Patti Brown Graduate Student [ENGL]Patti Brown is PhD candidate in the RPC program. She has a Bachelor’s and Master’s in social work (BSW, MSW) from the University of Iowa. She earned a Master of Science in Journalism and Mass Communication from ISU’s Greenlee School...
Danielle Giles Graduate Student [ENGL]Danielle Giles is a second year MA student in Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication. She graduated from Iowa State University with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication, spring of 2017. She is currently a graduate teaching assistant for...
Allison Justus Graduate Student [ENGL]Allison Boyd Justus grew up at the southern edge of McMinnville, Tennessee, in the shadow of Ben Lomond Mountain. At Freed-Hardeman University, she pursued studies in literature, music, and biblical languages, as well as excursions in threatening weather, theatre, and...
Emily Boyd Graduate Student [ENGL]Emily Boyd is a first year MA student studying Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication here at Iowa State in 2017. Emily is currently a graduate teaching assistant for Speech Communication 212 and...
Michael Pounders Graduate Student [ENGL]Michael Pounders is a first year M.A. student in Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communications. He graduated from UW-Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2017 with a degree in Secondary English Education. After teaching high school and middle school English, Michael came to Iowa State...
Aimee Burch Graduate Student [ENGL]Aimee Burch is a first year MFA student who embraces her identity as a “native Illinoisan, adopted Iowan.” Originally from Springfield, Illinois, Aimee has toured all the major Lincoln sites and eaten plenty of horseshoes (look it up if you’re...
Nancy Hayes Graduate Student [ENGL]Nancy Hayes grew up on the banks of the Mississippi in Davenport, Iowa. She earned a BA in English from Smith College, an MA in English from the University of Connecticut, and after nine years of teaching English in southern...
Ana McCracken Graduate Student [ENGL]Ana McCracken comes to the creative writing and environment program as a non-fiction candidate far removed from her undergraduate years. Since graduating from Iowa State with a B.S. in Fashion Merchandising, McCracken has held careers as a retail buyer, director...
Courtney Reeves Graduate Student [EDUC]Courtney Reeves is a second year graduate student working on her MA in English and minor in Education. She is currently teaching SP CM 212. She loves being back at ISU while learning new things and stretching her knowledge. She...
Eric Williams Graduate Student [JL MC]Eric Williams is a first-year candidate for fiction in Iowa State’s MFA in Creative Writing and Environment. He also holds a BA in Modern Literature from UC Santa Cruz. He writes speculative fiction and essays about a future in which...