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“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 the Iowa State University’s TESL/Applied Linguistics M.A. Program with a specialization in Teaching English to L1 Spanish Learners. In addition to her master’s coursework, Jennifer also enjoys her work as a … Continue reading “Crossing the Academic Border” Q and A With Jennifer Musgrove, WLC Spanish Teaching Assistant

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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 regularly around the country about issues related to fracking and the Bakken oil boom and is a fellow at the Black Earth Institute. His chapbook of poems, Ruin: Elegies from the … Continue reading Orion magazine names Iowa State MFA student as new reviews editor

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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 recognized at the Iowa Author Awards Dinner on October 27, 2015.  Professor Nakadate’s most recent book is Looking After Minidoka:  An American Memoir(Indiana, 2013).  Other Iowa State English Department-related writers who … Continue reading Emeritus University Professor of English Neil Nakadate named 2015 Iowa Author by Des Moines Public Library Foundation

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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 English pronunciation: history, descriptions, varieties, how it is different in connected speech than in isolated and carefully pronounced words, acquisition by children and by foreign language learners, and teaching.

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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 Description: Validating the Interpretation of TOEFL iBT® Speaking Scores for ITA Screening and Certification Purposes.” In addition to using TOEFL iBT® scores for admission purposes, English medium universities are increasingly … Continue reading Educational Testing Service Grant Awarded to Elena Cotos for 2015-17

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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 informing potential future development of English language tests using mobile-technology. The goal of the research is to complete a domain analysis paper focusing on the new language practices afforded by … Continue reading Carol Chapelle awarded grant from Educational Testing Service

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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: “How does society define identity? How do you? How do pieces of the identity puzzle such as gender, color, social class or spirituality influence our experiences? Through a diverse selection … Continue reading Re)discovering S(h)elves Exhibit includes work from three English majors