Term: Fall 2024–Spring 2027

Brittany Bettendorf is a clinical associate professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology. She completed her internal medicine and pediatrics residency as well as her rheumatology fellowship at Medical College of Wisconsin. She joined the faculty at University of Iowa in 2017. She sees patients with a wide range of rheumatologic diseases. She runs a specialty clinic helping to transition young adult patients with pediatric rheumatologic conditions into adult rheumatology and also has another specialty clinic caring for pregnant patients with rheumatologic conditions. She also has an interest in medical humanities and the medical education of students, residents, and fellows.

Term: Fall 2024–Spring 2027

Sarah E. Bond is an associate professor of history. She is interested in late Roman history, epigraphy, late antique law, Roman topography and GIS, digital humanities, and the socio-legal experience of ancient marginal peoples. She earned a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011) and obtained a BA in classics and history with a minor in classical archaeology from the University of Virginia (2005). Her book, Trade and Taboo: Disreputable Professionals in the Roman Mediterranean, was published with the University of Michigan Press in 2016.

Term: Fall 2026–Spring 2029

Carl Follmer is associate professor of instruction, director of the Frank Business Communications Center, and assistant department executive officer at the Tippie College of Business. He specializes in communications curriculum development at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels. He teaches Business Communication and Protocol (BUS: 3000), Communicating with AI and Business Technology (MBA: 8430), and Tippie's Summer PhD Communications Seminar. He received Tippie's Innovation in Teaching award in 2021.

Term: Fall 2025–Spring 2028

Juan Pablo Hourcade is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and director of graduate studies for the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Informatics. His main area of research is human-computer interaction, with a focus on the design, implementation, and evaluation of technologies that support creativity, collaboration, well-being, healthy development, and information access for a variety of users, including children and older adults. He conducts research with his students at the HawCHI Lab.

Ex-officio

Kristy Nabhan-Warren is an associate vice president for research in the Office of the Vice President for Research. She is also professor and V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair in Catholic Studies in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies. She is committed to making scholarship meaningful to non-academics as well as academics, and prides herself on writing for a wide audience. She embraces a Humanities for the Public Good approach to her research, writing, and dissemination of information.

Ex-officio

Roland Racevskis oversees programs in the arts and humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In his role as associate dean, he directs faculty recruitment as well as faculty reviews. He also collaborates with the other associate deans to implement the CLAS strategic plan as it pertains to the arts and humanities. Racevskis seeks opportunities to learn more about faculty scholarship and teaching and to support high-impact creative and scholarly activities in the college. He is also a professor in the Department of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, and Cultures.

Term: Fall 2024–Spring 2027

Cassie Rader is a senior research fellow in the Social and Education Policy Research Program and associate professor in the College of Education. Her work focuses on various aspects of civic and public engagement, including how college students learn about and enact social responsibility, and how universities contribute to democracy and civic life. Of particular scholarly interest to Rader is examining how different campus stakeholders mobilize around contentious public issues, and how campus administrators respond.

Term: Fall 2024–Spring 2027

Michael Sauder specializes in the sociology of organizations, theory, culture, and inequality. His recent research has appeared in American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, and Administrative Science Quarterly. Sauder's 2016 book with Wendy Espeland, Engines of Anxiety: Educational Rankings, Reputation, and Accountability (Russell Sage Foundation), is the culmination of an extensive project examining the unintended consequences of accountability measures on the individuals, organizations, and fields that they assess. This work has received a number of honors, including the Law School Admission Council's Shelton Prize, the Clifford Geertz Prize from the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA), and book awards from the Midwest Sociological Society, ASA's Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section, and the ASA's Sociology of Law Section. 

Term: Fall 2024–Spring 2027

Tammie Walker is director of the School of Music and professor of piano. She is an active clinician, lecture-recitalist, and masterclass teacher, including presentations at regional and national conferences and several virtual international invitations. She is also in demand as an adjudicator, having served on many regional, national, and international juries in the US and South Korea. She held various leadership roles with the Music Teachers National Association competitions at the state and regional level for 15 years.

Term: Fall 2024–Spring 2027

Joseph Yockey is associate dean for research and professional development and David H. Vernon Professor of Law. His teaching has been recognized at the college and university level. He was named Iowa Law teacher of the year in 2012, and he received the university-wide President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in 2022. Yockey writes in the areas of corporate governance, organizational compliance, social enterprise, and higher education. He is the co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Social Enterprise Law, and his scholarship appears in leading law journals across the country. Yockey served as president of the University of Iowa Faculty Senate in 2020-21. He is also the faculty advisor to the Iowa Law Review, as well as the co-advisor and co-founder of the law school’s First-Generation Lawyers (FGL) student organization.