Edwina L. Helton

Professor of English
Whitewater Hall 269
(765) 973-8460
edhelton@iue.edu

Education

• Ph.D., English, Miami University
• M.A. and B.A., English, University of Akron
• Graduate Certificate in Composition and Rhetoric, University of Akron
• B.S., Psychology, University of Maryland, European Division, Suffolk, UK

Current Research and Creative Activity

Historiographical Approaches to Women’s and Gender Studies, Digital Humanities and the Arts, New Literacy Studies and Language Development, Online Teaching Pedagogies, Reading and Composition Theory.

Selected Recent Presentations

• “Self-Determined Learning: Best Practices in Heutagogy for Student Retention and Engagement.” Designing Effective Teaching Conference, Bethesda, Maryland, June, 2018
• “Best Practices in Teaching Women’s Studies with Open Education Resources.” Evidence Based Teaching and Learning Conference, Traverse City, Michigan, October, 2017
• “Enhancing Student Success with Diversity: Multimodal Opportunities.” Lilly International Conference. Bethesda, Maryland, June 2016
• “Publishing for Increasing Student Engagement with Historical Contexts of Course Content.” Lilly Spring International Conference: Evidence Based Teaching and Learning. Bethesda, Maryland, Forthcoming, May, 2015

Selected Recent Publications

• Human Trafficking: Studies in Text, Image, and Video.  iBook.  Meadowbrook: 2019
• The American Suffragette's Journey to Enfranchisement: From Seneca Falls to Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. iBook. Meadowbrook: 2018
• The History of Writing Customs And Etiquette In The United States, 1930-1960, In Text, Photos And Film. iBook. Meadowbrook: 2016
• War Production on the Home Front: Beyond Rosie the Riveter. iBook. Meadowbrook: 2012

Selected Awards and Grants

• Indiana University East Special Achievement Award in Research, Teaching and Service, 2018
• Indiana University Graduate School, Elected Endorsement, 2017
• Indiana University System-Wide Teaching Awards: The Frederic Bachman Lieber Memorial Award, 2009; FACET, Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching Award, 2001; Trustees Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University System-Wide, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
• Indiana University All Campus Teaching Awards: Helen Lees Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004; Horizon Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1999
• Indiana University Arts and Humanities New Frontiers Scholar Grant, 2002-04

Selected Previous Positions

• Director, Graduate Programming in English, 2010-18
• Coordinator, Online English Degree, Indiana University East, 2005-2012
• Director of Writing, Indiana University East, 1997-2012
• Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, Indiana University East, 1998-2011
• Assistant Coordinator of English, Indiana University East, 2000-09