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.
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
Olivia Alsup is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Austin Araujo
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
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.
Alayna Becker
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Alayna Becker is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Florence Boos
Florence Boos is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa and founder and editor of the William Morris Archive.
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
Professor
Matthew Brown is an associate professor with a courtesy appointment in the UI Center for the Book at the University of Iowa.
Tisa Bryant
Title/Position
Associate 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.
Amy Butcher
Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
Amy Butcher, author of Mothertrucker and Visiting Hours, is an award-winning essayist and NWP alum celebrated for innovative nonfiction and cultural commentary.
Tara Bynum
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Dr. Tara Bynum is an associate professor of English & African American Studies and a scholar of early African American literary histories before 1800.
Matthew Byrne
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Matthew Byrne is a graduate student in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa.
Sophie Caliguiri
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Sophie Caligiuri is an MFA student in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa.
Darron Carr
Title/Position
IT Support Consultant
Lauren Childs
Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Learn more about Lauren Childs, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Zara Chowdhary
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Zara Chowdhary is an assistant professor in creative writing and South Asian studies, a screenwriter and author of The Lucky Ones - a memoir.