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

Erika Bass
Assistant Professor
erika.bass@uni.edu
(319) 273-7193

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
Ivonne Cuadra
Associate Professor
ivonne.cuadra@uni.edu
(319) 273-2715

Elena Dobrila
Languages Advisor
elena.dobrila@uni.edu
(319) 273-2200

Elise DuBord
Associate Professor
elise.dubord@uni.edu
(319) 273-2183

Carmen Durham
Assistant Professor
carmen.durham@uni.edu
(319) 273-3775

Hilal Ergul
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
Associate Professor
david.grant@uni.edu
(319) 273-2639
Jackie Gruenwald
Instructor
jackie.gruenwald@uni.edu
(319) 273-2377
Deanne Gute
Instructor
Wendy Marie Hoofnagle
Director of Women's & Gender Studies & 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
Bill Koch
Instructor
william.koch@uni.edu
(319) 273-6231
Adrienne P. Lamberti
Associate Professor
adrienne.lamberti@uni.edu
(319) 273-2627

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
Flavia Vernescu
Associate Professor
flavia.vernescu@uni.edu
(319) 273-2076
Penny Wang
Instructor
congcong.wang@uni.edu
(319) 273-6504
Siegrun Wildner
Professor
siegrun.wildner@uni.edu
(319) 273-7131

Debra Young
Instructor
dyoung@uni.edu
(319) 273-6812
Jolene Zigarovich
Associate Professor
jolene.zigarovich@uni.edu
(319) 273-2043