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Translation graduate students

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.