People

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Rene Rocha

Title/Position
Departmental Executive Officer
Professor
Rene Rocha received a PhD in Political Science from Texas A&M University in 2006. A leading scholar of racial and ethnic politics in the United States, His research has received prestigious recognition in his field, including awards from the American Political Science Association, the Midwest Political Science Association, the Western Political Science Association, and the Southwestern Political Science Association.
Shannon Yost

Shannon Yost

Title/Position
Departmental Administrator
Shannon Yost is the Departmental Administrator for the Departments of Classics and Religious Studies and American Studies.
Hallie Abelman

Hallie Abelman

Title/Position
PhD Candidate
Learn more about Hallie Abelman, a PhD student in American Studies at the University of Iowa.
Bluford Adams

Bluford Adams, PhD

Title/Position
Affiliate Faculty
Bluford Adams is an associate professor in the Departments of American Studies and English.
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Uchechi Anomnachi

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
PhD Candidate
Learn more about Uchechi Anomnachi, a PhD student in American Studies and graduate teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.
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Margaret Beck, PhD

Title/Position
Professor
Margaret Beth is a Professor at the University of Iowa.
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Venise Berry, PhD

Title/Position
Professor
Venise Berry is a professor in the African American Studies program and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa.
Susan Birrell

Susan Birrell, PhD

Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Susan Birrell is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of American Studies and the Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies.
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David Bostick Jr

Title/Position
IT Support Consultant
David is the IT Support Consultant for African American Studies, American Studies, Classics, and Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa.
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Amber Brian, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Amber Brian is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She also directs the Latin American Studies Program.
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Tara Bynum, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Tara Bynum is an associate professor for the African American Studies program and the Department of English at the University of Iowa.
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Emerson Cram, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Emerson Cram is an associate professor in the Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies program and the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa.
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Corey Creekmur, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Corey Creekmur is an associate professor in both the Department of English and the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature. He is the current Director of the Institute for Cinema and Culture, and serves on the executive boards of the Program in Sexuality Studies and International Programs.
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John Doershuk, PhD

Title/Position
Director and State Archaeologist - University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist
Adjunct Associate Professor
Dr. Doershuk is an archaeologist who works at UI in the role of State Archaeologist of Iowa, directing the Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA), a research center on campus established in 1959.
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Aniruddha Dutta, PhD

Title/Position
Coordinator, South Asian Studies Program
Associate Professor
Aniruddha Dutta is an Associate Professor in the departments of Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies and Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Iowa. They are the current Coordinator of the South Asian Studies Program.
Abigail Escatel

Abigail Escatel

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Abigail Escatel is a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of American Studies.
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Jose Fernandez, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor, Latina/o/x Studies
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Dr. Jose Fernandez is an associate professor in the Latina/o/x Studies Program at the University of Iowa.
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Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz, PhD

Title/Position
F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor
Natalie Fixmer-Oraix is an associate professor in the Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies program and the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa.
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Claire Fox, PhD

Title/Position
MF Carpenter Professor, English
Dr. Claire Fox is MF Carpenter Professor in the Departments of English and Spanish & Portuguese at the University of Iowa. 
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Brady G'Sell, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Brady G'Sell is an associate professor in the Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies program ad the Department of Anthropology.
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Naomi Greyser, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Naomi Greyser is associate professor of American Studies, English and Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies, as well as executive director of POROI, Iowa’s Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry.
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Jorge Guerra, MFA

Title/Position
Lecturer, Latina/o/x Studies
Jorge Guerra is a Lecturer in Latina/o/x Studies at the University of Iowa.
Aimen Hameed

Aimen Hameed

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Aimen Hameed is a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of American Studies.
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Tim Havens, PhD

Title/Position
Professor
Tim Havens is a professor in the African American Studies program and the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa.
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Elizabeth Heineman, PhD

Title/Position
Professor
Elizabeth Heineman is a professor teaching courses on Germany and Europe, gender and sexuality, and human rights.
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Matthew E. Hill, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Matthew E. Hill is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa.
richard horowitz

Richard Horwitz, PhD

Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Richard P. Horwitz is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Iowa and an independent consultant. He earned a Ph.D. (1975) in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied interdisciplinary approaches to the United States, emphasizing history and the social sciences.
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Glenn Houlihan

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
PhD Candidate
Learn more about Glenn Houlihan, a PhD student in American Studies and a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.
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Ashley Howard, PhD

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Ashley Howard is an assistant professor in the African American Studies program and the Department of History at the University of Iowa.
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Meena Khandelwal, PhD

Title/Position
Professor
Meena Khandelwal is a professor in the Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies program and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Iowa.