People

Loren Glass

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

Barb Pooley

Title/Position
Administrative Services Administrator
Learn more about Barb Pooley, Administrative Services Administrator at the University of Iowa.
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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.
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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

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

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.
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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

Jacqui Alpine

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Learn more about Jacquelyn Alpine, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
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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.
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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

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

Sarah Bari

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

Sarah Barringer

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Sarah Barringer, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Sam Bayer

Sam Bayer

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

Alayna Becker

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

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

Paige Berg

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

Florence Boos

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

Margaret Bowlin

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Margret Bowlin, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Lori Branch

Lori Peterson Branch

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Lori Peterson Branch is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa.
Matthew Brown

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

Sydnee Brown

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Sydnee Brown, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
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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

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.
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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

Sabrina Bustamante

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