People
Antoinette Goodrich
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Translation
Sunday Goshit, PhD
Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor, International Studies
Dr. Sunday Goshit studies climate impacts and immigrant adjustment, promoting intercultural understanding through training and community engagement.
Wendelin Guentner, PhD
Title/Position
Professor Emeritus, French
Professor Wendelin Guentner taught 19th-century French literature at UI, publishing widely on travel writing, art, and cultural discourse.
David Hagan, PhD
Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Instruction, French
David Hagan teaches French language and literature through the fourth year and occasionally offers graduate courses on the French Enlightenment.
Ellie Healy
Title/Position
Academic Advisor, University of Iowa
Ellie Healy is currently an Academic Advisor for Neuroscience and Health & Human Physiology majors at the University of Iowa.
Elke Heckner, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction, German
Elke studies Holocaust memory, teaches German, and works on justice and human rights issues.
Kendall Heitzman, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor, Japanese
Affiliate Faculty, Translation
Kendall Heitzman is an associate professor at the University of Iowa and translates contemporary Japanese fiction and poetry.
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.
Geoffrey Hope, PhD
Title/Position
Professor Emeritus, French
Geoffrey Hope has an interest in both foreign language teaching and in Renaissance literature.
Steven Jones
Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Instruction, American Sign Language
Steven Jones, M.A., is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in American Sign Language at the University of Iowa. A Colorado native and Deaf educator, he brings lived experience and professional training to his teaching, with a focus on Deaf-centered pedagogy, accessibility, and visually grounded learning.
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.
Arami Kang
Title/Position
Visiting Scholar, Korean
Chuanren Ke, PhD
Title/Position
Professor Emeritus, Chinese
Professor Chuanren Ke is an expert in Chinese second language acquisition, with extensive research, teaching, and leadership roles at the University of Iowa.
Paula Kempchinsky, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Over her career, Paula designed and developed the linguistics program at both the undergraduate and graduate level within the department. While Paula’s focus was Spanish, she also taught and advised students in the Department of Linguistics and had a joint appointment in Linguistics.
Devanshi Khetarpal
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
Anne Kiche
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
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.
Anna Kolesnikova, PhD
Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Russian
Anna Kolesnikova has been working in the Russian program at the University of Iowa since 2007, teaching a variety of language and culture courses. Her areas of expertise are the Russian language and culture, and technology in second language acquisition.
Irina Kostina, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction, Russian
Kostina develops assessments, interactive face-to-face courses, and curricula for Russian language, culture, and civilization, and intensive Russian courses for students, professionals, and heritage learners.
Kirsten Kumpf Baele, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction, German
Anne Frank Initiative Director
Kirsten E. Kumpf Baele is the Director of the Anne Frank Initiative (AFI) and a Distinguished Associate Professor of Instruction in German at the University of Iowa.
Michel S Laronde, PhD
Title/Position
Professor Emeritus, French
Learn more about Michel S Laronde Professor Emeritus at the University of Iowa.
Tabatha Leggett
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation
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.
Felicitas Leichtle
Felicitas is a teaching assistant for German and a prospective elementary school teacher. She completed her bachelor's degree in Germany and Sweden.
Takako Lenko, MFA
Title/Position
Translator
Takako received an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1967 during a time when there were very few women and very few people of color in the workshop.
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.
Andy Lewis, MA
Title/Position
Instructional Services Specialist
Andy has an MA in Linguistics with a focus on teaching English as a second language from the University of Iowa.
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