People

Portrait of Wayne Anderson

Wayne Anderson

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Wayne became a Lecturer in the Department of Rhetoric in 2016, and he was promoted to Associate Professor of Instruction in 2021.
Portrait of Frederick J. Antczak

Frederick J. Antczak

Title/Position
Former Rhetoric Department Chair
Fred, a former Department of Rhetoric Chair, also served as Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Professor in the Rhetoric Department.
Portrait of Maggie Atkinson

Maggie Atkinson

Title/Position
Assistant to the DEO
TA Coordinator
Learn more about Maggie Atkinson, Assistant to the DEO and TA Coordinator at the University of Iowa.
Cassandra Bausman

Cassandra Bausman

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Learn more about Cassandra Bausman, Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Iowa.
Portrait of Kris Bevelacqua

Kris Bevelacqua

Title/Position
Rhetoric Department and Writing Center Administrative Support
Assistant EPB Coordinator
Learn more about Kris Bevelacqua, Rhetoric Department and Writing Center Administrative Support and Assistant EPB Coordinator at the University of Iowa.
Rebecca Blair

Rebecca Blair

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction Emeritus
Provost's Faculty Fellow for Accreditation
Learn more about Rebecca Blair, Associate Professor of Instruction Emeritus and Provost's Faculty Fellow for Accreditation at the University of Iowa.
Portrait of Cinda Coggins-Mosher

Cinda Coggins-Mosher

Title/Position
Interim DEO
Associate Professor of Instruction
Cinda earned her PhD in English from the University of Iowa in 2001 and is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Rhetoric Department and director of the UI Speaking Center.
Portrait of Justin Cosner

Justin Cosner

Title/Position
Lecturer
Director of Graduate Studies
Justin teaches first year rhetoric classes, often with emphases on digital technologies and news media, as well as a seminar on the rhetoric of video games.
Portrait of Justin Cox

Justin Cox

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Justin teaches Business and standard sections of Rhetoric 1030 and 1060.
Elizabeth   Crawford

Elizabeth Crawford

Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Portrait of Steve Duck

Steve Duck

Title/Position
Professor
Steve has been most interested in the study of personal relationships and the ways in which they are rhetorically presented in everyday life interaction.
Deirdre Egan

Deirdre Egan

Title/Position
Academic Programs Manager
Assistant Writing Center Director
Learn more about Deirdre Egan, Academic Programs Manager and Assistant Writing Center Director at the University of Iowa.
Shell Feijo

Shell Feijo

Title/Position
Adjunct
Learn more about Shell Feijo, Adjunct at the University of Iowa.
Larson Fritz

Larson Fritz

Title/Position
Adjunct
Portrait of Consuelo Guayara Sanchez

Consuelo Guayara Sanchez

Title/Position
Lecturer
Her teaching responsibilities have included Rhetoric Honors sections with thematic emphases on development, nature, diversity, and cultural competence.
Portrait of Ben Hassman

Benjamin Hassman

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Ben joined the Department of Rhetoric in Fall 2015, and is Co-Director of its Conversation Center.
Will Jennings

Will Jennings

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction Emeritus
Learn more about Will Jennings, Associate Professor of Instruction Emeritus at the University of Iowa.
Portrait of Megan Knight

Megan Knight

Since joining the Department of Rhetoric in 1998, Megan has frequently served as a leader in the department’s Professional Development Program, which she chaired from 2010-2013.
Colin Kostelecky

Colin Kostelecky

Title/Position
Lecturer
Learn more about Colin Kostelecky, Lecturer at the University of Iowa.
Kellie Kucera

Kellie Kucera

Title/Position
HR Manager
Learn more about Kellie Kucera, HR Manager at the University of Iowa.
Mandy McAllister

Mandy McAllister

Title/Position
Financial Shared Services
Learn more about Mandy McAllister, Financial Shared Services at the University of Iowa.
Portrait of Dennis Moore

Dennis Moore

Title/Position
Associate Professor Emeritus
Before coming to Iowa, Dennis was a postdoctoral intern in linguistics and the teaching of writing at Temple University (Philadelphia) and a Mellon Fellow in the Department of English and the Literature and History Program at Washington University (St. Louis).
Marge Murray

Margaret Murray

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction Emeritus
Marge Murray is an Associate Professor of Instruction Emeritus in the Rhetoric Department and Adjunct Professor of Mathematics at the University of Iowa.
Dhruba Neupane

Dhruba Neupane

Title/Position
Lecturer
Learn more about Dhruba Neupane, Lecturer at the University of Iowa.
Dylan Nice

Dylan Nice

Title/Position
Lecturer
Learn more about Dylan Nice, Lecturer at the University of Iowa.
Katlyn O'Shaughnessy

Katlyn O'Shaughnessy

Title/Position
Lecturer
TA Hiring Officer
Katlyn O'Shaughnessy is a rhetoric Lecturer at the University of Iowa and the director of Rhetoric’s Professional Development Practicum (PDP), a semester-long training program for all new Rhetoric instructors.
Portrait of Hem Paudel

Hem Paudel

Title/Position
Lecturer
Hem joined the Department of Rhetoric as a lecturer in Fall 2015.
Portrait of Robert Peck

Robert Peck

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Wyoming native Robert H. Peck joined the Rhetoric faculty in 2018 after graduating from Iowa’s English MFA program.
Barb Pooley

Barb Pooley

Title/Position
Administrative Services Administrator
Learn more about Barb Pooley, Administrative Services Administrator at the University of Iowa.
Portrait of Takis Poulakos

Takis Poulakos

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Takis teaches first-year rhetoric courses, colloquia for rhetoric teachers, undergraduate and graduate courses in various aspects of classical rhetoric, and an undergraduate course on the rhetoric of the sixties.