Kembrew McLeod
A. Craig Baird Professor
A. Craig Baird Professor
Kembrew McLeod is a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa and an independent documentary producer. He was named the A. Craig Baird Professorship in 2023. His research focuses on media history and culture.
Susan Lutgendorf
Dewey B. and Velma P. Stuit Professor in Psychology
Dewey B. and Velma P. Stuit Professor in Psychology
Susan Lutgendorf is the 2023 Dewey B. and Velma P. Stuit Professor in Psychology in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Her research involves psychoneuroimmunology, psycho-oncology, stress management and mindfulness for chronic illness.
John Freeman
Dewey B. and Velma P. Stuit Professor in Psychology
Dewey B. and Velma P. Stuit Professor in Psychology
John Freeman is a professor in the department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa. He is the 2023 Dewey B. and Velma P. Professor in Psychology. His research interests include behavioral neuroscience, neurobiology of learning and memory, and developmental psychobiology of learning.
Grazyna Kochanska
Dewey B. and Velma P. Stuit Professor of Developmental Psychology
Dewey B. and Velma P. Stuit Professor of Developmental Psychology
Grazyna Kochanska has been the Dewey B. and Velma P. Stuit Professor of Developmental Psychology in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa since 1997. Her research interests include social psychology, developmental psychopathology, and social development.
Ed Wasserman
Dewey B. and Velma P. Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology
Dewey B. and Velma P. Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology
Ed Wasserman has been the Dewey B. and Velma P. Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences since 1997. His research involves behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, with special interests in comparative analysis of learning, memory, and cognition, and special interests in conceptualization, causation, and visual perception.
Lan Samantha Chang
Elizabeth M. Stanley Professor in the Arts
Elizabeth M. Stanley Professor in the Arts
Lan Samantha Chang is the Elizabeth M. Stanley Professor in the Arts and Program Director of the University of Iowa’s Writers' Workshop, the graduate creative writing program. She was awarded this professorship in 2019. She is the author of the collection of short fiction, Hunger, and the three novels, Inheritance, All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost, and The Family Chao.
Mary Hall Reno
Erich Funke Professor
Erich Funke Professor
Mary Hall Reno has been the Erich Funke Professor at the University of Iowa since 2021. Reno is an internationally recognized particle physicist with research interests in phenomenology, theoretical elementary particle physics, and astroparticle physics. She formerly served as Chair (DEO) of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and is a fellow of the American Physical Society.
Paul Dilley
Erling B. "Jack" Holtsmark Associate Professor in the Classics
Erling B. "Jack" Holtsmark Associate Professor in the Classics
Paul Dilley is an associate professor in the department of Religious Studies at the University of Iowa. He was named the Erling B. "Jack" Holtsmark Associate Professor in the Classics in 2023. His research interests include Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Late Antiquity, Early Christianity.
Sarah Bond
Erling B. "Jack" Holtsmark Associate Professor in the Classics
Erling B. "Jack" Holtsmark Associate Professor in the Classics
Sarah Bond is an associate professor in the department of History at the University of Iowa. She was named the Erling B. "Jack" Holtsmark Associate Professor in the Classics in 2023. Her research interests include late Roman history, epigraphy, late antique law, Roman topography and GIS, Digital Humanities, and the socio-legal experience of ancient marginal peoples.
John D’Agata
F. Wendell Miller Professor
F. Wendell Miller Professor
John D’Agata is an F. Wendell Miller Professor in the Department of English and Creative Writing at the University of Iowa. He has been a faculty member of the university’s graduate Nonfiction Writing Program since 2005, having revamped graduate and undergraduate nonfiction writing courses throughout his time at the university. He was also previously named the M.F. Carpenter Professor of English and Creative Writing.
Bob McMurray
F. Wendell Miller Professor
F. Wendell Miller Professor
Bob McMurray is an F. Wendell Miller Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa. His research is concerned with developmental science, with specialized interest in spoken word recognition and speech perception, use of eye tracking, cognitive neuroscience and computational modeling of perception and perceptual development.
Cesare Tinelli
F. Wendell Miller Professor
F. Wendell Miller Professor
Cesare Tinelli is an F. Wendell Miller Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa. His research interests include automates reasoning, formal methods, software verification, foundations of programming languages, and application of logic in computer science. He is the Co-Director of the Computational Logic Center, as well as the recipient of an NSF Career Award.
Yu-Hsiang Wu
F. Wendell Miller Professor
F. Wendell Miller Professor
Yu-Hsiang Wu (pronounced Yu-Shang Wu) is an F. Wendell Miller Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa. His research focuses on audiology and hearing science. He received his PhD in Hearing Sciences from Iowa and holds the long-term research goal of improving hearing aid outcomes for older adults.
