People

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
Lecturer
Wyoming native Robert H. Peck joined the Rhetoric Department as a lecturer in 2018 after three years as a graduate teaching assistant.
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.
Mark  Rheaume

Mark Rheaume,

Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Kelly Riessen

Kelly Riessen

Title/Position
Accountant
Learn more about Kelly Riessen, Accountant at the University of Iowa.
Anne Sand

Anne Sand

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Learn more about Anne Sand, Associate Professor of Instruction at the University of Iowa.
Portrait of Carol Severino

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

Joseph Steinitz

Title/Position
Lecturer
Learn more about Joseph Steinitz, Lecturer at the University of Iowa.
Dana Thomann

Dana Thomann

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Learn more about Dana Thomann, Lecturer at the University of Iowa.
Portrait of Mary Trachsel

Mary Trachsel

Title/Position
Associate Professor Emeritus
Associate Professor Mary Trachsel earned her PhD in English with an emphasis in Composition and Rhetoric from the University of Texas at Austin.
Leah Washburn

Leah Washburn

Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Portrait of Charles Williams

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.