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.

Beth Mellinger is a Senior Accountant at the University of Iowa.

Marlen Mendoza is a business owner and runs a policy consulting business out of their home in North Liberty, IA. In her professional life, she works with various DC-based nonprofits.

Ana directs the Spanish Creative Writing MFA at Iowa. She’s an award-winning poet and comics scholar with work translated into many languages.

Erel Michaelis is a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

Celeste Miller is a graduate student within the field of Linguistics at the University of Iowa.

Marguerite Miller is an Adjunct Instructor in the University of Iowa.

Margaret H. Mills was a Professor of Russian language and linguistics and the former Chair of the Department of Asian and Slavic Languages at the University of Iowa.

Thomas Mira y Lopez is a writer, editor, and translator from Brazilian Portuguese.

Beatrice Mkenda teaches Swahili at Iowa and focuses on language teaching, culture, and developing learning materials.

Leo Moore is a graduate student within the field of Linguistics at the University of Iowa.

Vance Morris is an HR Generalist at the University of Iowa.

Haru Nakagawara teaches each elementary and intermediate levels of Japanese language courses.

Professor Mercedes Niño-Murcia researches language, inequality, and identity in bilingual and immigrant communities in Latin America and the U.S.

Yumiko Nishi's primary research areas have been verb semantics and the second language acquisition of aspect.

Bruce Nottingham-Spencer currently supervises the Elementary German program and teaches a variety of courses, including German Composition and Conversation, and Business German.

Samuel is a PhD candidate in French and Francophone World Studies from the University of Iowa.

Ryota Numao (he/him) is pursuing his MA in Learning Sciences & Educational Psychology in the College of Education while working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Japanese Program. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Sciences from Waseda University, with a focus on Cognitive Science. His research interests lie in cognitive learning strategies, epistemic affect, and second language acquisition.