People

Loren Glass
Title/Position
Department Chair
M. F. Carpenter Professor
Loren Glass is the Department Chair and M. F. Carpenter Professor in the English Department 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
Director of General Education Literature
Associate Professor
Bluford Adams is the Director of General Education Literature and an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa.

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
Associate Professor of Instruction
Aron Aji is the Director of MFA in Literary Translation and an Associate Professor of Instruction at the University of Iowa.

Kaveh Akbar
Title/Position
Director of the English and Creative Writing Major
Associate Professor
Kaveh Akbar is the Director of the English and Creative Writing Major and an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa.

Bader AlAwadhi
Title/Position
CLAS Visiting Writer-Poetry
Bader AlAwadhi, Sonny Mehta Poetry Fellow and Writers’ Workshop MFA graduate, teaches at Iowa; his work appears in Driftwood Press and Workhorse.

Jacqui Alpine
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Learn more about Jacquelyn Alpine, Graduate student 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.

Mila Argueta
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Mila Argueta, a first-year English PhD student, focuses on BIPOC and Latine literature. She holds an MA from BYU and has teaching and leadership experience.

Tara Atkinson
Title/Position
Academic Coordinator - Graduate Program
Learn more about Tara Atkinson, Academic Coordinator for the Graduate Program at the University of Iowa.

Sarah Bari
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Learn more about Sarah Bari, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Caelainn Barr
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Caelainn Barr, a nonfiction MFA student at 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
Learn more about Sarah Barringer, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.

Sam Bayer
Title/Position
Undergraduate Ambassador
Learn more about Sam Bayer, Undergraduate Ambassador at the University of Iowa.

Alayna Becker
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Learn more about Alayna Becker, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.

Dodie Bellamy
Title/Position
NWP Bedell Distinguished Visiting Professor
Learn more about Doris Bellamy, NWP Bedell Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Iowa.

Paige Berg
Title/Position
MA Graduate Student
Learn more about Paige Berg, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.

Elise Bickford
Title/Position
CLAS Visiting Writer-Translation
Elise Bickford, MFA in Poetry and Literary Translation, translates German poetry and essays; her work appears in Chess Life, Columbia Review, and Guesthouse.

Hannah Bonner
Title/Position
CLAS Visiting Writer-Nonfiction
Hannah Bonner, 2023-2024 National Book Critics Circle Fellow, is Poetry Editor for Brink and CLAS Visiting Writer; her debut poetry collection Another Woman releases in August.

Florence Boos
Title/Position
Professor
Florence Boos is a Professor at the University of Iowa and founder and editor of the William Morris Archive.

Jacob Boudreau
Title/Position
Undergraduate Ambassador
Ambassador Lead for Writing Groups and Book Clubs
Learn more about Jacob Boudreau, Undergraduate Ambassador and Ambassador Lead for Writing Groups and Book Clubs at the University of Iowa.

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 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.

Tisa Bryant
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Tisa Bryant is an Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa, author of Unexplained Presence, and co-editor of The Encyclopedia Project and War Diaries.

Jennifer Buckley
Title/Position
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
Jennifer Buckley is the Director of Graduate Studies and an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa English Department.

Annie Burkhart
Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Annie Burkhart, PhD candidate at University of Iowa, researches queer, gender, and asexual themes in Victorian and fin de siècle British literature.

Sabrina Bustamante
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Learn more about Sabrina Bustamante, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
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