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.

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

Margaret Beth is a Professor 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.

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

Dr. Elizabeth Rodriguez Fielder is a scholar of twentieth and twenty-first century transnational American literature and culture.

Jorge Guerra is a Lecturer in Latina/o/x Studies and the Magid Center for Writing at the University of Iowa.

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

Tom Arne Midtrød is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa.

Tom Oates holds degrees in American Studies and Mass Communication and holds a joint appointment with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Erica Prussing is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa.

Phillip Round is Professor of English and Native American and Indigenous Studies.

Carrie Schuettpelz is an Associate Professor of Practice, focusing primarily on social policy, homelessness, and poverty.

Jennifer Sterling is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa.

Eric Vázquez is an assistant professor in American Studies and Latino Studies at University of Iowa.

Travis Vogan studies sport, media, and U.S. culture, focusing on film, TV, media industries, documentary, and ideas of high vs. low culture in these areas.

Stephen Warren is an professor within the field of Native American studies at the University of Iowa.

Nick Yablon studies early U.S. cultural history, focusing on urban space, memory, monuments, material culture, and photography.