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 Adviso
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

Wendy Marie Hoofnagle
Interim Graduate College Associate Dean
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

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.