People
Loren Glass
Title/Position
Department Chair
M. F. Carpenter Professor
Loren Glass is the Department Chair and M. F. Carpenter Professor in the Department of English with a joint appointment with the Center for the Book.
Barb Pooley
Title/Position
Administrative Services Administrator
Learn more about Barb Pooley, Administrative Services Administrator at the University of Iowa.
Bluford Adams
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Bluford Adams is the Director of General Education Literature and an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Faith Adiele
Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
Faith Adiele’s award-winning memoir Meeting Faith began in the Nonfiction Writing Program, where she learned fearless structure, craft, and the writing business.
Ben Ahlrichs
Title/Position
Undergraduate Ambassador
Ambassador Lead for Regular Weekly Meetings
Learn more about Ben Ahlrichs, Undergraduate Ambassador and Ambassador Lead for Regular Weekly Meetings at the University of Iowa.
Aron Aji
Title/Position
Director of MFA in Literary Translation
Professor of Instruction
Aron Aji is the Director of Translation Programs and an associate professor of instruction in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Kaveh Akbar
Title/Position
Professor
Kaveh Akbar is a bestselling author and professor in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Jacqui Alpine
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Jacquelyn Alpine is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Olivia Alsup
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Olivia Alsup is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Jon Anderson
Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
Award-winning journalist Jon Anderson, City Watch columnist and NWP alum, found new depth in writing at Iowa.
Austin Araujo
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Austin Araujo, Wallace Stegner Fellow, MFA in Poetry, and author of At the Park on the Edge of the Country, has work in Poetry, Gulf Coast, and more.
Tara Atkinson
Title/Position
Academic Coordinator - Graduate Program
Tara Atkinson is an academic coordinator for the graduate program in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Julene Bair
Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
Julene Bair, author of The Ogallala Road, NEA fellow, and NWP alum, writes award-winning nonfiction rooted in place, memory, and environmental elegy.
Josh Balicki
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Josh Balicki is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Sarah Bari
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Sarah Bari is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Caelainn Barr
Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Caelainn Barr, a nonfiction MFA graduate of the University of Iowa, is a former Guardian journalist and 2022 Nieman Fellow at Harvard with an MS from Columbia.
Sarah Barringer
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Sarah Barringer is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Jo Ann Beard
Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
Jo Ann Beard, author of Festival Days and NWP alum, blends art and essay in award-winning nonfiction shaped by Iowa’s literary spirit and mentorship.
Alayna Becker
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Alayna Becker is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Paige Berg
Title/Position
Graduate Student
Paige Berg is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Molly Biskupic
Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Molly Biskupic is and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Eula Biss
Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
Eula Biss, author of On Immunity and Notes from No Man’s Land, is an award-winning essayist and NWP alum known for lyrical, socially engaged nonfiction.
Florence Boos
Florence Boos is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa and founder and editor of the William Morris Archive.
David Bostick Jr
Title/Position
IT Support Consultant
Margaret Bowlin
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Margret Bowlin, graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Lori Peterson Branch
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Lori Peterson Branch is an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Jake Bristow
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Jake Bristow is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Matthew Brown
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Matthew Brown is an associate professor with a courtesy appointment in the UI Center for the Book at the University of Iowa.
Sydnee Brown
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Sydnee Brown, graduate student at the University of Iowa.