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.

Venise Berry is a professor in the African American Studies program and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication 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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Ashley Howard is an assistant professor in the African American Studies program and the Department of History at the University of Iowa.

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

Christopher-Rasheem McMillan is an associate professor in the Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies program and the Department of Dance.

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

Kristy Nabhan-Warren is a Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Iowa. She has a secondary appointment in the Department of History.

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.

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

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

Louise Seamster is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and the program of African American Studies at the University of Iowa.

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

Richard Turner is a professor in the African American Studies program, the Department of Classics and Religious Studies, and the International Studies program

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