List of University of Iowa faculty explained
This list of University of Iowa faculty includes past and present instructors, researchers, and administrators at the University of Iowa.
Administration
- Lena Hill interim chief diversity officer and associate vice president 2017–2018[1]
- Carl Seashore dean of the graduate college 1908–37
- Dewey Stuit dean of the College of Arts from 1948 to 1977[2]
Humanities
- Timothy Barrett papermaker and paper-making researcher. 2009 MacArthur Fellow.
- Hans Breder artist, founder of the Intermedia department, served as Professor 1966–2000.
- Chunghi Choo (born 1938) jewelry designer and metalsmith
- Frank Conroy author, former head of Iowa Writers' Workshop
- Philip Greeley Clapp director of school of music 1919–53
- Linda Crist - Associate Emeritus Professor - labanotationist[3]
- George De La Pena actor Associate Professor of Dance
- Robert Dick former visiting professor of flute 2002–03
- John Dilg (born 1945), artist and professor in the School of Art and Art History (1975–2017)[4]
- Hualing Nieh Engle novelist, co-founder and former director of the International Writing Program.
- Paul Engle poet and director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop for 24 years. Engle also founded the International Writing Program.
- Carrie Figdor Associate Professor of Philosophy and philosopher of mind
- Nicholas Johnson former FCC commissioner 1966–1973, U.S. Maritime Administrator. Professor, Department of Communication Studies and founding member of the Iowa Progressive Caucus.
- Douglas W. Jones electronic voting reform expert and cofounder of the Open Voting Consortium, Professor of Computer Science
- Tisch Jones, theatre arts and theatre history professor
- Mauricio Lasansky renowned printmaker, creator of The Nazi Drawings
- Michael Lewis-Beck Professor Emeritus, F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Political Science
- Erik Lie Associate Professor of Finance, Henry B. Tippie Research Fellow. Discovered the stock options backdating scandal
- Kembrew McLeod media activist and prankster
- Philip Roth 1960 National Book Award winning author of Goodbye, Columbus, taught creative writing
- Wiley B. Rutledge United States Supreme Court Justice; Dean of College of Law, 1935–1939
- Palagummi Sainath visiting instructor in International Programs. An award-winning Indian development journalist described as one of the world's greatest experts on famine and hunger.
- George Seifert former assistant football coach 1966, and former head coach of NFL San Francisco 49ers
- George D. Stoddard[5] former chair of the Psychology Department, and former president of the University of Illinois
- Phil Stong Writing Instructor, author of the novel State Fair and others
- Bohumil Shimek naturalist and conservationist whom the Shimek State Forest is named after
- C. Vivian Stringer former women's basketball coach who is only coach in NCAA history to take three different teams to final four.
- Phebe Sudlow first female professor at the University of Iowa
- Basil Thompson former ballet master of the Joffrey Ballet and artistic director of the Milwaukee Ballet.
- James Van Allen physicist and discoverer of two radiation belts (the Van Allen Belts) that surround the Earth, Emeritus Carver Professor of Physics
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. American novelist and satirist, Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty 1965–66
- Himie Voxman alumnus, director of the School of Music from 1954–80
- Christine Whelan visiting assistant professor of Sociology, author of Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women
- Grant Wood American painter who painted American Gothic, instructor and director of WPA art projects
Sciences
- Nancy C. Andreasen[6] alumna and psychiatrist, 2000 National Medal of Science Recipient, Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry, Director of the Psychiatric Iowa Neuroimaging Consortium
- Kevin Campbell muscular dystrophy scientist, Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor and Head of Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
- Samuel Calvin–(1840–1911) pioneering geologist.
- Zada Mary Cooper[7] (1875–1961) - alumna and pharmacist - assistant, instructor, assistant professor, and associate professor. Founder of Kappa Epsilon and Rho Chi
- Antonio Damasio neurologist former M.W. Van Allen Professor and Head of Neurology 1989–2004, Director of USC Institute for the Neurological Study of Emotion and Creativity
- Robert V. Hogg 1950 Ph.D. in mathematics and professor of Statistics from 1951–2001, former President of the American Statistical Association.
- Wendell Johnson (1904–1965) former head of the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology; Pioneer in the field. See http://nicholasjohnson.org/wjohnson/
- Everett Franklin Lindquist developer of the ITBS and ACT exams.
- Nancy E. Goeken[8] immunologist
- Donald Gurnett[9] Physicist
- Charles F. Lynch[6] Epidemiologist
- George Willard Martin noted mycologist. Head of the Department of Botany from 1953 to 1955.
- Ignacio Ponseti physician internationally known for non-surgical treatment of clubfoot
- J. Roger Porter chair Dept. of Microbiology 1949–1977, internationally known microbiologist
- David W. Murhammer[6] Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Aliasger K. Salem Professor and Head of Division of Pharmaceutics and Translational Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy
- Ingo Titze University of Iowa Foundation Distinguished Professor, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology and the School of Music; Executive Director of the National Center for Voice and Speech, centered at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts; father of vocology, a specialty within speech-language pathology; creator of Pavorobotti, a singing (voice simulation) robot featured on National Public Radio
- Lee Edward Travis[10] alumnus, noted psychiatrist, Director of the university's first psychology clinic
Sports
University of Iowa Presidents
Notes and References
- News: Miller . Vanessa . April 10, 2018 . Another University of Iowa administrator to leave . en-US . The Gazette . 2023-11-16.
- News: Dewey Stuit, 98. May 29, 2018. Iowa City Press-Citizen. Iowa City, IA . January 14, 2008. 4. Newspapers.com. registration .
- Web site: Linda Crist (1944-2005) . University of Iowa . 16 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110102215739/http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/faculty/memorials/crist.shtml . 2 January 2011 .
- University of Iowa. "John Dilg, Professor Emeritus," People. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- Web site: GEORGE STODDARD DIES AT 84 – EDUCATOR LED 4 UNIVERSITIES – NYTimes.com. nytimes.com. 2023-09-27.
- Current faculty or staff member
- 41111877 . Zada Mary Cooper: Grand and Glorious Lady of Pharmacy . Henderson . Metta Lou . Pharmacy in History . 77–84 . American Institute of the History of Pharmacy . 40 . 2/3 . 1998 .
- Campbell . Jan . Crowe . Raymond R. . Goeken . Nancy . Pfohl . Bruce . Pauls . David . Palmer . Dolores . August 1984 . Affective disorder not linked to HLA in a large bipolar kindred . Journal of Affective Disorders . en . 7 . 1 . 45–51 . 10.1016/0165-0327(84)90063-6.
- Web site: Legendary Iowa space physicist Donald Gurnett dies . 13 January 2022 .
- News: Obituary for Lee Edward Travis . 2 January 2024 . Iowa City Press-Citizen . 13 October 1987 . 12.
- Retired/former faculty (or staff) member.