Allison Jaynes
F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor
F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor
Allison Jaynes is a professor in the department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa. She was awarded the F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor in 2023. Her research includes Inner magnetosphere and radiation belts particle dynamics, particularly high-energy electrons and protons, the physics of the aurora in Earth’s ionosphere, relativistic particle effects throughout the magnetosphere in the vicinity of magnetic reconnection, solar driving of the near-Earth space environment, co-Investigator on NASA’s Van Allen Probes and MMS missions, and hardware and instrument development focused on the above science questions.
Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz
F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor
F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor
Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz is an F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor in the Departments of Communication Studies and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa. She teaches courses in rhetorical theory and criticism, gender and sexuality studies, social movements, and feminisms. She is the author of Homeland Maternity: US Security Culture and the New Reproductive Regime.
Christopher Harris
F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor
F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor
Christopher Harris is an F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor in the Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of Iowa. He creates films and video artworks that read African American historiography through the poetics and aesthetics of experimental cinema. He currently serves as Head of Film and Video Production at Iowa.
Victor Ray
F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor
F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor
Victor Ray is an F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and African American Studies Program at the University of Iowa. His research applies critical race theory to classic sociological questions. He is an active public scholar.
Phillip Round
John C. Gerber Professor
John C. Gerber Professor
Phillip Round is a John C. Gerber Professor of English at the University of Iowa. This named professorship was created to provide recognition of leadership in scholarship and teaching to its recipients. Gerber’s research interests are in American literature, book studies, and early American studies, with in-class focuses on material practices and discursive crossings. He is also the Director of Undergraduate Studies in English.
Claire Fox
M. F. Carpenter Professor
M. F. Carpenter Professor
Claire Fox is an M.F. Carpenter Professor of English at the University of Iowa. She also holds a complimentary appointment in Spanish and Portuguese. Her research focuses on literary and cultural studies of the Americas and Latina/o/x Midwest Studies. Her current research places emphasis on contemporary art and performance at heritage sites in the Americas. She also formerly served as Chair (DEO) of the Department of English.
Elias S.W. Shiu
Principal Financial Group Professor of Actuarial Science
Principal Financial Group Professor of Actuarial Science
Elias S.W. Shiu is Principal Financial Group Professor of Actuarial Science in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Iowa. His research lies in actuarial science, asset and liability management, and mathematical finance. He is an associate of the Society of Actuaries and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Actuarial Science.
Luke Tierney
Ralph E. Wareham Professor of Mathematical Sciences
Ralph E. Wareham Professor of Mathematical Sciences
Luke Tierney is the Ralph E. Wareham Professor of Mathematical Sciences in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Iowa. His research interests are in Bayesian methods, computing environments for statistics, statistical computing and statistical graphics. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
James Gloer
Ralph L. Shriner - Roy J. Carver Professor
Ralph L. Shriner - Roy J. Carver Professor
James Gloer is the Ralph L. Shriner – Roy J. Carver Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Iowa. His research is dedicated mainly to the discovery, isolation, and structure determination of novel biological active natural products from fungi within the field of organic chemistry. He also formerly served as Chair (DEO) of the Department of Chemistry.
Kung-Sik Chan
Robert V. Hogg Professor
Robert V. Hogg Professor
Kung-Sik Chan is the Robert V. Hogg Professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Iowa. This named professorship is awarded to those deemed “true” scholars. Chan’s research attempts to understand and solve interesting scientific problems as well as develop new general statistical methodologies. He currently serves as Chair (DEO) of Statistics and Actuarial Science. He is also a fellow with the American Statistical Association and Institute of Mathematical Statistics and an elected member of the International Statistics Institute.
Robert Cargill
Roger A. Hornsby Associate Professor in the Classics
Roger A. Hornsby Associate Professor in the Classics
Robert Cargill is an associate professor in the department of Classics at the University of Iowa. He was named the Roger A. Hornsby Associate Professor in the Classics in 2023. His research focuses on Second Temple Jewish literature and archaeology from the Persian period to the rise of early Christianity.
Brenda Longfellow
Roger A. Hornsby Associate Professor in the Classics
Roger A. Hornsby Associate Professor in the Classics
Brenda Longfellow is an associate professor in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa. She was named the Roger A. Hornsby Associate Professor in the Classics in 2023. Her research is focused on the art, architecture, and hydraulics of the ancient Roman Empire.
Dorothy Johnson
Roy J. Carver Professor
Roy J. Carver Professor
Dorothy Johnson is a Roy J. Carver Professor of Art History for the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa. This named professorship was created to provide recognition for outstanding research and scholarly contributions to an educator’s respective department. Johnson specializes in 18th and 19th century French and European Art. She is also the recipient of the Distinguished Achievements in Art and Humanities Research Award and the UI Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in the Humanities and Fine Arts.
Anna Malkova
Roy J. Carver Professor
Roy J. Carver Professor
Anna Malkova is a Roy J. Carver Professor in Biology at the University of Iowa. This named professorship was created to provide recognition of outstanding research and scholarly contributions to an educator’s respective department. Malkova’s research is in genetics with specialization in the repair of double strand breaks and break-induced replication.