People

Department Chair & Administrator

Rebekah Kowal
Department DEO, Chair; Associate Professor; Graduate Advisor; IWP/MFA Concert Mentor
rebekah-kowal@uiowa.edu
Phone: 319.335.2180
Office: E114 C

Faculty

Faculty in the Dance Department
Name	Phone	E-mail
Jim Albert Lecturer	319.353.2423	james-albert@uiowa.edu
Eloy Barragán Associate Professor; Dance Gala Director 2019; BA Advisor; MFA Thesis Production Coordinator	319.335.2183	eloy-barragan@uiowa.edu
George de la Peña Professor; BFA Advisor	319.335.2189	george-delapena@uiowa.edu
Armando Duarte Professor; Director of Dance Production	319.335.2186	armando-duarte@uiowa.edu
Daniel Fine Assistant Professor, Digital Media in Performance; Dance Colloquium Series Organizer	319.353.2703	daniel-fine@uiowa.edu
Jennifer Kayle Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies	319.384.1414	jennifer-kayle@uiowa.edu
Rebekah Kowal Department DEO, Chair; Associate Professor; Graduate Advisor; IWP/MFA Concert Mentor	319.335.2180	rebekah-kowal@uiowa.edu
Kristin Marrs Lecturer in Ballet; Director of Undergraduate Studies; Honors Program Director; BA Advisor; BFA Advisor	319.335.2184	kristin-marrs@uiowa.edu
Christopher-Rasheem McMillan Assistant Professor of Dance and Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies; Graduate Recruitment Coordinator; Dance Colloquium Series Organizer	319.335.4890	christopher-rasheem-mcmillan@uiowa.edu
Melinda Jean Myers Assistant Professor of Contemporary Dance and Choreography	319.335.2187	melinda-j-myers@uiowa.edu

Staff

For a complete listing of Division of Performing Arts staff please see the DPA website.

Department of Dance Staff
Name	Phone	E-mail
Alex Bush Instructional Specialist + Recruitment Coordinator; Associate Director, Dancers in Company	319.335.2185	alexandra-bush@uiowa.edu
Paul Cunliffe Accompanist	N/A	paul-cunliffe@uiowa.edu
Molly Dahlberg Academic Coordinator and Assistant to the Chair	319-335-2621	molly-dahlberg@uiowa.edu
Lyle Juracek Accompanist; Adjunct Assistant Professor	319.335.2228	lyle-juracek@uiowa.edu
Briana Maxwell Production Stage Manager	319.384.0517	briana-maxwell@uiowa.edu
Eben Seaman Dance Accompanist	319.335.2194	eben-seaman@uiowa.edu
Kathryn Smith Administrative Director, UI Youth Ballet and Community Dance School	319.335.2193	kathryn-smith@uiowa.edu

Graduate Students

Department of Dance Staff
Name	Phone	E-mail
Jeremy Cline 2nd Year M.F.A. in Dance Candidate, Choreography Track		jeremy-cline@uiowa.edu
Julia Cooper 2nd Year M.F.A. in Dance Candidate, Choreography Track		julia-cooper@uiowa.edu
Laila Franklin 1st Year M.F.A. in Dance Candidate, Choreography Track		laila-franklin@uiowa.edu
Angelica DeLashmette Hurst 2nd Year M.F.A. in Dance Candidate, Choreography Track		angelica-delashmette@uiowa.edu
Mariko Ishikawa 1st Year M.F.A. Candidate in Dance, Performance Track		mariko-ishikawa@uiowa.edu
Michael Landez 1st Year M.F.A. Candidate in Dance, Performance Track		michael-landez@uiowa.edu
Jessica Madden 2nd Year M.F.A. in Dance Candidate, Choreography Track		jessica-madden@uiowa.edu
Sarah Olson 3rd Year M.F.A. in Dance Candidate, Choreography Track		sarah-olson@uiowa.edu
Juliet Remmers 1st Year M.F.A. in Dance Candidate, Performance Track		juliet-remmers@uiowa.edu
Bethany Sullivan 3rd Year M.F.A. in Dance Candidate, Performance Track		bethany-miller@uiowa.edu
Kate Vincek 2nd Year M.F.A. in Dance Candidate, Choreography Track		kate-vincek@uiowa.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Department of Dance Emeritus Faculty
Name	Phone	E-mail
Alicia Brown Associate Professor Emerita	N/A	matthes626@msn.com
Helen Chadima Associate Professor Emerita	N/A	helenc79@mchsi.com
Françoise Martinet Professor Emeritus	N/A

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