Kate Challis Graduate Student [ENGL]Kate Challis has a BA in French Teaching and a minor in TESOL K-12 (BYU ’09) and an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics (ISU '22). She speaks English, French, Arabic, and Czech and is...
Abdulrahman Alharthi Graduate Student [ENGL]Abdulrahman Alharthi is a PhD student in the Applied Linguistics and Technology program at Iowa State University. He has a bachelor's degree in English Language from King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia and a master's degree in Applied Linguistics from...
Virginia Kovach Lecturer [ENGL]Virginia Kovach is a native Midwesterner, having lived in either Wisconsin or Iowa my entire life. I write fiction as well as poetry. I write to shine a light on the people and other forms of life who we tend...
Ryan Everett Graduate Assistant [ENGL]Ryan Everett is a product of Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in 2007 and went onto to Wartburg College, where he earned a BA in Secondary English Education. Since, he has long-term subbed for several years...
Zoë Zawadzki Graduate Assistant [ENGL]Zoe Zawadzki is a PhD student in the Applied Linguistics and Technology program at Iowa State University. Her research interests include pronunciation, specifically intelligibility and suprasegmentals, and computer-assisted language learning, especially the integration of technology into pronunciation teaching. Zoe is...
Taylor Sklenar Graduate Assistant [A&BE]Taylor Sklenar is a playwright, poet, and theatre artist pursuing his MFA in Creative Writing and the Environment. He received his Bachelors’ degrees in chemistry, English, and performing arts from ISU and his MA in Theatre from the University of...
Emily Riley-Smith Lecturer [ENGL]Emily Riley worked in Hyogo, Japan as an English teacher before joining ISU's Creative Writing and Environment program. She experienced intersections of language and culture firsthand. For the first time in a long time, she was illiterate, and she had...
Chris Nuttall Graduate Assistant [ENGL]Chris Nuttall is a PhD student in the Applied Linguistics and Technology (ALT) program. He is the recipient of three degrees from Brigham Young University, including a BA in Portuguese, a BA in Philosophy, and an MA in TESOL. Before...
Sebnem Kurt Graduate Assistant [G COL]Sebnem Kurt is a Ph.D. student in Applied Linguistics and Technology Program (ALT) at Iowa State University. She holds an MA in TEFL from Bilkent University in Turkey. She is a former Fulbright scholar and a TESOL certificate holder from...
Alana Jones AffiliateAlana Jones is passionate about corn, a gas station pizza enthusiast and eager to try deep fried butter at the prestigious Iowa State Fair. This California native completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa in genetics and also...