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Role: Graduate Students

April Tan

Graduate Assistant [G COL]

April Tan is a Ph.D. student co-majoring in Applied Linguistics and Technology and Human-Computer Interaction. She holds an M.A. in TESL/Applied Linguistics from Iowa State University and a B.A. in Creative Advertising and Graphic Design from Drake University. Her research...

Brianna Stoever

Graduate Student [ENGL]

Brianna Stoever is a recent graduate of Simpson College in Indianola and has a BA in both English and Theatre. Growing up on the southside of Des Moines, she was always imagining different landscapes and hoping to save the rainforest...

Dan Pankratz

Graduate Student [ENGL]

Dan Pankratz currently pursues an MFA in Creative Writing and Environment. As a social worker for five years, he served needy populations at homeless shelters, transitional homes, and mental health institutions in a number of capacities: support staff, brunch cook,...

Riley Morsman

Graduate Student [ENGL]

Riley Morsman is a recent graduate of Kansas State University where she received her BA in English with minors in Nonprofit Leadership and American Ethnic Studies (although she argues that she also deserves a minor in Architecture after spending four...

Richard Frailing

Education Extension Specialist Ii [A&BE]

Richard Frailing is a first year poetry student in the MFA program in Creative Writing and Environment. He hopes to push his narrative poetry further into the blurry space between poetry and lyrical nonfiction. His undergraduate education in both biology...

Nik Chartrand

Graduate Student [ENGL]

Nik Chartrand is a first year MA English Literature student and an English 150 teaching assitant. She graduated from the University of North Dakota in 2018 with a BA in English Literature, and a Certificate of Editing and Publishing. Her...

Caroliena Cabada

Graduate Student [ENGL]

Caroliena Cabada is an MFA student at Iowa State University, and was the 2018-2019 recipient of the Pearl Hogrefe Fellowship in Creative Writing. She holds a BA in Chemistry from New York University. Before making the move to Ames, she...

Deb Young

Graduate Student [ENGL]

Deb Dimond Young is a PhD candidate in rhetoric and professional communication and teaches first-year integrated communication and writing at the University of Northern Iowa. She received her BA in Public Relations from Drake University and her MA in English...

Scott Kovach

Graduate Student [ENGL]

Scott Kovach, as an undergraduate in Political Science at Iowa State University, was awarded the National Science Foundation’s Scholarship for Service in Information Assurance. After graduating in 2003, he has served in a variety of careers: information security consulting, tech support, quality...

Kate Wright

Graduate Student [ENGL]

Kate Wright grew up in Pennsylvania and received a BA and MA from The Pennsylvania State University in English. In her poetry, she explores life, death, and relationships. She takes special interest in familial relationships and relationships with nature, both...

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