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.

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 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.

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.

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

Bonnie Sunstein teaches nonfiction writing, ethnographic research, and English education. She has authored FieldWorking and leads writing institutes worldwide, focusing on literacy and nonfiction.

Aileen Tierney is a PhD student in the English department. She specializes in avant-garde literature and the digital humanities.

Kate Torno advises English, Creative Writing, and Museum Studies students at Iowa, supporting academic planning, careers, first-gen success, and undergraduate advocacy.

Thelma Trujillo, PhD candidate in English, researches premodern critical race studies and medieval hagiography; writer and educator from La Villita, Chicago.

Ryan Van Meter is the author of If You Knew Then What I Know Now, a Lambda Literary Award finalist. He teaches creative writing at the University of San Francisco.

Tobias Veeder is a visiting assistant professor teaching "ENGL-1200 The Interpretation of Literature: Diverse Voices in Classic and Contemporary Texts."

Inara Verzemnieks, author of Among the Living and the Dead, is a Pushcart Prize winner. Her work explores exile, war, and homecoming through immersive nonfiction storytelling.

Sarah Viren is the author of Naming the Bigger Lie and MINE, winner of the River Teeth Nonfiction Book Prize. She teaches creative writing at ASU.

Stephen Voyce, author of Poetic Community, explores twentieth-century poetry, digital media, and the history of literary movements, focusing on avant-garde activism and Cold War culture.