Category: English

Department of English

CATEGORIES: Alumni News, Creative Writing, Department News

Melissa Sevigny, CWE Alumna, wins National Outdoor Book Award in History

Melissa Sevigny, a Creative Writing and the Environment alumna (English ’13) won the National Outdoor Book Award in History.  It has also appears on the longlist for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon The … Continue reading Melissa Sevigny, CWE Alumna, wins National Outdoor Book Award in History

CATEGORIES: ALT, Applied Linguistics, Department Events

6th LINGUISTICS CHALLENGE

After a 4-year hiatus, brought to us by the pandemic, the ISU Linguistics Challenge is returning on Thursday November 16. The Linguistics Challenge, started by Greta Muller Levis when she served as the advisor for the Linguistics program, is our recruiting event in which high school students from around Iowa visit ISU to learn about … Continue reading 6th LINGUISTICS CHALLENGE

November 16, 2023, 8:30am-2:00pm | Great Hall, Memorial Union
CATEGORIES: Foundation Courses

NEW TA Q&A

                        1. What do you wish your students knew about you? Ali Ebrahimpourlighvani, MA, TESL: My students are my inspiration to follow my dreams. Makenzie Van Maanen, MA, RCPC: That I am really excited to answer their questions, and I want them to succeed … Continue reading NEW TA Q&A

CATEGORIES: Foundation Courses

Spotlight

Exploring Media Literacy, Rhetoric, and Composition with Joshua Taylor A first-year term lecturer in Iowa State University’s ISUComm Foundation Communication and Advanced Communication courses, Joshua Taylor’s approach to instruction, pedagogy, and technology integration is consistently driven by ideas of expression and media literacy; his research interests include the social and cultural implication of knowledge formation … Continue reading Spotlight

CATEGORIES: Foundation Courses

UP NEXT IN ENGL 250

End-of-Semester As the semester draws to a close, Amy Walton recommends dedicating some time to frame course evaluations for students. Student ratings of teaching are often criticized as a means of evaluation. They reflect individual students’ thoughts and biases and therefore do not paint a full picture of the classroom experience. However, they have use … Continue reading UP NEXT IN ENGL 250

CATEGORIES: Foundation Courses

Up Next in ENGL 150

Module 3B Multimodal Remix Presentation Lesson by Katheryn Anderson Lesson Objectives:  This lesson aims to help students develop their presentation ideas, consider what content they might include in their 3B presentation, and engage in a desensitization process that will build their comfort level when speaking in front of their peers. Additionally, students can gain a … Continue reading Up Next in ENGL 150

CATEGORIES: Foundation Courses

Director’s Letter

Dear all, As decidedly uncool as it is, I love a good greatest hits album. George Strait’s 50 Number Ones has kept me company on more than one long, solo road trip. A quick search for “greatest hits” in my music library returns mostly 90’s country. This makes sense to me, considering that I listened … Continue reading Director’s Letter

CATEGORIES: Foundation Courses

Director’s Letter

Like so many other elder millennials who grew up in the US, I consider The Goonies a formative cultural artifact. I grew up with an older brother and older cousins I desperately wanted to imitate and impress, so I watched the movie with them despite how frightening I found several scenes. The Goonies isn’t a … Continue reading Director’s Letter

CATEGORIES: Foundation Courses

A Chat with Cath Engstrom, Friend of the Ag Community

Catherine “Cath” Engstrom started teaching at Iowa State in January of 2012, and has been teaching ISUComm Foundation Courses for the past eleven years. She obtained her undergraduate degree from ISU and later moved on to Purdue for graduate work.  Cath has a rich and storied 24-year teaching background, her classrooms ranging from high schools … Continue reading A Chat with Cath Engstrom, Friend of the Ag Community