Iowa State University Department of English

06/02/2026

Congratulations to Shaya Kraut, PhD (2nd from the right) for successfully defending her dissertation Critical Agrarian Rhetoric in "The Catholic Worker." Also pictured l to r: Jo Mackiewicz, Abby Dubisar, and Craig Rood.

05/28/2026

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05/26/2026

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05/22/2026

Lilian Atchison, a graduating senior double-majoring in English and Women’s and Gender Studies with a minor in Environmental Studies presented her Honors project last Wednesday. She completed her project under the advising of Professor Linda Shenk.

Way to go, Lilian!🎉✨

05/22/2026

We are pleased to announce Jen McClung, Associate Teaching Professor, as this year’s recipient of the 2026 Marty Baker Graham, Ph.D., Excellence in Teaching Foundation Courses Award. This award is given annually and recognizes instructors for their teaching excellence and teaching innovation in our ISUComm Foundation courses. Awardee receives a certificate and their name is placed on the Marty Baker Graham, Ph.D., Excellence in Teaching Foundation and Advanced Communication plaque.

05/18/2026

We are pleased to announce Jessica Jorgenson Borchert, Teaching Professor, as this year’s recipient of the 2026 Marty Baker Graham, Ph.D., Excellence in Teaching Advanced Communication Courses Award. This award is given annually and recognizes instructors for their teaching excellence and teaching innovation in our ISUComm Advanced Communication courses. Awardee receives a certificate and their name is placed on the Marty Baker Graham, Ph.D., Excellence in Teaching Foundation and Advanced Communication plaque.

05/18/2026

05/15/2026

We are pleased to announce Brian Gillette, Lecturer, as this year’s recipient of the 2026 Excellence in Teaching Foundational Speech Communication Courses Award. This award is given annually and recognizes instructors for their teaching excellence and teaching innovation in our ISUComm courses. Awardee receives a certificate and their name is placed on the Excellence in Teaching Foundational Speech Communication Courses Award plaque.

04/13/2026

The most talked about literary conference in America, has gone and some of us are still cut up in the euphoria that is AWP!

So what really went down at AWP conference ? Who were we able to sight from our school ?

Maybe we will find out in the next slide?