Ananya Roy is Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning where she teaches in the fields of comparative urban studies and international development. She also serves as Education Director of the Blum Center for Developing Economies...
Paul Etre, Administrator of the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, was a frequent luncheon partner of Dr. Ignacio Ponseti. Over the past 24 years, they developed a very close relationship, in...
Dr. Erik Camayd-Freixas, Ph.D., served as a federal interpreter at the Waterloo hearings following the May 12, 2008, immigration raid at Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville, Iowa. This experience touched the depths of his heart, prompting him to write...
Professor Wenfang Tang is the C. Maxwell and Elisabeth M. Stanley Family and Hua Hsia Chair of Chinese Culture and Institutions in the Political Science Department at the University of Iowa. His many academic publications examine comparative...
Klaus Rupprecht, a retired German diplomat, has more than 30 years of experience in the German foreign service. Apart from working in the German Foreign Ministry, he served in German embassies and offices in Portugal, Brazil, China (twice), the...
Jerry Schnoor holds the Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering at the University of Iowa, where he is a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and occupational and environmental health. He is co-director of the Center for Global & Regional...
Susan Bridenstine was born in Iowa City, Iowa, and was raised in Muscatine, Iowa, until she graduated from Muscatine High School in 1996. She was always interested in foreign affairs, and she pursued this interest in high school and in college,...
Dr. Richard Rhoda earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cal in 1968. During the Vietnam era, he avoided the draft by serving two years in the U.S. Public Health Service (1968-70). He earned a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Iowa in...
Thomas E. Gouttierre serves as the Dean of International Studies and Programs at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), and as the Director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies at...
Andy Stoll recently completed a 3.5 year solo, independent trip around-the-world through 37 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, The Middle East, Oceania and the Americas, in an effort to better understand how people live in the world. During his...
Chris Buresh grew up in Cedar Rapids, IA and graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. and from the University of Iowa College of Medicine. He did his pediatrics residency at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, followed by an...
Dr. Timothy Holtz was raised in Ames, IA, graduated from St. Olaf College in Minnesota and attended the University of Iowa's College of Medicine. Tim spent his final year as an undergraduate studying abroad in Egypt, India, Taiwan and Japan,...
Christopher Merrill directs the International Writing Program at The University of Iowa and has held the William H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary Letters at the College of the Holy Cross. He has published four collections of poetry, including...
In fall 2010, Alan Brody was a consultant in Malawi where he worked with colleagues to develop a
nutrition communication strategy. Their plan focused on how to mobilize wide-scale action to disseminate
knowledge and resources for the "one thousand...
Scott King has been Director of the O ce of International Students & Scholars
at the University of Iowa since 2003. He has worked with international students
since 1979, and during his career has served in a number of national and
regional...
Professor Daley earned his M.Sc. in International Relations from the University of Southampton in England with a thesis on the effect of the Soviet occupation
Iowa City Foreign Relations Council is continuing its long election-year
tradition of inviting political candidates from every party to speak at our
luncheons. This year we kick o election season by inviting Dr. Mariannette
Miller-Meeks to join us...