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
Faculty
![Erika Bass](/sites/default/files/directory-images/erika-bass.jpg)
Erika Bass
Assistant Professor of English
English-Teaching Advisor
erika.bass@uni.edu
(319) 273-7193
![Elena Dobrila](/sites/default/files/directory-images/elena-dobrila.jpg)
Elena Dobrila
Languages Advisor
Associate Adjunct Professor of Spanish
elena.dobrila@uni.edu
(319) 273-2200
![Photo of Elise DuBord](/sites/default/files/directory-images/dubord3-2023.png)
Elise DuBord
Professor of Spanish
elise.dubord@uni.edu
(319) 273-2183
![Carmen Durham](/sites/default/files/directory-images/carmen-durham.jpg)
Carmen Durham
Assistant Professor of TESOL
carmen.durham@uni.edu
(319) 273-3775
![Hilal Ergül](/sites/default/files/directory-images/hilal-ergul.jpg)
Hilal Ergül
TESOL Section Coordinator
Assistant Professor of TESOL
hilal.ergul@uni.edu
(319) 273-2729
![Aliza Fones](/sites/default/files/directory-images/aliza-fones.jpg)
Aliza Fones
Assistant Professor of TESOL
aliza.fones@uni.edu
(319) 273-6911
![Joshua Gordon](/sites/default/files/directory-images/joshua-gordon.jpg)
Joshua Gordon
Associate Professor of TESOL
joshua.gordon@uni.edu
(319) 273-2673
![David Grant](/sites/default/files/directory-images/david-grant.jpg)
David Grant
Professor of English
david.grant@uni.edu
(319) 273-2639
![Julie Husband](/sites/default/files/directory-images/julie-husband.jpg)
Julie Husband
Professor of English
julie.husband@uni.edu
(319) 273-3849
![Photo of Caroline Ledeboer](/sites/default/files/directory-images/caroline-4.png)
Caroline S. Ledeboer
Associate Professor of Instruction of English
English and TESOL Advisor
caroline.ledeboer@uni.edu
Personal Office (319) 273-2031 -------- Advising Office (319) 273-2854
![Jesse G. Swan](/sites/default/files/directory-images/jesse-swan.jpg)
Jesse G. Swan
Women's and Gender Studies Coordinator
Professor of English
jesse.swan@uni.edu
(319) 273-2089
![Grant Tracey](/sites/default/files/directory-images/grant-tracey.jpg)
Grant Tracey
Professor of English
grant.tracey@uni.edu
(319) 273-3782
Staff
![Lexi Byrnes](/sites/default/files/directory-images/lexi-byrnes.jpg)
Lexi Byrnes
Secretary
lexi.byrnes@uni.edu
319-273-5965
![Rachel Granzow](/sites/default/files/directory-images/rachel-granzow.jpg)
Rachel Granzow
Secretary
rachel.granzow@uni.edu
319-273-2821
Statement of Support
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 we have work to do. As we uphold peaceful protests, we also acknowledge that additional action and advocacy must happen.
To this end, we:
• pledge to redouble our efforts to support and encourage antiracist readings, content, and assignments in our current courses and beyond;
• stand with faculty who deliver culturally relevant instruction and, in so doing, connect with our most vulnerable students, especially Black and indigenous students who are at greatest risk from police and epidemiological violence;
• pledge to listen to stories of systemic racism and oppression, and offer support to those who do the difficult work of sharing these stories;
• counsel and demand of our administrators, Regents, and legislators a more inclusive and cooperative relationship with BIPOC faculty, staff, and students; and
• ask the College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences as well as the Faculty Senate to strive to live up to the goals outlined in the College and University’s Strategic Plan.