Amy Butcher, author of Mothertrucker and Visiting Hours, is an award-winning essayist and NWP alum celebrated for innovative nonfiction and cultural commentary.

Dr. Tara Bynum is an associate professor of English & African American Studies and a scholar of early African American literary histories before 1800.

Lina Ferreira, author of Don’t Come Back and NWP alum, crafts bold, multi-genre nonfiction honored by the Rona Jaffe Award and Best of the Net.

Corey Campbell, Fiction writer and MacDowell Fellow who's the Managing Editor of Philological Quarterly, bringing editorial expertise and creative writing experience to the role.

Jenny Cheng, author of House A and NWP alum, writes transformative nonfiction honored by the Omnidawn Book Prize, Fulbright Fellowship, and multiple literary awards.

Learn more about Lauren Childs, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.

Zara Chowdhary is an assistant professor in creative writing and South Asian studies, a screenwriter and author of The Lucky Ones - a memoir.

Learn more about Ruben Cota, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.

Sophia Craig, PhD candidate at University of Iowa, researches 19th/20th century American literature, domesticity, gender studies, psychoanalysis, and studies book history and library science.

Learn more about Andrea Cramer, Administrative Services Coordinator, TA and RA Coordinator, and Assistant to the Directors of GEL and the English & Creative Writing Major at the University of Iowa.

Corey Creekmur is an associate professor in the English and Cinema and Comparative Literature Departments, and Director of the Institute for Cinema and Culture.

John D'Agata is a professor in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa.

Carol de St. Victor is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa.

Stavros Deligiorgis is a professor emeritus at the University of Iowa.

Reid Dempsey is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.

Timothy Denevi, author of Hyper and NWP alum, explores emotional vulnerability in memoirs while teaching creative writing at George Mason University.

Kathleen Diffley is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa.

Ana Eberts is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.

Barbara Eckstein is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa.

Hope Edelman, author of Motherless Daughters and NWP alum, is a Pushcart Prize winner and teaches creative writing at Antioch College.

Jessie van Eerden is a novelist and essayist, author of The Long Weeping, Call It Horses, and Glorybound. She directs the MFA program at West Virginia Wesleyan.

Mary Lou Emery is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa.