Additional College Information

College Personnel

President: Jonathan Brand*

Executive Assistant to the President/Secretary to the Board of Trustees: RuthAnn Scheer

Special Assistant to the President: John Harp

Vice President for Enrollment Management: Wendy Beckemeyer

Vice President, Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer: Daniel Layzell

Provost, Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs: Ilene Crawford*

Associate Dean of the College: Kathryn Kauper*

Associate Dean of the College: Craig Teague*

Assistant Dean of the College: Anissa Wolfe

Registrar: Megan Hicks

Associate Registrar: Anna Butz

Director of the Russell D. Cole Library & College Librarian: Gregory Cotton*

Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning: Jennifer Rouse*

Consulting Librarian for the Social Sciences: Meghan Yamanishi*

Consulting Librarian for the Natural Sciences and Technology: Amy Gullen*

*Also members of the Faculty

Members of the Faculty

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Megan Altman (2019)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of South Florida

Tori Barnes-Brus (2007)
Associate Professor of Sociology. B.A., Cornell College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas at Lawrence.

Devan Baty (2007)
Associate Professor of French. B.A., M.A., The University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

Kara M. Beauchamp (2001)
Associate Dean of the College. W.F. Johnston Professor of Physics and Engineering. B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

Susannah Biondo-Gemmell (2010)
Associate Professor of Art. B.F.A, School of Art at Washington University; M.F.A, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University.

Kerry Bostwick (1998)
T. Herbert and Clara B. Kelley Professor of Education. B.A., The University of Iowa; M.Ed., National-Louis University; Ph.D., The Union Institute.

Jonathan Brand (2011)
President of the College, Lecturer of Politics. B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.A., University of Michigan; J.D., Cornell Law School.

Ann Cannon (1993)
Watson M. Davis Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. B.A., Grinnell College; M.S., Ph.D., Iowa State University.

Tyler Carrington (2015)

Visiting Assistant Professor of German Studies & History. B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Middlebury College; M.A., Loyola University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Illinois.

Ajit Chavan (2019)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.S., Shivaji University, K.I.T. College of Engineering; Ph.D., Auburn University.

Ilene Crawford (2020) 

Provost, Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs, Professor of English. B.S.S., Cornell College; M.A., State University of New-York-Binghamton; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Barbara Christie-Pope (1995)
Professor of Biology. A.S., Oscar Rose Junior College; B.S., University of Oklahoma; B.S., Ph.D., University of Southern Alabama.

Martha A. Condon (1996)
Professor of Biology. B.S., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Texas.

Gregory Cotton (1988)
Director of the Russell D. Cole Library and College Librarian with the rank of Professor. B.S., Northern State College; M.A.L.S., The University of Iowa.

Erin Calhoun Davis (2005)
Hamline Hurlburt Freer Professor of Sociology. B.A., New College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

Rhawn Denniston (2000)
William Harmon Professor of Geology. B.A., Hamilton College; M.S., University of New Mexico; Ph.D., The University of Iowa.

Maria Fernanda Diaz-Basteris (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish. B.A., Autonomous University of Yucatan; M.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., University of California, Davis.

William Dragon (1987)
Professor of Psychology. B.A., Cleveland State University; M.A., Ph.D., Bowling Green State University.

Rebecca Entel (2007)
Associate Professor of English. B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison.

A’amer Farooqi (1987)
Professor of Economics and Business. B.A., Denison University; M.A., Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.

Glenn Freeman (2004)
Professor of English. B.A., Goddard College; M.F.A., Vermont College; Ph.D., University of Florida.

James H. Freeman (1985)
Professor of Mathematics. B.A., Grinnell College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame.

Alice Ganzel (1999)
Associate Professor of Psychology. B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Megan Goldberg (2019)
Assistant Professor of American Politics. B.A., M.A., St. Mary’s College; Ph.D. candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Melinda Green (2007)
Professor of Psychology. B.A., The University of Iowa; M.S., Ph.D., Iowa State University; Ringer Distinguished Professorship.

John C. Gruber-Miller (1987)
Professor of Classics and Edwin R. and Mary E. Mason Professor of Languages. B.A., Xavier University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University.

Amy Gullen (2014)
Consulting Librarian for the Natural Sciences and Technology with the rank of assistant professor. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.S. in Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Christopher Hagan (2019)
Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.A., University of California, Irvine; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University.

Justus Hallam (2016)
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology. B.S., Ph.D., Iowa State University

Leslie Hankins (1992)
Professor of English. B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina.

Jill A. Heinrich (2003)
Professor of Education. B.A., Northern Illinois University; M.S., Illinois State University; Ph.D., The University of Iowa.

Santhi Hejeebu (2004)
Professor of Economics and Business. B.A., University of Maryland Baltimore County; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Iowa.

Michelle Herder (2009)
Associate Professor of History. B.A., Carleton College; M.Phil, Ph.D., Yale University.

Chris Hoklotubbe (2017)
Associate Professor of Religion. B.A., Univerisity of California, Los Angeles; M.Div., Th.D., Harvard University.

Lynne Ikach (1992)
Professor of Russian. B.A., Grand Valley State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois.

Brian Johns (2015)
Assistant Professor of Engineering. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., The University of Iowa.

