Kendall Heitzman is an associate professor at the University of Iowa and translates contemporary Japanese fiction and poetry.

Greta Henderson is a graduate student and Iowa Arts Fellow at the University of Iowa.

Geoffrey Hope has an interest in both foreign language teaching and in Renaissance literature.

Katharina is a German-English translator and future teacher, interested in U.S. culture, history, and poetry at the University of Iowa.

Professor Chuanren Ke is an expert in Chinese second language acquisition, with extensive research, teaching, and leadership roles at the University of Iowa.

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.

Danica Kim is a graduate student at the University of Iowa.

Seoyeon Kim (She/her/hers) is an MA student in Linguistics, and a TA for Korean class.

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 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.

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 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.

Ethan is a linguist studying how speech perception is shaped by identity, experience, and environment. He leads VoiceLab and co-founded the ROLE Collective.

Learn more about Michel S Laronde Professor Emeritus at the University of Iowa.

James Legutki is a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

Felicitas is a teaching assistant for German and a prospective elementary school teacher. She completed her bachelor's degree in Germany and Sweden.

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 translates Spanish and Portuguese literature and writes on Borges, feminism, and translation.

Andy has an MA in Linguistics with a focus on teaching English as a second language from the University of Iowa.

Dr. Yanjie Li's research interests center on foreign language acquisition and pedagogy.

Clara Lopez is currently the Equity Coordinator at the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque.

Irene Lottini directs the Italian program at Iowa. She teaches language and film, focusing on Italian cinema and its ties to other arts.

Philip Lutgendorf, retired UI professor, is known for his work on the Ramayana, Hanuman, and Indian popular culture.

Waltraud is a professor of German and Global Health at Iowa, studying culture, health, and human rights through literature and history.

Dominique Mbao is a graduate student within the field of French at the University of Iowa.

Amanda McFadden is the Director for Academic & Leadership Programs in the Pomerantz Career Center

Bob studies speech perception, word recognition, word learning and neuroscience in all kinds of people.

Melissa Meisterheim is the Director of English as a Second Language Programs as well as an Associate Professor of Instruction.