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Role: Graduate Students

Rachel Holmes

Graduate Student [ENGL]

Rachel Holmes is a Masters student in Rhetoric, Composition, & Professional Communication at Iowa State University. She holds a Bachelor's degree in English from ISU with an emphasis in Rhetoric and a minor in Technical Communications, having graduated in 2013....

Bailey Sterk

Graduate Assistant [ENGL]

Bailey Sterk is an MA candidate in English Literature. She holds a degree in English with minors in Spanish and Women's and Gender Studies from Iowa State. In her studies, Bailey focuses on the intersection of environmental literature and feminist...

Sam Wilson

Graduate Assistant [ENGL]

Samantha Wilson is a first-year MA student in English with a specialization in literature. She received her undergraduate at Grand View University in Des Moines where she studied English with a focus on writing and minored in Studio Art. Her...

Elizabeth Wenger

Graduate Assistant [ENGL]

Elizabeth J. Wenger is a creative nonfiction writer from Tulsa, OK. She is interested in exploring various ideas and definitions of ‘The Natural’ in politics, culture, technology, and the built environment. Wenger graduated from the University of Kansas in 2019....

Geneva Evie Toland

Graduate Assistant [ENGL]

Geneva Evie Toland (she/her) is a writer, farmer, naturalist, and educator currently residing on the ancestral lands of the Baxoje people. As a first-year MFA student and 2022-2023 Pearl Hogrefe fellow in Creative Writing and the Environment, Geneva is humbled...

Eleanore Tisch

Graduate Assistant [ENGL]

Eleanore Tisch (she/her) is a poet, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She began her love affair with language, theatre, and art at a very young age, ever inspired by the city teeming around and within her. She studied Writing...

Zoe Stonetree

Graduate Assistant [ENGL]

Zoe Stonetree grew up in eastern and central Maine, then headed a few miles west to pursue her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maine Farmington. She has also lived in Juneau, AK, Boston, MA, and Ames, IA....

Shalini Singh

Graduate Assistant [ENGL]

Shalini Singh is a multigenre writer and MFA candidate from India in the Creative Writing & Environment program at ISU. She is the Miller scholarship recipient and the Fellow for Creative Writing & Environment, 2022-23. She holds a bachelor’s &...

Aubrey Simons

Graduate Student [ENGL]

Aubrey Simons is a California transplant to Iowa, and has indeed experienced winter here! She studied at Santiago Canyon College and Cal State University Fullerton, earning a BA degree in English and graduating Summa Cum Laude. She pursued secondary education...

Burak Senel

Graduate Assistant [ENGL]

Burak Senel has 10 years of experience teaching English at various levels, including college and K-12, with a focus on high-stakes language tests such as TOEFL in the last 3 years. He holds a Bachelor's degree in English Language Teaching...

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