NDSU English Department Achievements 2013-2014

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The North Dakota State University English Department excelled in research, teaching, service, and leadership during the 2013-2014 academic year. Noteworthy accomplishments include publications, presentations, grants, awards, and initiatives aimed at enhancing student learning and curriculum development.


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  1. FALL 2014 ENGLISH FALL 2014 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEETING DEPARTMENT MEETING North Dakota State University August 25, 2014 1

  2. NDSU English Department NDSU English Department Promotion and Tenure: Associate Professor and Tenure: Kelly Sassi Verena Theile Full Professor: Betsy Birmingham Amy Rupiper Taggart 2

  3. NDSU English Department NDSU English Department New Initiatives in the Department NWP: Red River Valley Writing Project Kelly Sassi, Director http://rrvwp.blogspot.com/ MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the US Gary Totten, Editor-in-Chief Kaylee Jangula Mootz, Managing Editor Sarah Beck, Copy Editor Meghan Perry, Proofreader http://melus.oxfordjournals.org/ 3

  4. NDSU English Department NDSU English Department 2013-14 Highlights: Research/Scholarly/Creative Activities: Peer Reviewed Publications (published or accepted): National or International Invited Presentations: Juried Presentations: New Grants: 36 7 28 14 @ $144,997 Teaching: Strong assessment practices, revealing good levels of student learning and leading to discussion about needed curriculum revision. Interdisciplinary and international teaching initiatives (Transatlantic and Pacific Project, AHSS Learning Communities, Women & Gender Studies) 4

  5. NDSU English Department NDSU English Department 2013-14 Highlights: Service and Leadership: Betsy Birmingham, Associate Dean Amy Rupiper Taggart, Director of General Education National and International boards and committees Awards: Amy Rupiper Taggart: AHSS Outstanding Research Award (Honorable Mention: Andrew Mara, Bruce Maylath, Verena Theile) Amy Rupiper Taggart: AHSS Outstanding Educator Award Kelly Sassi: AHSS Outstanding Service Award (Honorable Mention: Emily Wicktor) and Honorable Mention AHSS Teaching Award Miriam Mara, Clifford Canku, Louise Hanson Dittmer: Tapestry of Diverse Talents Linda Helstern, Adam Goldwyn, Verena Theile, Amy Rupiper Taggart: Green & Golden Globe Diversity Award Dale Sullivan: Department Vogel Teaching Award MK Laughlin: NDSU Dissertation Fellowship Massimo Verzella: AHSS Outstanding Graduate Research Award Tatjana Schell and Gina Kruschek: Department Graduate Teaching Awards MK Laughlin and Matt Warner: Department Graduate Student Paper Awards 5

  6. NDSU English Department NDSU English Department New Visiting Assistant Professors: Kelly Cameron, Rhetoric/Composition & WPA Daniel Hutchins, Early American Literature New Lecturers: Anastassiya Andrianova Elizabeth Ecker 6

  7. NDSU English Department NDSU English Department New Adjunct Instructors: Sarah Beck Mitzi Brunsdale Ryan Christiansen Justin Giroux Alyson Guthrie K.C. Hanson Gretchen Junglas Cody Kaser Jamee Larson Scott Norenberg 7

  8. NDSU English Department NDSU English Department New Graduate Student Instructors: Anthony Albright (PhD) Phillip Bode (PhD) Amber Fetch (PhD) Erika Dyk (MA) Nesreen El Doliefy (MA) Heather Flute (MA) Emilee Ruhland (MA) Sarah Silvernail (MA) Jesse Wagner (MA) 8

  9. NDSU English Department NDSU English Department Office Procedures: http://www.ndsu.edu/english/office_procedures/ Part-time Admin. Assistant: Megan Babel: megan.n.babel@ndsu.edu 9

  10. Maintaining a Collegial Environment Maintaining a Collegial Environment 1. Encouragement Encouragement helps us do our best work. Let s take time to recognize and express appreciation to our colleagues for their good work. 2. Support Let s make an effort to be the type of colleague who listens to and helps a peer when it would be easier to focus on our own responsibilities and projects. 10

  11. Maintaining a Collegial Environment Maintaining a Collegial Environment 3. Collaboration As we collaborate on committees and in other settings, let s cultivate a sense of understanding and goodwill, be willing to respectfully challenge one another when necessary, and support the results of our collective decision-making. 4. Rapport Let s find ways to build rapport with one another based on our interests both inside and outside of academe. 11

  12. Maintaining a Collegial Environment Maintaining a Collegial Environment 5. Risk and Opportunity Let s be willing to venture outside our own projects and areas of interest to explore common goals and forge new connections with our department, college, and university colleagues. 6. Guidance Let s be the kind of colleague who challenges others to grow as professionals and who helps others find the positive in situations when they have lost hope or are filled with self-doubt. Let s also be wise and humble enough to reach out and ask others for help when we need it. 12

  13. Maintaining a Collegial Environment Maintaining a Collegial Environment 7. Live Your Definition No matter our position within the department structure, let s consider our definition of a good colleague and then strive for it. 13

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