1. Classes
  2. Spring 2024: the latest Rootstalk class
    Spring 2024: the latest Rootstalk class. HUM/SST 295-01
  3. Spring 2023
    Spring 2023: HUM/SST 295-01
  4. Spring 2022
    Spring 2022: HUM/SST 295
  5. Spring (1 and 2) 2021
    The Spring 2021 term was divided into two parts due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  6. Fall (1 and 2) 2020
    The Fall 2020 term was divided into two parts due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  7. Spring 2020
    The Spring 2020 term was a challenging time due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  8. Spring 2019
    Spring 2019
  9. Fall 2018
    Fall 2018
  10. Spring 2018
    Spring 2018
  11. Fall 2017
    Fall 2017
  12. Spring 2017
    Spring 2017
  13. Fall 2016
    Fall 2016
  14. Spring 2016
    Spring 2016
  15. Fall 2015
    Fall 2015
  16. Fall 2014: the first Rootstalk class
    Fall 2014: the first Rootstalk class
  1. Issues
  2. Volume X Issue 1 (Spring 2024) is Published
    The ‘current’ issue, it was published under our new digital-first workflow into our static platform “early” in the Summer of 2024.
  3. Volume IX Issue 1 (Spring 2023) is Published
    This was published directly into an improved static platform in the Summer of 2023.
  4. Volume VIII Issue 1 (Spring 2022) is Published
    This was published directly into an improved static platform in the Summer of 2022.
  5. Volume VII Issue 2 (Spring 2021) is Published
    This issue was published directly into our static platform in the Summer of 2021.
  6. Volume VII Issue 1 (Fall 2020) is Published
    This issue transitioned to our static platform in the Summer of 2022.
  7. Volume VI Issue 1 (Spring 2020) is Published
    This issue transitioned to our static platform in the Summer of 2022.
  8. Volume V Issue 2 (Spring 2019) is Published
    This issue transitioned to our static platform in the Summer of 2022.
  9. Volume V Issue 1 (Fall 2018) is Published
    This issue was the first to appear on our static platform.
  10. Volume IV Issue 2 (Spring 2018) is Published
    This issue was the first to transition fully from our old site to this static platform.
  11. Volume IV Issue 1 (Fall 2017) is Published
    This issue was the second to transition from our old site to this static platform.
  12. Volume III Issue 2 (Spring 2017) is Published
    This issue was the transitioned from our old site to this static platform during the 2021-22 academic year.
  13. Volume III Issue 1 (Fall 2016) is Published
    This issue was the transitioned from our old site to this static platform during the 2021-22 academic year.
  14. Volume II Issue 2 (Spring 2016) is Published
    This issue is transitioned to our new static platform in the Fall of 2022.
  15. Volume II Issue 1 (Fall 2015) is Published
    This issue transitioned to our new static platform in the Summer of 2022.
  16. Volume I Issue 1 (Spring 2015) is Published
    The inaugural issue was the last to transition to our static platform during the Fall 2022 term.
  1. Milestones
  2. Rootstalk and Mikey O’Connor Featured in Grinnell News
    Since its inception in 2013, Rootstalk has been a team effort. Students, alumni, staff, and faculty alike are involved in its creation. But in the last year, one student has been particularly active behind the scenes of Rootstalk: Mikey O’Connor ’24.
  3. Lisa Schulte Moore Named a MacArthur Fellow
    Lisa Schulte Moore, Iowa State University and co-author of a piece of content in the Spring 2015 issue of ROOTSTALK, named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow by the MacArthur Foundation.
  4. Awarded a Grant from the Wilson Program in Entrepreneurship
    Rootstalk was awarded a grant from the Wilson Program in Entrepreneurship to continue publishing for another year.
  5. Awarded an Innovation Fund Grant
    An exploratory grant from the Innovation Fund was awarded to initiate work on the journal.
  1. Digital
  2. Michael O’Connor (Class of 2024)
    Vivero Fellow Michael O’Connor (Class of 2024) completed all of our past-issue PDF-to-Markdown transition, proposed the creation of this timeline feature as well as our new submissions portal, and an image editing tool, and subsequently assisted in their development.
  3. Mackenzie McFate (Class of 2018)
    Alumna turned volunteer, Mackenzie McFate (Class of 2018), returned to assist with PDF-to-Markdown translation of content for Volume IX, Issue 1, created in the Spring of 2023.
  4. Senay Gokcebel (Class of 2022)
    Vivero Fellow Senay Gokcebel (Class of 2022) assisted with PDF-to-Markdown workflow development and transitioning Rootstalk issues to our Hugo static platform.
  5. Alina Guha (Class of 2023)
    Student employee Alina Guha (Class of 2023) assisted with PDF-to-Markdown workflow development and transitioning Rootstalk issues to our Hugo static platform.
  6. Jeremy Sparagon (Class of 2020)
    Student employee Jeremy Sparagon (Class of 2020) assisted with redesign and transitioning Rootstalk to a Hugo static platform.
  7. Mackenzie McFate (Class of 2018)
    Student volunteer Mackenzie McFate (Class of 2018) assisted with the creation of VAF, the first Hugo static website at Grinnell College and a forerunner to this digital edition of Rootstalk. Mackenzie continues making contributions to the Rootstalk workflow and digital features like this timeline.
  8. Tapiwa Zvidwa (Class of 2019)
    Student employee Tapiwa Zvidwa (Class of 2019) assisted with development of Rootstalk as a Drupal 8 CMS website rendering articles from PDF files.
  9. Bazil Mupisiri (Class of 2018)
    Student employee Bazli Mupisiri (Class of 2018) assisted with development of Rootstalk as a Drupal 8 CMS website rendering articles from PDF files.