Rene R. Rocha is chair of American Studies and a professor of political science and Latina/o/x studies at the University of Iowa. His research on immigration and Latino politics has been widely published and recognized with several awards for offering new ways to understand power and belonging in American life.

Shannon Yost is the Departmental Administrator for the Departments of Classics and Religious Studies and American Studies.

Learn more about Hallie Abelman, a PhD student in American Studies at the University of Iowa.

Bluford Adams is an associate professor in the Departments of American Studies and English.

Learn more about Uchechi Anomnachi, a PhD student in American Studies at the University of Iowa.

Margaret Beth is a Professor at the University of Iowa.

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 is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of American Studies and the Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies.

Rev. Anna Blaedel is an adjunct professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Iowa.

David is the IT Support Consultant for the Department of American Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa.

Amber Brian is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She also directs the Latin American Studies Program.

Tara Bynum is an associate professor for the African American Studies program and the Department of English at the University of Iowa.

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.

Corey Creekmur is a professor emeritus 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.

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.

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 is a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of American Studies and a PhD candidate & American Association of University Women’s Dissertation Fellow in the Department of Communication Studies.

Dr. Jose Fernandez is an associate professor in the Latina/o/x Studies Program in the Department of American Studies at the University of Iowa.

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.

Dr. Claire Fox is MF Carpenter Professor in the Departments of English and Spanish & Portuguese at the University of Iowa. 

Brady G'Sell is an associate professor in the Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies program ad the Department of Anthropology.

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.

Jorge Guerra is a Lecturer in Latina/o/x Studies at the University of Iowa.

Aimen Hameed is a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of American Studies.

Haseeb Haroon is a teaching assistant for the Department of American studies and a PhD Candidate in the Department of History.

Tim Havens is a professor in the African American Studies program and the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa.

Elizabeth Heineman is a professor teaching courses on Germany and Europe, gender and sexuality, and human rights.

Matthew E. Hill is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa.

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.

Learn more about Glenn Houlihan, a PhD student in American Studies and a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.