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.
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.
Sarah Barringer
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Sarah Barringer is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Alayna Becker
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Alayna Becker is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Margaret Bowlin
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Margret Bowlin, graduate student 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.
Sydnee Brown
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Sydnee Brown, graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Lauren Childs
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Learn more about Lauren Childs, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Ruben Cota
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Learn more about Ruben Cota, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Reid Dempsey
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Reid Dempsey is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Ana Eberts
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Ana Eberts is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Jacob Fidoten
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Jacob Fidoten is a writer from New York City, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Sarah Frank
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Sarah Frank, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Zion Gifford
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Zion Gifford is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Bethany Kaylor
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Bethany Kaylor is a writer and illustrator whose work appears in Sonora Review, Salon, and Alta Journal; 2023 Barbara Deming Memorial grant recipient.
Aidan Kendrick
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Learn more about Aidan Kendrick, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Hana Kim
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Hana Kim is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Tianyu (Matt) Ma
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Tianyu (Matt) Ma, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Pedro Martinez
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Pedro Martinez, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Maddie Matsubara
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Learn more about Maddie Matsubara, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Darryl Moton
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Alfred Darryl Moton, PhD student and educator, researches Black Male Studies, racial identity, post-Marxist criticism, and 20th-century Anglophone literature; also a rhetoric instructor.
Khaled Rajeh
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Khaled Rajeh, PhD student and literary translator from Lebanon, researches translation, postcolonialism, resistance, and Arabic/Palestinian literature; work published in ArabLit and MQR.
Nikka Randhawa
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Learn more about Nikka Randhawa, graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Jennie Sekanics
Title/Position
PhD Candidate
Jennie Sekanics, PhD scholar at University of Iowa, researches 20th–21st century fiction, feminist theory, trauma studies, and representations of sexual violence and bodily autonomy.
Heidie Senseman
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Heidie Senseman is an MFA candidate in the Nonfiction Writing Program where she is a 2026 Marcus Bach Fellow.
Alyssa (Adare) Smith
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Alyssa (Adare) Smith, Graduate Student at the University of Iowa.
Darius Stewart
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Darius Stewart is a PhD student specializing in African American Literature, essay forms, and Gender Studies. He’s the author of Intimacies in Borrowed Light and Be Not Afraid of My Body.
Aileen Tierney
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Aileen Tierney is a PhD student in the English department. She specializes in avant-garde literature and the digital humanities.