Author Archives: Troy Rutter

Ritwik Banerji publishes book on Free Improvisation
Ritwik Banerji, assistant professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, is currently under contract for a new book titled “Suspended Critique: The Sense of Freedom in Free Improvisation.” It will be published by Oxford University Press. The book will appear in the Critical Conjunctures in Music and Sound…

April 17, 2026
Scott Feinstein selected as a Fulbright Scholar
Scott Feinstein, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, was recently selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2026-2027 for Romania. Fulbright Scholar Awards are prestigious fellowships that offer scholars transformative opportunities to teach and conduct research abroad while strengthening their professional development and fostering long‑term connections that enrich…

April 15, 2026
Jessica Jorgenson Borchert contributes chapter in Blurred Boundaries
Jessica Jorgenson Borchert, associate teaching professor in the Department of English, has a contributed a chapter titled, “Writing as Therapy: Writing as an Academic Caregiver During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in the edited collection Blurred Boundaries: Feminist Essays on Twenty-First-Century Academic Labor, edited by Jessica Edens McCrary and Lynee Lewis Gaillet. The…

April 15, 2026
Charles Kostelnick publishes book with SUNY Press
Charles Kostelnick, Morrill Professor in the Department of English, recently published a book, “Visual Vestiges: Time, Rhetoric, and Information Design” through SUNY Press.

April 15, 2026
LAS faculty and staff honored by YWCA Ames-ISU
Several faculty and staff of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences were recently honored by the YWCA Ames-ISU for its 2026 Women of Achievement awards. The honorees include: Jennifer Rodgers – Department of Music and Theatre Carrie Ann Johnson – Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Karen Kedrowski –…

March 30, 2026
Elizabeth Swanner and students publish in Communications Earth & Environment
Elizabeth (Betsy) Swanner, professor in the Department of the Earth, Atmosphere, and Climate, recently published a paper with LAS students in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. The study found that the trace element molybdenum did not limit cyanobacteria nitrogen fixation at concentrations below 1 nanomolar. This was unexpected and…

March 16, 2026
Hugo Salgado awarded grant from the Foundation for Endangered Languages
Hugo Salgado, assistant professor in the Department: World Languages and Cultures, has been awarded a grant from the Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) to support Nawat Story Circles, a community-based language revitalization initiative in Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Witzapan), El Salvador. The project builds on Dr. Salgado’s audiovisual repository Ini…

March 16, 2026
Michael Golemo named NFHS Outstanding Music Educator Award Winner
Michael Golemo, Director of Bands and University Professor of Music, was recently selected by the National Federation of State High School Associations to receive the 2026 National Outstanding Music Educator Award. The NFHS Citation is one of the most highly regarded honors in high school athletics and performing arts and…

March 13, 2026