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Department of English
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Godwin Agboka is scheduled to give a research presentation on November 18th
Dr. Godwin Agboka will be giving a presentation titled “Injustice and Privilege in Technical Communication: Social Justice Strategies for Programmatic Development” on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Because of restrictions on large gatherings, his talk will be delivered through Webex. Dr. Godwin Agbokais an Assistant Professor of Technical and Professional Communication at the University of Houston … Continue reading Godwin Agboka is scheduled to give a research presentation on November 18th
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Christina V. Cedillo is scheduled to give a research presentation on October 7th
Christina Cedillo will be presenting “Contesting Monstrous Representations: Latinx Multimodal Rhetorics of Resistance” on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. Because of restrictions on large gatherings, her talk will be presented through Webex. Christina V. Cedillo is an assistant professor of writing and rhetoric at the University of Houston-Clear Lake where she teaches first year and advanced … Continue reading Christina V. Cedillo is scheduled to give a research presentation on October 7th
Idée Edalatishams Has Won a Language Learning Dissertation Grant
The Language Learning Dissertation Grant is a $2,000 award aimed at facilitating the research work of doctoral candidates in the language sciences. The grant is awarded to the top-10 applicants twice a year, based on the strength of their research design and its relevance to ongoing research in the language sciences and their potential to make … Continue reading Idée Edalatishams Has Won a Language Learning Dissertation Grant
CATEGORIES: ALT, Department News
Department faculty teach 16,305 participants in the Using Educational Technology in the English Language Classroom course!
We are pleased to announce that the Iowa State University-developed Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Using Educational Technology in the English Language Classroom (https://www.openenglishprograms.org/MOOC) ended for 16,305 participants on July 27, 2020. This MOOC was offered as part of the Online Professional English Network (OPEN), which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State … Continue reading Department faculty teach 16,305 participants in the Using Educational Technology in the English Language Classroom course!
John Levis & Evgeny Chukharev-Hudilainen Receive NSF Grant
Please join us in congratulating our colleagues John Levis & Evgeny Chukharev-Hudilainen on receiving funding from the National Science Foundation for their project titled “Collaborative Research: Adaptive explicit and implicit feedback in second language pronunciation training”. Iowa State and Texas A&M Universities are collaborating to develop an automated training system that provides implicit and explicit … Continue reading John Levis & Evgeny Chukharev-Hudilainen Receive NSF Grant
Dr. Charissa Menefee is a 2020/2021 EST/Sloan Project Commission Recipient
Dr. Charissa Menefee is a 2020/2021 EST/Sloan Project Commission Recipient for her work Iowa Enemy. “Off-Broadway’s Ensemble Studio Theatre, in collaboration with The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, has announced the recipients of the EST/Sloan commissions for the upcoming season. Begun in 1998, the EST/Sloan Project is an initiative designed to stimulate artists to create credible … Continue reading Dr. Charissa Menefee is a 2020/2021 EST/Sloan Project Commission Recipient
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Fulton course earns QM certification
Associate teaching professor Katharine Fulton‘s English 302: Business Communication course was certified in June in the national Quality Matters program that recognizes excellence in online course design. External reviewers measure a course against eight standards in the certification process. Fulton’s course is the first English course at Iowa State to be certified and the fourth course overall (2020 QM certified courses … Continue reading Fulton course earns QM certification
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New Books by Literature Area Faculty
Jeremy Withers and Justin Remes have published two new books. Futuristic Cars and Space Bicycles Contesting the Road in American Science Fiction Jeremy Withers Liverpool University Press Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies LUP The first book to examine the history of representations of automobiles and bicycles in American science fiction Explores authors who appeal … Continue reading New Books by Literature Area Faculty
CATEGORIES: Applied Linguistics, Department News
Carol Chapelle is the 2020 recipient of the Test Validity Research and Evaluation Award for a Senior Scholar
From Angel Arias — “On behalf of the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Special Interest Group (SIG), Test Validity Research and Evaluation, I am pleased to announce that Distinguished Professor Carol A. Chapelle has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the Test Validity Research and Evaluation Award for a Senior Scholar. Dr. Chapelle was … Continue reading Carol Chapelle is the 2020 recipient of the Test Validity Research and Evaluation Award for a Senior Scholar