People

Robert Kelley

Robert Kelley

Robert Kelley is a professor emeritus at the University of Iowa.
Donika Kelly

Donika Kelly

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Donika Kelly, award-winning poet and professor, is author of The Renunciations and Bestiary, with work in The New Yorker and The Paris Review.
Aidan Kendrick

Aidan Kendrick

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Learn more about Aidan Kendrick, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Ethan Kilcoin

Ethan Kilcoin

Title/Position
MA Graduate Student
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Hana Kim

Hana Kim is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
Kevin Kopelson

Kevin Kopelson

Kevin Kopelson is a professor emeritus at the University of Iowa.
Marie Kruger

Marie Kruger

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Marie Kruger researches African literature, gender, and visual culture, focusing on South African activism, post-apartheid film, and museum studies in Johannesburg.
Ruedi Kuenzli

Ruedi Kuenzli

Ruedi Kuenzli is a professor emeritus at the University of Iowa.
William Kupersmith

William Kupersmith

William Kupersmith is a professor emeritus at the University of Iowa.
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Aviya Kushner

Aviya Kushner, author of The Grammar of God, directs the MFA Program at Columbia College Chicago. Her essays appear in The Gettysburg Review and Poets & Writers.
Cherrie Kwok

Cherrie Kwok

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Cherrie Kwok is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
John Lande

John Lande

Title/Position
MA Graduate Student
Brooks Landon

Brooks Landon

Title/Position
Professor
Brooks Landon is a professor emeritus at the University of Iowa.
Kathy Lavezzo

Kathy Lavezzo

Title/Position
Professor
Kathy Lavezzo teaches medieval literature and researches English identity, antisemitism, and the medieval-modern divide, with work spanning Chaucer to Stuart Hall.
Nick Layeux

Nick Layeux

Title/Position
MA Graduate Student
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Amy Leach

Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
Amy Leach, author of The Salt of the Universe and Things That Are, has received a Pushcart Prize and Whiting Writers Award for her nature essays.
Alfred Lee

Alfred Lee

Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Joel Lee

Joel Lee

Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Eliza Levinson

Eliza Levinson

Title/Position
MFA Nonfiction Graduate Student
Paige Lewis

Paige Lewis

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Paige Lewis, author of Space Struck, co-edits Last Call and teaches at Iowa. They co-created Ours Poetica, making poetry accessible to students.
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Yiyun Li

Yiyun Li, author of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, teaches creative writing at Princeton and is a MacArthur Fellow with multiple prestigious literary awards.
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Tom Lin

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Tom Lin, author of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu, won the 2022 Carnegie Medal. His research explores science fiction, technology, and nuclear tourism.
Susan Lohafer

Susan Lohafer

Susan Lohafer is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa.
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Ariana Luna

Title/Position
Undergraduate Ambassador
Learn more about Ariana Luna, Undergraduate Ambassador in the English department at the University of Iowa.
Tianyu (Matt) Ma

Tianyu (Matt) Ma

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Candidate
Learn more about Tianyu (Matt) Ma, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.
Teresa Mangum

Teresa Mangum

Title/Position
Professor
Teresa Mangum is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa.
Profile of Lucas Mann

Lucas Mann

Title/Position
Nonfiction Writing Program Alum
Lucas Mann, author of Attachments and Lord Fear, has received prestigious fellowships and teaches at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.