Our staff in 2014–15
Teresa Mangum, Director
Jennifer New, Assistant Director
Erin Hackathorn, Director of Operations
Miriam Janechek, Graduate Assistant–Communications
Kaitlin Dewulf, Undergraduate Assistant
Obermann Advisory Board
Mary Adamek (Music, CLAS)
Robert Cargill (Classics and Religious Studies, CLAS)
Charles Connerly (Urban & Regional Planning, Graduate College)
Marcella David (College of Law)
Juan Pablo Hourcade (Computer Science, CLAS)
Joni Kinsey (Art & Art History, CLAS)
Edith Parker (Community & Behavioral Health, College of Public Health)
H. Glenn Penny (History, CLAS)
Ann Ricketts (Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development)
Michael Sauder (Sociology, CLAS)
Steven Ungar (Cinematic Arts, CLAS)
Obermann Development Board
Anne Duggan (Community Member)
Jack Rosazza (Emeritus Professor, Center for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing)
Donna Sorensen (President, Sorensen Consulting)
Jon Whitmore (CEO, ACT)
Derek Willard (Emeritus Professor, College of Dentistry)
Thais Winkleblack (Vice President, MidWestOne Bank)
Obermann Graduate Institute Advisory Board
Jacki Thompson Rand (History, CLAS)
Jim Elmborg (Library & Information Sciences, Graduate College)
John Engelbrecht (Public Space ONE)
Tori Forbes (Chemistry, CLAS)
Eric Zimmer (History, CLAS)
Saba Ali (Psychological & Quantitative Foundations, College of Education)
Daniel Berkowitz (Journalism & Mass Communication, CLAS)
Carolyn Colvin (Teaching & Learning, College of Education)
Charles Connerly (Urban & Regional Planning, Graduate College)
Melody Dworak (Iowa City Public Library)
David Gould (Obermann Public Scholar)
Rachel Williams (Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies and Art & Art History, CLAS)
Thank yous
The Obermann Center is an oasis of creativity and collegiality on the University of Iowa campus. Our small staff is able to do its work with relative grace because of the enormous help of others. We are grateful to Robyn Hepker of Benson & Hepker Design for her considerable design talents, not to mention her affable humor. Adam Delaney, Cale Bierman, and Romy Bolton at ITS help our web site maintain its style and panache. Dan Marple was absolutely unflappable and charming as our IT guru. Our colleagues in the Office of the Vice President for Research, especially Ann Ricketts, Steve Pradarelli, Leslie Weatherhead, and Modei Akyea, have offered invaluable advice and support. Many thanks to Cassie Brickman and Shawn Wax at the UI Foundation for helping us to think ahead. Finally, we are ever grateful to our custodial, maintenance, and landscaping colleagues for keeping our old home humming.
