850,000 NSF grant

Evgeny Chukharev and Abram Anders, in collaboration with their colleagues in the UK and the Netherlands, have been awarded a three-year, $850,000 grant from the NSF for their research project titled “Real-time, biometric, intention-informed scaffolding of source-based writing processes.” This project builds upon the PIs’ prior research, which involved the development of novel biometric technologies … Continue reading Evgeny Chukharev and Abram Anders receive a competitive $850,000 NSF grant

CATEGORIES: Department News, Graduate Student News

The Department of English recognizes graduate student excellence in research

Congratulations to the following graduate students! Recipients of the Graduate College Research Excellence Awards (REA) by the Graduate Studies Committee for Summer 2023 Research Excellence Awards Summer 2023  Fatemeh Bordbarjavidi      ALT      Bethany Gray, Major Professor Colin Payton                      RPC      Jo Mackiewicz, Major Professor Agustinus Hardi … Continue reading The Department of English recognizes graduate student excellence in research

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Elena Cotos is working on sustainable OER and AI-based infrastructure for research writing

Elena Cotos, director, Center for Communication Excellence and associate dean for professional development, Graduate College, Iowa State University, was awarded a grant to develop Sustainable OER and AI-Based Infrastructure for Research Writing, Hers was one of four affordable course materials proposals to receive first-round funding. The projects build sustainable infrastructure to support and develop open … Continue reading Elena Cotos is working on sustainable OER and AI-based infrastructure for research writing

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Global Classroom OPEN! English faculty will teach thousands of English language teachers worldwide in this year’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

English faculty will teach thousands of English language teachers across the globe how to integrate technology in their classrooms in this year’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). We are pleased to announce that the MOOC Using Educational Technology in the English Language Classroom (https://www.openenglishprograms.org/MOOC), developed and delivered by a team in the English Department at … Continue reading Global Classroom OPEN! English faculty will teach thousands of English language teachers worldwide in this year’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)