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Mohamed Ahmed
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Arabic
Mohamed Ahmed is a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

Gleisson Alves Santos
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Portuguese
Gleisson Alves Santos is a translator, educator and researcher who engages with these practices through an artistic and interdisciplinary approach.

Emma Athena Murray
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Rhetoric
Emma is a writer, editor, and Spanish translator exploring Latin American female voices, feminine rage, and translation as a form of literary alchemy.

Andrea Avey
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Fellow, Center for Translation and Global Literacy
Andrea is a Graduate Student and Fellow in the University of Iowa.

Amy Benfer
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Communications Studies
Amy Benfer is a Graduate Student/Teaching Assistant at the University of Iowa.

Britta Bergstrom
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French and Francophone World Studies
Britta is a graduate student in French and Francophone World Studies at the University of Iowa.

Lauren Booker
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Lauren Booker is a Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant at the University of Iowa.

Elizaveta Bukatina
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Russian
Elizaveta Bukatina is a Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant at the University of Iowa.

Marie Culpepper
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Marie is a French and English scholar pursuing a PhD at Iowa. She loves hiking, cooking, music, and books.

Hasan Degerli
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French and Francophone World Studies
Hasan Degerli is a graduate teaching assistant within the field of French at the University of Iowa.

Nkem Dike
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Arts in French
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Nkem Dike is a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

Kaitlin Dunnahoo
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Kaitlin Dunnahoo is a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

Allison Fredette
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Rhetoric
Allison Fredette is a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

Bremdellin Gabriel Ramos
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Arts in Linguistics
Gabriel is an MA linguistics student studying language attitudes and speech perception, with interests in psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and phonetics.

Katharine Gilbert
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Katie is a PhD student exploring community and representation in Caribbean and Indian Ocean cultures through literature, film, and translation.


Mars Grabar Sage
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Translation
Mars is a poet, baker, and translator exploring queer poetics, sci-fi, and translation ethics, with a focus on French and Old English literature.

Ida Hattemer-Higgins
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Translation
Ida is an MFA candidate in literary translation, novelist, and translator of German, French, Swedish, and Chinese.

Greta Henderson
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Iowa Arts Fellow
Greta Henderson is a graduate student and Iowa Arts Fellow at the University of Iowa.

Dabin Jeong
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Iowa Arts Fellow
Dabin Jeong is a graduate student and Iowa Arts Fellow at the University of Iowa.

Katharina Juchhoff
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, German
Katharina is a German-English translator and future teacher, interested in U.S. culture, history, and poetry at the University of Iowa.

Danica Kim
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Arts in Linguistics
Danica Kim is a graduate student at the University of Iowa.

Seoyeon Kim
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Arts in Linguistics
Teaching Assistant, Korean
Seoyeon Kim (She/her/hers) is an MA student in Linguistics, and a TA for Korean class.

Caleb Klipowicz
Title/Position
Graduate Assistant, International Studies
PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology
Caleb is a PhD student in anthropology studying TB, stigma, and health care among Marshall Islanders in the U.S. and globally at UIowa.

James Legutki
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Classics
James Legutki is a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

Anna Magavern
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Anna is an MFA/MA student in translation and French, focused on political texts, translator agency, and literature’s role in shaping historical memory.

Dominique Mbao
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Arts in French
Graduate Diversity Scholarship
Dominique Mbao is a graduate student within the field of French at the University of Iowa.

Lilia Messaoudi
Title/Position
PhD Candidate
Lilia Messaoudi is a graduate student and PhD candidate at the University of Iowa.

Erel Michaelis
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Translation
Erel Michaelis is a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

Celeste Miller
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Arts in Linguistics
Celeste Miller is a graduate student within the field of Linguistics at the University of Iowa.

Leo Moore
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Arts in Linguistics
Leo Moore is a graduate student within the field of Linguistics at the University of Iowa.

Samuel Negin
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Arts in Linguistics
Samuel Negin is a graduate student within the field of Linguistics at the University of Iowa.

Samuel Nsoh Afanabah
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French and Francophone World Studies
Samuel is a PhD candidate in French and Francophone World Studies from the University of Iowa.

Otosirieze Obi-Young
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Otosirieze Obi-Young is a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

Ike Okoro Ikechukwu
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Ike Okoro Ikechukwu is a PhD Candidate and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

William Osei-Aborah
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Osei-Aborah is a PhD student in French studying literature, politics, and identity, with a focus on social justice, colonialism, and cultural history.

Onae Parker
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, Linguistics
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Linguistics
Onae is a PhD Candidate and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

Madison Phelps
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Arts, Linguistics
Madison Phelps is a graduate student within the field of Linguistics at the University of Iowa.

Fabienne Rink
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, German
Fabienne Rink is a journalist and translator of German and French literature who was born and raised in Germany close to Cologne.

Alicia Rossano
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Classics
Alicia Rossano is a Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant at the University of Iowa.

Katy Schoedel
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Rhetoric
Katy Schoedel is a Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant at the University of Iowa.

Kipsang Shadrock
Title/Position
Teaching Assistant, Swahili
Kipsang Shadrock is a Teaching Assistant with a speciality in Swahili at the University of Iowa.

Itamar Shalev
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Rhetoric
Itamar Shalev is a Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant at the University of Iowa.

Bode Sven
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant, German
Bode Sven is a Graduate Teaching Assistant within the field of German at the University of Iowa.

Sokhna Thiaw
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Sokhna Thiaw is a PhD Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Iowa.

Kodjo Tovor
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Graduate Fellow, French
Kodjo Tovor is a PhD Candidate and Graduate Fellow within the field of French at the University of Iowa.

Lisa Truong
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Italian
Lisa Truong is a Graduate Teaching Assistant within the field of Italian at the University of Iowa.

Fion Tse
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Iowa Arts Fellow
Fion Tse is a Graduate Student and Iowa Arts Fellow at the University of Iowa.

Emily Wieder, MA
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Emily Wieder researches women Surrealists, teaches French, edits Dance Research Journal, and studied in Pau, France.

Miharu Yano
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Master of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Translation & International Writing Program
Miharu Yano is a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa, and studied literature and translation at Waseda University and the University of Oxford.