Obermann Center names students selected for 2015 Graduate Institute

Monday, November 17, 2014

The following students have been selected for the 2015 Obermann Graduate Institute. As Obermann Graduate Fellows, they will participate in a one-week intensive institute exploring how to combine public engagement with their research and teaching. The Institute, now in its ninth year, is co-directed by Barbara Eckstein (English, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences) and Craig Just (Civil and Environmental Engineering), with assistance from Senior Graduate Fellow Emily Kroska (Psychology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences).

·         Amanda Ward – Psychology, CLAS

·         Andrew Nelson, Interdisciplinary Human Toxicology, Graduate College

·         Anna Swanson, Cinematic Arts, CLAS

·         Carla Gonzalez, Education Leadership and Policy, College of Education

·         Cathryn Lucas-Carr, American Studies, CLAS

·         Cristina Munoz, Geography, CLAS

·         Heather Draxl, Language, Literacy, and Culture, College of Education

·         Jessica Pleyel, Studio Art, Art and Art History, CLAS

·         Kalmia Strong – School of Library and Information Science and Center for the Book, Graduate College

·         Katherine Wetzel, English, CLAS

·         Marie Kim – Interdisciplinary Program in Immunology, Graduate College and Carver College of Medicine

·         Melissa Gilbert, Theater Arts, CLAS

·         Natalie Luna-Renek – Anthropology, CLAS

·         Peggy Valdes – Higher Education and Student Affairs, College of Education

·         Robert Hart, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering

·         Stefan Schoberlein, English, CLAS

·         Steven Rippentrop, Health Management, College of Public Health

·         Tariq Ghazal, Dental Public Health, Preventive and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.