Department of English
In the first half of the second week of the profile module (when students are brainstorming people to interview/week six), Natalie Meyer, Associate Teaching Professor, shows her students an interview with the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and analyzes Stone Phillips’ interview skills. She asks students to discuss what they can learn from the interview to … Continue reading ENGL 150 Teaching Tip: Profile
Carina Collet Fatemeh Dehghanian What do you wish your students knew about you? Carina: I wish that my students knew how much I enjoy it when they stop by my office hours! Fatemeh: I am more playful than they are! What one word would your students use to describe you? Carina: Hopefully “passionate” Fatemeh: … Continue reading New TA Q&A: Collet & Dehghanian
Dr. Manisha Sharma’s favorite teaching moments are those when she actually fades into the background, with her students becoming the center of the classroom, overtaken by student learning. “It could be anyone else teaching that content, it shouldn’t matter; what should be paramount is the learning that’s happening and the engagement of students,” says Manisha, … Continue reading Instructor Spotlight: Dr. Sharma Leads with Gratitude, Relevance & A Focus on Her Students
Dear all, The more I hear about machines, the more I want to connect with people. Don’t get me wrong—I’m excited to learn how tools like ChatGPT might support the work of teaching writing and learning to write. But, for me, humans are at the center of our work. And isn’t writing one of the … Continue reading Letter from the Director
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
At the end of March, we’ll be welcoming Michael Walsh to the ISU campus as part of the MFA program’s Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series on Thursday, March 30th. This event is a double-decker: Walsh will be offering a craft talk at 2pm, followed by a lecture at 7:30pm. We’ll hear about his writing practice, … Continue reading Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series : Lecture with Michael Walsh — Rescheduled
At the end of March, we’ll be welcoming Michael Walsh to the ISU campus as part of the MFA program’s Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series on Thursday, March 30th. This event is a double-decker: Walsh will be offering a craft talk at 2pm, followed by a lecture at 7pm. We’ll hear about his writing practice, … Continue reading Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series : Craft talk with Michael Walsh — Rescheduled
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
The RPC area group is pleased to announce its first colloquium of the semester. This session may be of particular interest to instructors of ENGL 302: Business Communication or 314: Technical Communication. The attached flyer lists the speakers and the journal articles they will present, as well as the logistical details.