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.
• Devan Baty (2007)
  Associate Professor of French. B.A., M.A., University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.
• Tori Barnes-Brus (2007) 
  Assistant Professor of Sociology. B.A., Cornell College; M.A., Ph.D., 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) 
  Professor of Physics. B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota. 
• Susannah Biondo-Gemmell (2010)
  Assistant Professor of Art. B.F.A, School of Art at Washington University; M.F.A, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University.
• Kerry Bostwick (1998) 
  Professor of Education. B.A., University of Iowa; M.Ed., National-Louis University; Ph.D., The Union Institute.
• Ann Cannon (1993) 
  Professor of Statistics and 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.
• Martha A. Condon (1996) 
  Professor of Biology. B.S., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Texas.
• 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.
• Erin Calhoun Davis (2005) 
  Associate Professor of Sociology. 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 Kinesiology. 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.
• 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) 
  Associate 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. 
• Leonard Gannes (2010)
  Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S., University of California – Davis; Ph.D., Princeton University.
• 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) 
  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.
• Hans Hassell (2012)
  Assistant Professor of Politics. B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at San Diego.
• Lisa Hearne (1998)
  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)
  Associate 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.
• Ellen Hoobler (2012)
  Assistant Professor of Art History. B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University.
• 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.
• Kate Kauper (2010)
  Instructor of Education. B.A., M.A., The University of Colorado; The University of Iowa.
• 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)
  Professor of Biology. B.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., Duke University.
• Genevieve Migely (2006)
  Associate 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 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)
  Associate 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. 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 Morris Penn-Goetsch (1999)
  Professor of Art History. 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 assistant professor. 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)
  Associate 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.
• Ross Sowell (2011)
  Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.S., The University of the South; Ph.D., Washington University.
• Kirilka S. Stavreva (2001)
  Professor of English. Specialist Degree, English Literature, Sofia University, Bulgaria; Ph.D., University of Iowa.
• Catherine Stewart (1999)
  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)
  Associate Professor of Politics and Women's Studies. B.A., Hope College; M.A., Ph.D., Western Michigan University.
• James VanValen (2008)
  Assistant Professor of Theatre. 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.
• Paul Waelchli (2011)
  Director of the Russell D. Cole Library and College Librarian with the rank of Assistant Professor. B.A., University of Minnesota-Duluth; M.A.T., Clarke College; M.L.I.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• Emily Walsh (2005)
  Associate Professor of Geology. B.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara.
• Janeve West (2012)
  Associate Professor of Theatre. B.A., Southwestern College; M.F.A, Texas Tech University.
• Ellen Whale (1978)
  Professor of Physical Education. B.S., Illinois State University; M.S., Eastern Illinois University.
• James White (1987)
  Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia. 
• Rebecca Wines (2010)
  Assistant Professor of French. B.A., Whitman College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan.
• David Yamanishi (2007)
  Associate Professor of Politics. B.A., Michigan State University (James Madison College); M.A., C.Phil., Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles.