People

Isaac Engelberg

Isaac Engelberg

Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Learn more about Issac Engelberg, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Profile of Laurel Fantauzzo

Laurel Fantauzzo

Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
Laurel Fantauzzo, author of The First Impulse, NWP alum, and Assistant Professor at the University of Hawai’i, explores cultural mysteries through thoughtful nonfiction.
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Tom Montgomery Fate

Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
Tom Montgomery Fate, author of Cabin Fever and NWP alum, teaches creative writing and reflects on nature, mindfulness, and revision in nonfiction.
Melissa Febos

Melissa Febos

Title/Position
Director, Nonfiction Writing Program
Roy J. Carver Professor
Melissa Febos is a professor at the University of Iowa and the author of five books.
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Hali Felt

Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
Hali Felt, author of Soundings, explores gender bias in science and the art of revision. She teaches creative writing at the University of Alabama.
Nick Ferris

Nick Ferris

Title/Position
MA Graduate Student
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Jacob Fidoten

Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Jacob Fidoten is a writer from New York City, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
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T Fleischmann

Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
T Fleischmann, author of Time is the Thing a Body Moves Through, reimagines the essay and teaches creative writing at Columbia College.
Ed Folsom

Ed Folsom

Ed Folsom is is a professor emeritus at the University of Iowa. He is an expert in 19th- and 20th-century American poetry, Walt Whitman, Digital Humanities, and book studies; co-edits the Walt Whitman Archive and major scholarly works.
Patricia Foster

Patricia Foster

Patricia Foster is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa.
Claire Fox

Claire Fox

Title/Position
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Claire F. Fox is a professor in the English Department who holds a complementary appointment in the Spanish & Portuguese Department.
 Richard Frailing

Richard Frailing

Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Learn more about Richard Frailing, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Sarah Frank

Sarah Frank

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Sarah Frank, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
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Michelle Garcia

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Josephine Geiger-Lee

Josephine Geiger-Lee

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Josephine Geiger-Lee is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Eric Gidal

Eric Gidal

Title/Position
Professor
Eric Gidal is a professor at the University of Iowa and the editor of Philological Quarterly.
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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.
Miriam Gilbert

Miriam Gilbert

Miriam Gilbert is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa.
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Graison Gill

Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Graison Gill is a baker, miller, educator and MFA student in the Nonfiction Writing Program.
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David Gooblar

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Director of General Education Literature
David Gooblar is an assistant professor in the Department of English and the Director of General Education Literature.
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Robert M. Goodin

Title/Position
Undergraduate Ambassador
Learn more about Robert M. Goodin, Undergraduate Ambassador in the English department at the University of Iowa.
Naomi Greyser

Naomi Greyser

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Naomi Greyser is associate professor of American Studies, English, and Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa and POROI executive director.
Profile of Stephanie Elizondo Griest

Stephanie Elizondo Griest

Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of Mexican Enough and Around the Bloc, teaches creative writing at UNC and has won numerous prestigious awards.
Louisa Hall

Louisa Hall

Title/Position
Director of the English and Creative Writing Major
Associate Professor
Louisa Hall is an associate professor at the University of Iowa and author of the novels Reproduction, Trinity, and Speak.
David Hamilton

David Hamilton

David Hamilton is a professor emeritus at the University of Iowa.
Profile of Riley Hanick

Riley Hanick

Riley Hanick’s Three Kinds of Motion explores American history and identity, blending stories of Kerouac, Pollock, and highways. Award-winning nonfiction editor for New Madrid.
John Harper

John Harper

John Harper is a professor emeritus at the University of Iowa.