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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.
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.
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.
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.
Justin Cox
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Justin teaches Business and standard sections of Rhetoric 1030 and 1060.
Elizabeth Crawford
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
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.
Consuelo Guayara Sanchez
Title/Position
Lecturer
Her teaching responsibilities have included Rhetoric Honors sections with thematic emphases on development, nature, diversity, and cultural competence.
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.
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
Title/Position
Lecturer
Learn more about Colin Kostelecky, Lecturer at the University of Iowa.
Dhruba Neupane
Title/Position
Lecturer
Learn more about Dhruba Neupane, Lecturer at the University of Iowa.
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.
Hem Paudel
Title/Position
Lecturer
Hem joined the Department of Rhetoric as a lecturer in Fall 2015.
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.
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.
Mark Rheaume,
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Anne Sand
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Learn more about Anne Sand, Associate Professor of Instruction at the University of Iowa.
Carol Severino
Title/Position
Professor
Director of the Writing Center
Carol directs the Writing Center and the Writing Fellows Program and teaches courses that explore the relationships between writing, language background, culture, and pedagogy, also the focus of her research.
Joseph Steinitz
Title/Position
Lecturer
Learn more about Joseph Steinitz, Lecturer at the University of Iowa.
Dana Thomann
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Learn more about Dana Thomann, Lecturer at the University of Iowa.
Leah Washburn
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Charles Williams
Title/Position
Lecturer
Charlie teaches a full range of undergraduate courses in the Department of Rhetoric, and in the past has taught for the American Studies department here at the University of Iowa.