Author Archives: Troy Rutter

Sarah Dees named Summer Fellow by the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life

Sarah Dees, associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, was recently named a 2026 Summer Fellow by the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL). Dees will be participating in the colloquium “Representing Religion in Museums” in July, with an international group of scholars, curators, preservationists,…

April 28, 2026

Manisha Sharma to publish in The Cream City Review

Manisha Sharma, assistant teaching professor in the Department of English, recently had a short story titled “WHAT WE OWE” accepted for publication by The Cream City Review.

April 28, 2026

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