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All visiting faculty
Britta Bergstrom
Title/Position
Visiting Faculty, French
Britta is a visiting faculty member in French at the University of Iowa.
Olivia Bohlmann
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor, Italian
Jessica Cohen
Title/Position
Translator in Residence
Jessica Cohen is an award-winning Hebrew-English translator, known for translating top Israeli authors and winning the 2017 Man Booker International Prize.
Koku Gamia, PhD
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor, French
Koku is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the University of Iowa.
Arami Kang
Title/Position
Visiting Scholar, Korean
Anne Kiche
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Leah Leone Anderson, PhD
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor, Translation
Leah Leone Anderson translates Spanish and Portuguese literature and writes on Borges, feminism, and translation.
Thomas Mira y Lopez
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor, Translation
Thomas Mira y Lopez is a writer, editor, and translator from Brazilian Portuguese.
Haru Nakagawara, MA
Title/Position
Visiting Instructor, Japanese
Haru Nakagawara teaches each elementary and intermediate levels of Japanese language courses.
Jordan Needle
Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Linguistics
Richard Nyamahanga
Title/Position
Visiting Instructor, Swahili
Erik Scaltriti, PhD
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor, Italian
Erik Scaltriti teaches Italian language and culture.
Bela Shayevich, MFA
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor, Translation
Bela Shayevich is a Soviet American writer and translator.
Yi-Chi Yao
Title/Position
Visiting Instructor, Chinese
Yi-Chi Yao is a Chinese language educator from Taiwan. She earned her M.A. in Chinese Language Pedagogy from Indiana University Bloomington, where she served as an Associate Instructor for two years and received the Distinguished Service as Instructor award. She was also awarded a Fulbright grant to teach Chinese at New College of Florida from 2019 to 2020.
At the University of Iowa, she teaches Second-Year Chinese, Third-Year Chinese, and Chinese Calligraphy and Culture. Her teaching focuses on creating engaging and student-centered learning environments that foster both linguistic proficiency and cultural understanding.