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08/24/2026

WELCOME BACK!!! Join the English Department today from 3-4 for a first day celebration!! If you need convincing: there will be cookies! 🍪 See you there!!

08/21/2026

PROFESSOR BRONTËSAURUS IS BACK! And so is the EPB! A quick summer refresh of the stairs, and the EPB is looking better than ever! We can’t wait to see everyone on Monday!

08/20/2026

Please welcome the ‘26-‘27 CLAS Postgraduate Visiting Writers!! They’ll be teaching some sections of ENGL:4720!

08/19/2026

Please welcome Professor Anwesha Kundu to the English Department! Take a look at the awesome classes she’ll be teaching this semester! 👀👀

08/18/2026

Welcome (back) Professor Chen! Give her a wave when you see her in EPB!!!

08/17/2026

Please give a warm welcome (back) to Professor Stewart!!

08/13/2026

Please welcome Professor Nick Sturm to the English Department! He will be teaching some exciting classes this fall: check it out!!

08/12/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Bryanne Estes for defending her PhD thesis “The Art of Faith: Catholicism and the Modernist Imagination in Djuna Barnes, Muriel Spark, and Jane Bowles.”
Bryanne Estes is a writer, editor, and translator who received her English B.A. with a Spanish minor from the University of Iowa in 2014. Prior to graduate study, she worked as a journalist and librarian. In 2017 she returned to the University of Iowa, where she earned her M.A. in 2021, received awards including the Helen Fairall Scholarship, and acquired 9 years of teaching and research experience. She specializes in editing and publishing and has served as senior editor of The Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies and associate editor for The Iowa Review. She specializes in the intersection between mysticism and modernist literature, and her publications include conference presentations on Charlotte Brönte and Karen Tei Yamash*ta. She also translates from Spanish. Her dissertation, “The Art of Faith: Catholicism and the Modernist Imagination in Djuna Barnes, Muriel Spark, and Jane Bowles,” examines the influence of Catholicism on three 20th-century female authors. Bryanne is currently looking for work in the publishing industry. Recent writing projects include a translation of short fiction by Carlos Fuentes and an article on the problem of writer’s block for Jane Bowles.
Congrats Dr. Estes!

08/11/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Camille Davis for defending her PhD thesis “Cheaper, Lighter, Faster: Postwar American Poetic Media and the Limits of Influence.”
Camille Davis is a postwar American poetry book history scholar who joined the English Department during the Covid-19 pandemic. Davis also became a book artist and papermaker while at the University of Iowa and holds a certificate from the Center for the Book. Prior, Davis worked as a special collections librarian at the University of Pennsylvania, a non-profit educational program assistant at Rare Book School, and even as a web developer for David’s Bridal. They have been thrilled to have been a part of such a wonderful department as a Gen-Ed Lit educator for many wonderful UIowa students. From here, Davis plans on applying for positions either as a special collections curator or as a full-time English Literature professor. Davis hopes to be able to combine their book history, book making, and scholarly practices to offer dynamic new insights into postwar American poetic medias and the communities poets made through their publications.
Congratulations Dr. Davis!!

08/10/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Jamie Chen for defending her thesis “Critical Intimacy: Archive Aesthetics in Diasporic Asian Novels.”

Jamie Chen graduated this summer with her PhD. She earned a BA in Foreign Languages and Literatures from National Taiwan University. At the University of Iowa, she completed certificates in Book Studies and the Center for Teaching. In the fall, she will be joining the University of Iowa’s Department of English as Visiting Assistant Professor.

Congrats Dr. Chen!!!

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	1pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8am - 12pm
	1pm - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 12pm
	1pm - 4:30pm
Thursday	8am - 12pm
	1pm - 4:30pm
Friday	8am - 12pm
	1pm - 4:30pm

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