Khaled Rajeh, PhD student and literary translator from Lebanon, researches translation, postcolonialism, resistance, and Arabic/Palestinian literature; work published in ArabLit and MQR.

Learn more about Katie Randazzo, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.

Learn more about Nick Randhawa, Gradute student at the University of Iowa.

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.

Learn more about Riley Ryan Wood, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.

Learn more about April Schaefer, Administrative Coordinator - NWP at the University of Iowa.

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

Paul Schmitt, English PhD candidate at University of Iowa, researches 20th–21st century literature, media, resource extraction, and ecologies; advocate for interdisciplinary study.

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.

Heidie Senseman, MFA candidate in Nonfiction Writing at UIowa, writes about Christianity, art, and the American Midwest; published in Vita Poetica and more.

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 Jenny Singer, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.

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

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

Max Sonin, researches on humor and text-generation; published five novels in Russian, including queer YA novel Письма до Полуночи and thriller series about teenage detectives.

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.

Learn more about Bronwyn Stewart, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.

Darius Stewart is a PhD student specializing in African American Literature, essay forms, and Gender Studies. He’s the author of Intimacies in Borrowed Light and Be Not Afraid of My Body.

Garrett Stewart is professor emeritus at the University of Iowa.

Learn more about Cary Stough, Graduate student at the University of Iowa.

Pia Struzzieri, assistant visiting professor of English, holds an MFA from Columbia and an AB from Brown in Literary Arts and Modern Culture/Media.