Named faculty positions and professorships honor the academic achievements of faculty while recognizing the generosity of donors to the academic enterprise. Named professorships serve to recognize distinguished faculty and provide support of salary or teaching, research, or scholarship expenses.

kembrew mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

Department of Communication Studies (2023)

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

Susan Lutgendorf

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (2023)

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

John Freeman

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (2023)

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

Grazyna Kochanska

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (1997)

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

Ed Wasserman

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (1997)

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

Lan Samantha Chang

Creative Writing Program (2019)

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

Mary Hall Reno

Department of Physics and Astronomy (2021)

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

Paul Dilley

Department of Religious Studies (2023)

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

Sarah Bond

Department of History (2023)

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

John D’Agata

Department of English and Creative Writing (2021)

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

Bob McMurray

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (2019)

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

Cesare Tinelli

Department of Computer Science (2019)

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

Yu-Hsiang Wu

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (2021)

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.

David Miles Portrait

David Miles

Department of Physics and Astronomy (2024)

F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor

F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor

David Miles is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa. He was awarded the F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor in 2024. His research focuses on space weather, solar-terrestrial physics, and auroral dynamics, interpretation of space-based magnetic field measurements. He also works on the development of spaceflight instrumentation to make high-resolution measurements of magnetic fields, instrument Co-PI of the magnetic field instrument on the Cassiope/e-POP Spacecraft, and instrument PI. He is also a student mentor for the Ex-Alta 1 CubeSat.

Allison Jaynes

Allison Jaynes

Department of Physics and Astronomy (2023)

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

Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz

Departments of Communication Studies and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies (2021)

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

Christopher Harris

Department of Cinematic Arts (2021)

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

Victor Ray

Department of Sociology and Criminology, African American Studies Program (2021)

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.

Terry Conrad

Terry Conrad

School of Art, Art History, and Design (2024)

Iowa Print Media Associate Professor

Iowa Print Media Associate Professor

Terry Conrad is an associate professor in the School of Art, Art History, and Design at the University of Iowa. In 2024, he was named the Iowa Print Media Associate Professor. His work focuses on the community and social aspects of printmaking and has been showcased and praised in exhibitions across the U.S. and around the world. 

Jonathan Wilcox

Jonathan Wilcox

Department of English (2024)

John C. Gerber Professor

John C. Gerber Professor

Jonathan Wilcox 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. Wilcox's research interests are in medieval studies, early English literature and culture, and book studies. He also formerly served as Chair (DEO) of the Department of English. 

Phillip Round

Phillip Round

Department of English (2016)

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

Claire Fox

Department of English (2021)

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.

Loren Glass

Loren Glass

Department of English (2024)

M. F. Carpenter Professor

M. F. Carpenter Professor

Loren Glass is an M.F. Carpenter Professor of English at the University of Iowa. He also currently serves as Chair (DEO) of the Department of English. His research and teaching focus is on literature and culture of the twentieth- and twenty-first century United States, with a particular interest in literary modernism broadly conceived. He is currently working on an institutional history of creative writing at Iowa to be called University of Literature

Elias S.W. Shiu

Elias S.W. Shiu

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science (1992)

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

Luke Tierney

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science (2002)

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

James Gloer

Department of Chemistry (2007)

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

Kung-Sik Chan

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science (2017)

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.

Bob Cargill – Outstanding Outreach and Public Engagement Award – University of Iowa

Robert Cargill

Department of Classics (2023)

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

Brenda Longfellow

School of Art and Art History (2023)

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

Dorothy Johnson

School of Art and Art History (2006)

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.