Christina Johnson (2016)

Assistant Professor of Kinesiology. B.A. B.S., M.A., Ph.D., The University of Iowa

Scott Jordan (2018)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics & Statistics. B.S., Brigham Young University; M.S., Ph.D., Utah State University.

Niloofar Kamran (2017)
Associate Professor of Engineering. B.S., Gyilan University; M.S., Shahid Beheshi University; Ph.D., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Kate Kauper (2010)
Associate Professor of Education. B.A., M.A., The University of Colorado; Ph.D., The University of Iowa.

Rebecca Klaver (2018)

Robert P. Dana Emerging Writer Fellow. B.A., University of Southern California. MFA, Columbia College Chicago. M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University.

Todd Knoop (1998)
David Joyce Professor of Economics and Business. B.A., M.A., Miami University; Ph.D., Purdue University.

Khristin Landry-Montes (2019)
Assistant Professor of Art History. B.A., University of Northern Colorado; M.S., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago.

Charles Liberko (1997)
Sherman and Vera Schaffer Professor of Chemistry. B.A., College of St. Thomas; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

M. Philip Lucas (1984)
Edgar Truman Brackett. Jr. Professor of History. B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University..

James L. Martin (1981)
L.L. Hamline Professor of Liberal Arts. Professor of Music. B.Mus., Butler University; M.Mus., University of Illinois; D.Mus., Northwestern University.

Kristin Meyer (2012)
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology. B.A., Cornell College; D.P.T., University of Minnesota.

Genevieve Migely (2006)
Associate Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Northwestern University, M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University.

Tammy Mildenstein (2014)
Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S., Iowa State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Montana.

Michael Mosier (2014)
Assistant Professor of Spanish. B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University.

Michelle Mouton (2000)
Professor of English. B.A., Tulane University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina.

Anthony Muscente (2019)
Assistant Professor of Geology. B.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Virginia Tech.

Steven Neese (2016)
Assistant Professor of Psychology. A.D., B.A., The University of Wisconsin. M.S., New Mexico Highlands University. Ph.D. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Elmira Shekari Namin (2017)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance. M.S., Islamic Azad University; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island.

Brian Nowak-Thompson (2008)
Associate Professor of Biology and Chemistry. B.S., Northland College; M.S. and Ph.D., Oregon State University.

Scott Olinger (2000)
Professor of Theatre. B.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.F.A., Penn State University.

Mary B. Olson (1990)
Professor of Sociology. B.A., University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

Christina Morris Penn-Goetsch (1999)
Professor of Art History. B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Iowa.

Anthony Plaut (1992)
Professor of Art. B.S.S., Cornell College; M.F.A., University of Chicago.

Timothy Porter (2019)
Teaching Fellow in Studio Art. B. A., Cornell College; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Caroline Price (2016)
Assistant Professor of Theatre. B. A., Keene State College. M.F.A., Wayne State University

Misha Quill (2015)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology. B.A., College of St. Catherine, M.A., Ph.D., The University of Iowa.

Jennifer Rouse (2007)
Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Consulting Librarian for the Humanities, Education, and Performing Arts with rank of associate professor. B.A., Iowa State University; M.A., Iowa State University; M.F.A.; American University, M.L.S., The University of Iowa.

Steven D. Sacks (2006)
Associate Professor of Religion. B.A., Grinnell College, M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School.

Alyssa Selmer (2016)
Assistant Professor of Spanish. B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

Jai Shanata (2014)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry. B.A., Cornell College; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology.

Derin Sherman (2000)
Professor of Physics and Engineering. B.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kirilka S. Stavreva (2001)
Professor of English and Small Distinguished Professor. Specialist Degree, English Literature, Sofia University, Bulgaria; Ph.D., The University of Iowa.

Catherine Stewart (1999)
Professor of History. B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook; Richard and Norma Small Distinguished Professorship.

Jama L. Stilwell (2001)
Professor of Music. B.M., The University of Iowa; M.M., Northwestern University; Ph.D., The University of Iowa.

Cynthia Strong (1989)
William Deskin Professor of Chemistry. B.A., Whitman College; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology.

Leon Tabak (1989)
Professor of Computer Science. B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., Boston University; Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Craig M. Teague (2003)
Professor of Chemistry. B.S., Southwest Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Craig Tepper (1989)
Professor of Biology. B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara; M.S., San Diego State University; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., Utah State University.

Aparna Thomas (2004)
Professor of Politics and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. B.A., Hope College; M.A., Ph.D., Western Michigan University.

Catherine Volle (2019)
Associate Professor of Biochemistry. B.A., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., Brown University.

Emily Walsh (2005)
Associate Professor of Geology. B.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara.

Janeve West (2012)
Associate Professor of Theatre. B.A., Southwestern College; M.F.A, Texas Tech University.

James White (1987)
Erastus Borroughs Soper Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

Rebecca Wines (2010)
Associate Professor of French. B.A., Whitman College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan.

David Yamanishi (2007)
Associate Professor of Politics. B.A., Michigan State University (James Madison College); M.A., C.Phil., Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles.

Meghan Yamanishi (2013)
Consulting Librarian for Social Sciences with the rank of Assistant Professor. B.A., Michigan State University; J.D., University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.

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