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Members of the Faculty

• Craig W. Allin (1972)
  Professor of Politics. B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University.

• Suzette L. Astley (1982)
  Professor of Psychology. B.S., University of Iowa; M.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University.

• Addison Ault (1962)
  Professor of Chemistry. B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Harvard University.

• Devan Baty (2007)
  Assistant Professor of French. B.A., M.A., University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

• Tori Barnes-Brus (2007)
  Instructor of Sociology and Anthropology. B.A., Cornell College; M.A., University of Kansas at Lawrence; University of Kansas at Lawrence.

• Stephen P. Bean (2001)
  Associate Professor of Mathematics. B.S., M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa.

• Kara M. Beauchamp (2001)
  Associate Professor of Physics. B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

• Robert Black (1987)
  Professor of Biology. B.S., Lawrence University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook.

• Kerry Bostwick (1998)
  Associate Professor of Education. B.A., University of Iowa; M.Ed., National-Louis University; Ph.D., The Union Institute.

• Ann Cannon (1993)
  Professor of Mathematics. B.A., Grinnell College; M.S., Ph.D., Iowa State University.

• Jeffrey Cardon (1982)
  Professor of Biology and Chemistry. B.S., University of Utah; Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles.

• Donald Chamberlain (1994)
  Professor of Music. B.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M., D.M.A., University of Texas.

• Barbara Christie-Pope (1995)
  Professor of Biology. A.S., Oscar Rose Junior College; B.S., University of Oklahoma; B.S., Ph.D., University of Southern Alabama.

• Sarah Clunis (2007)
  Assistant Professor of Art. B.A., Simmons College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa.

• Martha A. Condon (1996)
  Associate Professor of Biology. B.S., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Texas.

• Charles R. Connell (1968)
  Edwin R. and Mary E. Mason Professor of Languages and Professor of German. B.A., Brown University; Universität München; Freie Universität Berlin; M.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago.

• Christopher Conrad (2008)
  Assistant Professor of Economics and Business. B.A., Macalester College; M.B.A., University of Iowa.

• Gregory Cotton (1988)
  Technical Services Librarian with the rank of Associate Professor. B.S., Northern State College; M.A.L.S., University of Iowa.

• Diane Crowder (1977)
  Professor of French and Women's Studies. B.S., Texas Christian University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

• Erin Calhoun Davis (2005)
  Associate Professor of Sociology/Anthropology. B.A., New College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

• Tony deLaubenfels (1983)
  Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics. B.A., Simpson College; M.S., University of Iowa; University of Iowa.

• Rhawn Denniston (2000)
  Associate Professor of Geology. B.A., Hamilton College; M.S., University of New Mexico; Ph.D., University of Iowa.

• Steven Nelson DeVries (1982)
  Professor of Physical Education. B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., Mankato State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa.

• William Dragon (1987)
  Professor of Psychology. B.A., Cleveland State University; M.A., Ph.D., Bowling Green State University.

• Carolyn Zerbe Enns (1987)
  Professor of Psychology. B.A., Tabor College; M.A., California State University at Fresno; Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara.

• Rebecca Entel (2007)
  Assistant Professor of English. B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison.

• Jennifer Fagenbaum (2009)
  Assistant Professor of Kinesiology. B.S., Truman State University; M.S., Kansas State University; Ph.D., The University of Iowa.

• A'amer Farooqi (1987)
  Professor of Economics and Business. B.A., Denison University; M.A., Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.

• Sally Farrington-Clute (1973)
  Professor of Spanish. B.A., Simmons College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University.

• Glenn Freeman (2004)
  Assistant Professor of English. B.A., Goddard College; M.F.A., Vermont College; Ph.D., University of Florida.

• James H. Freeman (1985)
  Professor of Mathematics. B.A., Grinnell College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame.

• Alice Ganzel (1999)
  Associate Professor of Psychology. B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

• Robert D. Givens (1979)
  Professor of History. B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley.

• Paul Gray (1969)
  Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Youngstown State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University.

• Melinda Green (2007)
  Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.A., University of Iowa; M.S., Ph.D., Iowa State University.

• Benjamin Greenstein (1997)
  Professor of Geology. B.A., University of Rochester; M.S., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.

• John C. Gruber-Miller (1987)
  Professor of Classics. B.A., Xavier University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University.

• Leslie Hankins (1992)
  Professor of English. B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina.

• Douglas N. Hanson (1971)
  Professor of Art. B.S., B.A., Moorhead State University; M.A., M.F.A., University of Iowa.

• Lisa Hearne (1998)
  Associate Professor of Music. B.M., Eastern Illinois University; M.M., Arizona State University; D.M.A., University of Iowa.

• Martin Hearne (1992)
  Professor of Music. B.M.Ed., Northeast Louisiana State University; M.M.Ed., Ph.D., Louisiana State University.

• Santhi Hejeebu (2004)
  Assistant Professor of Economics and Business. B.A., University of Maryland Baltimore County; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa.

• Jill A. Heinrich (2003)
  Associate Professor of Education. B.A., Northern Illinois University; M.S., Illinois State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa.

