William Rhodes, researches medieval and Renaissance literature, focusing on economics, the environment, and agrarian work. He teaches poetry, drama, and sustainability studies.

Learn more about Kelly Riessen, Accountant at the University of Iowa.

Laura Rigal is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa.

Elizabeth Rodriguez Fielder studies transnational American literature, focusing on African American and Latinx cultures, performance studies, and social movement activism in the 20th-21st centuries.

Phillip Round, Researches American literature, Indigenous literacies, and book history; author of Removable Type and expert in Native American studies, discourse, and material culture.

Riley Ryan-Wood is a writer, educator, and interdisciplinary artist from Austin, Texas. She is an MFA candidate at the University of Iowa. Her work has been supported by the Sewanee Writers' Conference, Mission Creek Festival, and the Yale Writers' Workshop and has been published by Electric Literature and BRINK. She is currently working on an essay collection about rodeo, Buffalo Bill, and other such American mythology.

Learn more about Haley Schlueter, Undergraduate Ambassador at the University of Iowa.

Jennie Sekanics, PhD scholar at University of Iowa, researches 20th–21st century fiction, feminist theory, trauma studies, and representations of sexual violence and bodily autonomy.

Kathleen Shaughnessy, PhD candidate in English, focuses on late nineteenth-century imperial Gothic fiction, exploring themes of empire, identity, and cultural narratives.

Rebecca Sheir, award-winning radio journalist and host of Metro Connection on WAMU, creates stories for NPR programs like All Things Considered and Marketplace.

Bennett Sims is the author of A Questionable Shape and White Dialogues. His fiction has appeared in Tin House, Conjunctions, and A Public Space.

Learn more about Alyssa (Adare) Smith, Graduate Student at the University of Iowa.

Alvin Snider is a professor emeritus at the University of Iowa.

Ann Stapleton is Professor Emerita of Instruction at the University of Iowa.

Professor Stecopoulos teaches modern literature and creative writing. His publications include Telling America’s Story to the World and A History of U.S. South Literature.

Garrett Stewart is professor emeritus at the University of Iowa.