Faculty & Staff Directory
At the University of Northern Iowa, your professors are scholars who put teaching first. They emphasize learning — both inside and outside the classroom — that will help you connect your education to the real world.
Get to know our department, and learn more about our faculty and staff by browsing the directory below.
Administrative Faculty
Jim O'Loughlin
Department Head & Professor
jim.oloughlin@uni.edu
(319) 273-2821
Faculty
Juan Carlos Castillo
Associate Professor
juan.castillo@uni.edu
(319) 273-6200
Dennis Conrad
Instructor
dennis.conrad@uni.edu
(319) 273-3805
Jeffrey S. Copeland
Professor
jeffrey.copeland@uni.edu
(319) 273-3323
Elena Dobrila
Languages Advisor
elena.dobrila@uni.edu
(319) 273-2200
Elise DuBord
Professor
elise.dubord@uni.edu
(319) 273-2183
Carmen Durham
Assistant Professor
carmen.durham@uni.edu
(319) 273-3775
Hilal Ergül
Assistant Professor
hilal.ergul@uni.edu
(319) 273-2729
Aliza Fones
Assistant Professor
aliza.fones@uni.edu
(319) 273-6911
Joshua Gordon
Assistant Professor
joshua.gordon@uni.edu
(319) 273-2673
Vince Gotera
Professor
vince.gotera@uni.edu
(319) 273-7061
David Grant
Professor
david.grant@uni.edu
(319) 273-2639
Jackie Gruenwald
Instructor
jackie.gruenwald@uni.edu
(319) 273-2377
Wendy Marie Hoofnagle
Associate Professor
wendy.hoofnagle@uni.edu
(319) 273-7053
Julie Husband
Professor
julie.husband@uni.edu
(319) 273-3849
Heather Jerónimo
Associate Professor
heather.jeronimo@uni.edu
(319) 273-6227
Adrienne P. Lamberti
Professor
adrienne.lamberti@uni.edu
(319) 273-2627
Caroline S. Ledeboer
Instructor & English and TESOL Advisor
caroline.ledeboer@uni.edu
(319) 273-2031
Rachel Morgan
Instructor
rachel.morgan@uni.edu
(319) 273-2016
Pierre Damien Mvuyekure
Professor
pierre.mvuyekure@uni.edu
(319) 273-5873
Gabriela Olivares Cuhat
Graduate College Associate Dean
Associate Professor
gabriela.olivares@uni.edu
(319) 273-6102
Nick Roos
Instructor
nick.roos@uni.edu
(319) 273-6908
Jeremy Schraffenberger
Professor
jeremy.schraffenberger@uni.edu
(319) 273-3879
Jesse G. Swan
Professor
jesse.swan@uni.edu
(319) 273-2089
Grant Tracey
Professor
grant.tracey@uni.edu
(319) 273-3782
Karen Tracey
Associate Professor
karen.tracey@uni.edu
(319) 273-2571
Penny Wang
Instructor
congcong.wang@uni.edu
(319) 273-6504
Siegrun Wildner
Professor
siegrun.wildner@uni.edu
(319) 273-7131
Brooke Wonders
Associate Professor
brooke.wonders@uni.edu
(319) 273-2417
Debra Young
Instructor
dyoung@uni.edu
(319) 273-6812
Jolene Zigarovich
Associate Professor
jolene.zigarovich@uni.edu
(319) 273-2043
Staff
Alex Speer
Office Coordinator
alex.speer@uni.edu
319-273-2821
Rachel Granzow
Secretary
rachel.granzow@uni.edu
319-273-2821
Lexi Byrnes
Graduate Secretary
lexi.byrnes@uni.edu
319-273-5965
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
We, the Faculty of the Department of Languages and Literatures at the University of Northern Iowa, stand in solidarity with BIPOC communities and the call to end systemic racism. We acknowledge our own place in systems of oppression. Many of us work with languages connected to histories of colonial power, subjugation, settlement, slavery, and genocide. We cannot sanitize the narratives and linguistic power of our profession. We also acknowledge how neither our city nor our campus is especially welcoming to Black students or people of color. As we uphold peaceful protests, we also acknowledge that additional action and advocacy must happen.