An Iowa College in the Liberal Arts Tradition
Faculty and Staff
Alfredo Alonso Estenoz
Professor of Spanish
- Office: Main 405
- Phone: 563-387-1183
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Spanish, University of Iowa; M.A., Spanish, University of Iowa; B.A., Journalism, University of Havana
Anne-Marine Feat
Associate Professor of French
- Office: Main 604
- Phone: 563-387-1185
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Irish Studies, Université Michel de Montaigne; M.A., English, Université de Bretagne Occidentale; B.A., Celtic Studies and Teaching French as a Foreign Language, Université de Bretagne Occidentale
Nancy Gates Madsen
Professor of Spanish
- Office: Main 406
- Phone: 563-387-2982
- E-mail: [email protected]
On sabbatical 2020-2021
Education: Ph.D., Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.A., History, Carleton College
Maren Johnson
Associate Professor of Nordic Studies
- Office: Main 115B
- Phone: 563-387-1570
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Scandinavian Language and Literature, University of Washington; M.A., Scandinavian Language and Literature, University of Washington; B.A., Norwegian Language and Literature, Pacific Lutheran University
Director of the Torgerson Center for Nordic Studies.
Dawn Schweizer
Adjunct Faculty in Spanish
- Office: Main 401
- Phone: 563-387-2997
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Spanish, University of Iowa; M.A., Spanish, University of Iowa; B.A., Spanish, Luther College.
Elizabeth Steding
Professor of German/Dir of Student Honors and Fellowships
- Office: Main 404
- Phone: 563-387-1703
- E-mail: [email protected]
Department Head
Education: Ph.D., German Studies, Michigan State University; M.A., German Language and Culture, UC Santa Barbara; B.A., German, Alma College
Soeren Steding
Professor of German
- Office: Main 403A
- Phone: 563-387-1489
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Germanistik, University of Regensburg; M.A., German Literature, Vanderbilt University; Staatsexamen (Gymnasium), University of Regensburg
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Rita Tejada
Associate Professor of Spanish
- Office: Main 605
- Phone: 563-387-1127
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph. D., Spanish, Florida State University; M.A., Spanish, Emory University; B.A., Education, Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
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David Thompson
Professor of Spanish
- Office: Main 601
- Phone: 563-387-2146
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph. D., Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Washington University; M.A., Spanish, Washington University; B.A., Spanish, Wabash College
Hongmei Yu
Associate Professor of Chinese
- Office: Main 402
- Phone: 563-387-2178
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Program of Comparative Literature, University of Oregon; M.A., Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture, Peking University, China; B.A., School of Journalism, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Laurie Zaring
Professor of Linguistics and French
- Office: Main 403, (fall 2021)
- Phone: 563-387-2986
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Romance Linguistics, Cornell University; M.A., French Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin; B.A., French Culture, College of Wooster
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Laurie Iudin-Nelson
Emerita
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., Russian Area Studies; Literature Concentration, University of Minnesota; B.A., History, Russian, Russian Studies, St. Olaf College
Ruth Caldwell
Emerita
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Romance Languages, University of Chicago; M.A., Romance Languages, University of Chicago; B.A., French, University of Southern California
Ruth Kath
Emerita
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., German, University of Iowa; M.A., Theology, Loras College; M.A, German, University of Connecticut; B.A., German, Syracuse University