Seventeen UI graduate students from across campus, representing four different colleges, have been selected for the seventh annual Obermann Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy. This year's co-directors, Craig Just (Civil & Environmental Engineering) and Jennifer Kayle (Dance), and Senior Graduate Fellows Anna Swanson (Cinematic Arts and Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies) and Jessica Pleyel (Art & Art History) will lead the week-long program from January 11-15, 2016.
The Institute offers a competitively selected group of UI graduate students an opportunity to explore how civic engagement can enhance teaching, research, and creative work. It is also a rare opportunity for students to share ideas and experiences with peers they would not otherwise meet.
The 2016 Graduate Institute Fellows:
- David De La Torre, History
- Diane Williams, American Studies and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies
- Heidi Renee Aijala, English
- Rebekah Chappell, Dance
- Arianna Rigon, Neuroscience
- Gwendolyn Gillson, Religious Studies
- Jeremy Williams, Education
- Kelly Grogg, School of Library & Information Sciences
- Mohanad Nada, Immunology
- Ella Von Holtum, School of Library & Information Sciences
- Emily Climer, Dance
- Heather Wacha, History
- Bailey Kelly, Communication Studies
- Ruth Bryant, Center for the Book
- Keva Fawkes, School of Art & Art History
- Mary Nyaema, Education
- Rachel Winter, Religious Studies