Laird Cantrell, a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies has research interests in Archaic Greek lyric poetry, Classical Greek drama, queer theory, and Greek and Roman history and historiography.

Osamamen Oba Eduviere, a PhD candidate in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies with a research fellowship focusing on examining how food restaurants and churches have played a crucial role in the resettlement of Nigerian immigrants in Uptown Chicago.

David Gbetey is a graduate student in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies with interests in Greek and Roman rhetoric.

Tucker J. Gregor, a PhD Candidate (ABD) in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Iowa with research draws on interdisciplinary concepts and conversations in Religious Ethics.

Allison Isidore, a PhD candidate at the University of Iowa.

Homayoun Khosheghbal, a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies and holds a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Tehran.

Yunhwa Kim is a PhD student in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies whose research explores Buddhist ethics and lived practices in contemporary East Asia, with a specific focus on gender.

Learn more about Yijian "Lexa" Lyu, a PhD student in Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Iowa.

Learn more about Mark Hartsgrove Mooers, a PhD student at the University of Iowa.

Luke Perez is a graduate student at the University of Iowa currently writing their dissertation on the transmission of text and gendered image in the manuscripts of Prudentius' Psychomachia.

Rachel Rucker is a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies. Her research interests are in affect theory, emotion, Archaic Greek poetry, and the development of early Medieval Latin texts.

Learn more about Shahla Shahreen, a PhD student in the Department of Classics and Religion Studies at the University of Iowa.

Echo Smith, graduate student at the University of Iowa, currently working on her dissertation, titled “Ancient Dream Interpretation: From Text to Social Context.”

Alicia Tu, graduated from Brandeis University with a BS in Computer Science, a BA in Linguistics, and a BA in Classical Studies, and from Tufts University with an MA in Digital Tools for Premodern Studies.

Ezekiel Yang, a second year PhD student in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Iowa with research focusing on modern and contemporary Chinese religiosity.