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Congratulations to the 2023 Department of English LAS Award Winners

Congratulations and thank you for all of your hard work! Lesley Bartlett – LAS Award for Early Achievement in Teaching. This award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding teaching performance unusually early in their professional careers. Tina Coffelt – LAS International Service Award. This award recognizes ISU faculty for outstanding international service, in terms of teaching, … Continue reading Congratulations to the 2023 Department of English LAS Award Winners

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Department of English graduate students recognized for their outstanding service

The Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student Award recognizes the contributions of students who show a pattern of service throughout their degree programs at Iowa State University. Service may include (but is not limited to) activities such as volunteering to assist in events/conferences, serving on department and university committees, administering student groups/clubs, participating in student … Continue reading Department of English graduate students recognized for their outstanding service

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The Department of English recognizes graduate student excellence in teaching and research

Congratulations to the following graduate students!   Recipients of the Graduate College Research Excellence Awards (REA) and/or Teaching Excellence Awards (TEA) by the Graduate Studies Committee for Spring 2023   Research Excellence Awards Spring 2023  Bejamin DuBow     CWE         K. L. Cook, Major Prof Zoë Fay-Stindt      CWE      Debra Marquart, Major Prof Kristin Terrill         ALT          Elena Cotos, Major Prof   … Continue reading The Department of English recognizes graduate student excellence in teaching and research

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Undergraduate researchers shine this spring

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ labs and classrooms were abuzz this spring as faculty-sponsored research projects were implemented by the latest recipients of the LAS Dean’s High Impact Award for Undergraduate Research. Twenty undergraduate students from across LAS were selected to participate in this semester’s cohort. Following is a look at some of the groundbreaking … Continue reading Undergraduate researchers shine this spring

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ENGL 222X: Artificial Intelligence and Writing

Unleash Your Creativity with AI Are you ready to unleash your creativity and explore the limitless possibilities of Artificial Intelligence in writing? Introducing ENGL 222X: Artificial Intelligence and Writing, a new experimental course that will transform how you think about writing, thinking, and content creation. Join us this fall and embark on a journey to … Continue reading ENGL 222X: Artificial Intelligence and Writing

CATEGORIES: Applied Linguistics, Department News, Graduate Student News

Agata Guskaroska receives a 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant Award

Agata Guskaroska is a recipient of the 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant Award for her project “Exploring educators and students’ technology acceptance through the lenses of the TAM model”. The aim of this study is to explore the factors that influence acceptance of an ASR tool for pronunciation learning by investigating educators’ and students’ perspectives and experiences … Continue reading Agata Guskaroska receives a 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant Award

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Linda Shenk Received a $100,000 Collaborative Planning Grant

Linda Shenk is part of the transdisciplinary team to receive a $100,000 Collaborative Planning Grant from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). Shenk is one of the Lead PIs of a research team that involves over 30 researchers from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. The team will be collaborating with tribal communities and women … Continue reading Linda Shenk Received a $100,000 Collaborative Planning Grant

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Ananda Muhammad awarded a Graduate Student Research Grant

Congratulations Ananda Muhammad! Below is her dissertation title and a brief description of the study: Designing an interaction-oriented diagnostic assessment of L2 pragmatic competence: An evidence-centered design approach This dissertation study seeks to develop an empirically based diagnostic assessment of L2 pragmatic competence, the ability to recognize and express communicative functions effectively and appropriately in … Continue reading Ananda Muhammad awarded a Graduate Student Research Grant