Archive: Sep 2025

‘Whisper networks’ don’t work as well online – women are better able to look out for each other in person
In this essay for The Conversation, Carrie Ann Johnson, assistant teaching professor of Women's and Gender Studies, discusses how women use "whisper networks" – informal channels used to warn other women about sexual harassment, abuse or assault – to keep safe in organizations.

September 30, 2025
ISU Theatre opens 2025-2026 season with Shakespeare’s timeless thriller, ‘Julius Caesar’
This staged reading of the classic play – which unfolds against the backdrop of Ancient Rome – opens Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Fisher Theater.

September 25, 2025
Stacey Weber-Fève receives honor from American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Stacey Weber-Fève, professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, was recently given the award for “Excellence in World Language Instruction Using Technology” from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

September 24, 2025
Cristina Pardo Ballester publishes chapter in Researching Generative AI in Applied Linguistics
Cristina Pardo Ballester, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, recently published a chapter, Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI: Enhancing Spanish Language Learning through Humor Translation Strategies, in the book Researching Generative AI in Applied Linguistics published by Iowa State University Digital Press. The chapter…

September 22, 2025
Iowa State University answers employer needs with new digital storytelling degree
Beginning fall 2026, Iowa State University students will be able to major in digital storytelling, a new innovative degree of the future approved by the Iowa Board of Regents on Sept. 18.

September 19, 2025
4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias
Jo Mackiewicz, professor in the Department English and a welder, reflects on whether women still battle equality in trade occupations, decades after the publication of Jean Reith Schroedel’s landmark book, "Alone in a Crowd: Women in the Trades Tell Their Stories."

September 18, 2025
Jared Anderson to present Fall ’25 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture
Jared Anderson, Alice Hudson Professor in the Department of Chemistry, will deliver the Fall 2025 LAS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture.

September 16, 2025
Elisa Rizo publishes work in Afro-Hispanic Review
Elisa Rizo, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, recently published an article that explores how Cuban artists Roberto Diago and René Peña challenge the metaphor of the ajiaco criollo—a stew-like symbol coined by Fernando Ortiz to describe Cuban identity as a harmonious blend of diverse cultural…

September 10, 2025