Nic Arp, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 319-335-2818

Linda Maxson, University of Iowa Alumni Association Dean’s Chair in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), has announced appointments of two named professors and a named fellow in the college. Lan Samantha Chang, professor and director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, is the May Brodbeck Professor in the Liberal Arts & Sciences. Judith Pascoe, professor of English, is the M. F. Carpenter Professor in English. Cameron Thies, professor and chair of political science, is the Harlan E. McGregor Faculty Fellow.
“It gives me great pleasure to recognize these exceptional faculty members,” Maxson says. “Each one is an exemplary teacher and academic leader, each has been prolific in presenting innovative scholarly or creative work, and each is highly regarded in her or his respective field. They represent the achievement that continuously renews our curriculum and offers exciting academic opportunities for our students.”
Among the many research fellowships and residencies she has been awarded are a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Chang, who joined the faculty in 2006, is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
The Brodbeck Professorship was established by the college and the university to honor the late UI professor of philosophy and vice president for academic affairs May Brodbeck.
Pascoe has been awarded research fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. She was a Fulbright Lecturer in Japan in 2010. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and joined the UI Department of English in 1993.
The Carpenter Professorship was established with funds donated to the UI Foundation by the late Millington F. Carpenter, professor of English.
Thies received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University in 1999. He held faculty positions at Louisiana State University and the University of Missouri–Columbia before joining the UI faculty in 2008.
The McGregor Faculty Fellowship is supported by an endowment established at the UI Foundation by the Harlan E. McGregor Trust.