Our Staff in 2015–16
Teresa Mangum, Director
Jennifer New, Associate Director
Erin Hackathorn, Director of Operations
Miriam Janechek, Graduate Assistant, Communications
K.T. Nguyen, Graduate Assistant
Obermann Advisory Board
Robert Cargill (Classics and Religious Studies, CLAS)
Charles Connerly (Urban & Regional Planning, Graduate College)
Juan Pablo Hourcade (Computer Science, CLAS)
Dorothy Johnson (School of Art & Art History, CLAS)
Rebekah Kowal (Dance, CLAS)
Edith Parker (Community & Behavioral Health, College of Public Health)
Glenn Penny (History, CLAS)
Michael Sauder (Sociology, CLAS)
Steven Ungar (Cinematic Arts, CLAS)
Ann Ricketts (Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development)
Obermann External Board
Co-chair: Jack Rosazza, Professor Emeritus, Center for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing
Co-chair: Thais Winkleblack, Vice President, MidwestOne Bank
David Bright, Simmons, Perrine, Moyer, & Berman PLC
David Gould, Obermann Public Scholar
Obermann Graduate Institute Advisory Board
Saba Ali (Psychological & Quantitative Foundations, College of Education)
Jessica Anthony (Dance, CLAS)
Jennifer Teitle (Graduate College)
Carolyn Colvin (Language, Literacy, & Culture, College of Education)
Charles Connerly (Urban & Regional Planning, Graduate College)
Melody Dworak (Iowa City Public Library)
Barbara Eckstein (English, CLAS)
Jim Elmborg (School of Library & Information Science, Graduate College)
John Engelbrecht (Public Space One)
Tori Forbes (Chemistry, CLAS)
David Gould (Obermann Public Scholar)
Jacki Rand (History, CLAS)
Patricia Zebrowski (Communication Sciences & Disorders, CLAS)
Ex-officio: Craig Just (Civil & Environmental Engineering and Hydro-Science, College of Engineering), Jennifer Kayle (Dance, CLAS), Jennifer New (Obermann Center), Anna Swanson (Cinematic Arts and Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies, CLAS), Jessica Pleyel (Art & Art History, CLAS)
