| Typically,
a visiting professor at Iowa is someone with a high degree of expertise
in a particular area who has taken a hiatus from a position in the private sector or
at another
university to teach one or more classes at The University of Iowa.
Visiting professors usually hold the highest degree available in
their field and are
attracted to the teaching positions by the level of intellectual activity in the academic
departments they are visiting.
For example, economist Laurel Adams is a visiting instructor in the Tippie College of Business. She has a PhD in Economics from the
University
of
Pennsylvania
and previously worked for Deloitte & Touche's Multinational Enterprises Tax division in
London. She also has held visiting professorships in the
Ukraine,
Jamaica, and
Spain. Adams brings expertise in the areas of international business, international economics, and applied economics for managers.
Poet Matt Miller is a visiting assistant professor in the UI English department and a senior assistant editor for The Walt Whitman Archive. He earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2000 and a PhD from Iowa in 2007. His poems and critical work have appeared in many journals, including the Arizona Quarterly, American Letters and Commentary, New Letters, and Verse. His awards include the University of Iowa's Best Essay Award in graduate studies in English, the John Logan Award, and the Academy of American Poets Prize.
Ida Beam Visiting Professors
The Ida Beam program brings eminent scholars and scientists to campus, too, but not to teach classes. Visiting professors sponsored through this program give
public lectures and meet with students and faculty.
2007-08 Ida Beam Visiting Professors
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