• Steven Hemelt (2009)
  Assistant Professor of Politics. B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

• Michelle Herder (2009)
  Assistant Professor of History. B.A., Carleton College; M.Phil, Ph.D., Yale University.

• Mark Hunter (2002)
  Associate Professor of Theatre and Communications Studies. B.A., New York University; J.D., University of Syracuse; M.F.A., University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

• Mary Iber (2000)
  Consulting Librarian for the Sciences with the rank of Associate Professor. B.S., Marquette University; M.A., University of Iowa.

• Lynne Ikach (1992)
  Professor of Russian. B.A., Grand Valley State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois.

• Todd Knoop (1998)
  Professor of Economics and Business. B.A., M.A., Miami University; Ph.D., Purdue University.

• Carol Lacy-Salazar (1984)
  Professor of Spanish. B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona.

• Charles Liberko (1997)
  Professor of Chemistry. B.A., College of St. Thomas; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

• Lyle R. Lichty (1989)
  Professor of Physics. B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., Iowa State University.

• M. Philip Lucas (1984)
  Professor of History. B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University.

•  S. Gayle Luck (1988)
  Professor of Education. B.S., University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa.

• James L. Martin (1981)
  Professor of Music. B.Mus., Butler University; M.Mus., University of Illinois; D.Mus., Northwestern University.

• S. Andy McCollum (1998)
  Associate Professor of Biology. B.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., Duke University.

• Genevieve Migely (2006)
  Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Northwestern University, M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University.

• Joseph Molleur (2001)
  Associate Professor of Religion. A.B., Grinnell College; M.A., Episcopal Divinity School; Ph.D., Boston College-Andover Newton Theological School.

• Alfrieta Parks Monagan (2000)
  Professor of Sociology/Anthropology. A.B., George Washington University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University.

• Michelle Mouton (2000)
  Associate Professor of English. B.A., Tulane University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina.

• Brian Nowak-Thompson (2008)
  Assistant Professor of Biology and Chemistry. B.S., Northland College; M.S. and Ph.D., Oregon State University.

• Marcela Ochoa-Shivapour (1999)
  Associate Professor of Spanish. Profesora de Estado en Castellano, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa.

• Scott Olinger (2000)
  Associate Professor of Theatre and Communications Studies. B.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.F.A., Penn State University.

• Mary B. Olson (1990)
  Professor of Sociology. B.A., University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

• Christina Penn-Goetsch (1999)
  Associate Professor of Art. B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa.

• Anthony Plaut (1992)
  Professor of Art. B.S.S., Cornell College; M.F.A., University of Chicago.

• Shannon L. Reed (2003)
  Associate Professor of English. B.A., Earlham College; M.A., California State University; Ph.D., University of Alabama.

• Jennifer Rouse (2007)
  Consulting Librarian for the Humanities and Performing Arts with rank of instructor. B.A., Iowa State University; M.A., Iowa State University; M.F.A.; American University, M.L.S., University of Iowa.

• Steven D. Sacks (2006)
  Assistant Professor of Religion. B.A., Grinnell College, M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School.

• Jerome J. Savitsky (1989)
  Professor of Economics and Business. B.A., Mercer University; M.A., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

• Derin Sherman (2000)
  Associate Professor of Physics. B.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• Kirilka S. Stavreva (2001)
  Associate Professor of English. Specialist Degree, English Literature, Sofia University, Bulgaria; Ph.D., University of Iowa.

• Catherine Stewart (1999)
  Associate Professor of History. B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook.

• Jama L. Stilwell (2001)
  Associate Professor of Music. B.M., University of Iowa; M.M., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Iowa.

• Cynthia Strong (1989)
  Professor of Chemistry. B.A., Whitman College; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology.

• Robert W. Sutherland, Jr. (1968)
  Professor of Politics. B.A., University of Texas; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University.

• Leon Tabak (1989)
  Professor of Computer Science. B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., Boston University; Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

• Craig M. Teague (2003)
  Associate Professor of Chemistry. B.S., Southwest Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Craig Tepper (1989)
  Professor of Biology. B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara; M.S., San Diego State University; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., Utah State University.

• Aparna Thomas (2004)
  Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Politics. B.A., Hope College; M.A., Ph.D., Western Michigan University.

• James VanValen (2008)
  Assistant Professor of Theatre and Communications Studies. B.A., M.A., Stony Brook University; M.F.A., University of Iowa.

• Philip Venticinque (2009)
  Assistant Professor of Classics. B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago.

• Emily Walsh (2005)
  Assistant Professor of Geology. B.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara.

• Ellen Whale (1978)
  Professor of Physical Education. B.S., Illinois State University; M.S., Eastern Illinois University.

• Laurel Whisler (2009)
  College Librarian with the rank of Associate Professor. B.A., Earlham College; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.L.S., Indiana University.

• James White (1987)
  Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

• Andrew Wildenberg (2003)
  Associate Professor of Computer Science. B.S., University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Oxford.

• David Yamanishi (2007)
  Assistant Professor of Politics. B.A., Michigan State University (James Madison College): M.A., C.Phil., Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles.