Christopher Merrill has published four collections of poetry, including Brilliant Water and Watch Fire, for which he received the Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets; translations of Aleš Debeljak's Anxious...
Kenneth Cmiel has taught history at The University of Iowa since 1987. He is currently Professor of History and American Studies and the Director of the UI Center for Human Rights. He is interested in both the present and recent past of human...
Prabha Thacker earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Tribhuvan University in Nepal. She has also pursued graduate work in the U.K. and the U.S. Her work as a consultant has taken her widely throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Presently she is...
Amjad Al-Jawhary, North American Representative of the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI), was born in Baghdad in 1966. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology at Mosul University in 1989. Because of his political views...
Craig Just is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at The University of Iowa and Vice President for Research and Development at Ecolotree®, Inc. Dr. Just is the faculty advisor for the University...
J.D. Bindenagel is vice-president for Community, Government, and International Affairs at DePaul University, Chicago. A former ambassador and 28-year veteran of the U.S. diplomatic corps, he gained extensive experience in governmental and...
Victoria Caceres, a novelist and professor, is a participant in the International Writing Program from Argentina. Her 1997 collection El Baño Turco ("The Turkish Bath"), like her other works, was received with a great deal of critical acclaim. ...
Lea VanderVelde joined the UI law faculty in 1978 where she teaches a variety of courses in the areas of labor, property, constitutional law, and legal history. Her research in the areas of labor and property highlights the nature of legal change...
Dr. Kousar Azam is one of the leading Indian specialists on U.S. foreign policy. She will be involved in many activities on campus and beyond, focusing on the relationship between Islam and U.S. Foreign Policy. She is professor of political...