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The following is the full text of the Instructor Pledge, “A Commitment to Safe, High-Quality, Online Instruction at the University of Iowa for the Fall 2020 Semester,” along with the current list of 381 signatories from around the University:
We are providers of classroom instruction at the University of Iowa who are committed to providing the safest and highest-quality educational experience currently possible for our students—which right now means planning to deliver our fall courses online.
Whereas, the health and safety of students, employees, and residents of Iowa City and surrounding communities must be our first priority, and;
whereas, state and national responses have proven woefully ineffective in checking the spread of COVID-19, our state does not have in place the comprehensive testing and tracing systems necessary for safe reopening of major institutions like universities, and;
whereas, while we collectively battle an unpredictable and deadly virus, remote work and online teaching must be required wherever possible, not granted as options only to those willing to disclose private health information about themselves or the people with whom they reside, and;
whereas, campus health and safety is entwined with community health and safety and the fate of children and families in our local school district which has, in part due to the risk posed by in-person instruction in a community where thousands of college students are about to return, put health and safety first by opting for online instruction until at least October, and;
whereas, it is counter to public health goals and patently unfair to require only some courses to meet in person, especially when the lion’s share of in-person instruction would fall to non-tenured faculty and graduate instructors, putting those whose employment is most precarious in the most danger, and;
whereas, as educators we bear an obligation to model rational, evidence-based decision-making for our students, and to lead with commitments based on the sound guidance of epidemiologists and public health experts, including many of our own respected colleagues, therefore;
We do hereby pledge:
As faculty members, instructors, or teaching assistants who provide classroom instruction at the University of Iowa, we will further the education of our students and protect the health and safety of our campus and community by devoting ourselves to planning for the safest, highest-quality online experience for our students in the Fall 2020 Semester.
Signatories as of 4/3/20:
| Name | Department / Unit | Role / Title |
| Qi Qi | Department of Computer Science | Research Assistant |
| Chenchen Ding | College of education | graduate student |
| Zhen Wang | Statistics & Actuarial Science | Graduate Assistant |
| James Galvin | Writers’ Workshop | Professor |
| Elizabeth Willis | Writers’ Workshop | Professor |
| Jessica Welburn Paige | Sociology/African American Studies; CLAS | Assistant Professor |
| Hem Paudel | Rhetoric | Lecturer |
| Victor Ray | Sociology and African American Studies | Assistant Professor |
| Olivia Clement | English | TA |
| Louise Seamster | CLAS, Sociology and Criminology/African American Studies | Assistant Professor |
| Jennifer Glanville | CLAS, Sociology & Criminology | Professor and Chair |
| Juan Carlos Diaz | Spanish and Portuguese | Teaching Assistant |
| Patrick A Dolan Jr. | GWSS/SJUS | Lecturer |
| Elana D. Buch | Anthropology | Associate Professor |
| Ailey Picasso | University of Iowa, American Studies | Teaching Assistant |
| Michael Swellander | CLAS, German | Visiting Assistant Professor |
| Melanie Kassel | Creative Writing | Adjunct Professor |
| Sean Gunderson | Physics and Astronomy | Teaching Assistant |
| Kyra Spence | College of Arts and Sciences | Graduate TA |
| Rosemary L Moore | CLAS, History/Classics | Distinguished Associate Professor of Instruction |
| Cody Schlitter | Health and Human Physiology/HPAS | Assistant to Instruction |
| YUKI SHIMIZU | Asian and slavic language and cultures | instructor |
| Michael Ward | CLAS/Health and Human Physiology | Lecturer |
| Hallie Abelman | American Studies | Phd Candidate & TA |
| Sebastián Lores | Spanish and Portuguese | TA |
| Melissa Febos | English | Associate Professor |
| Donika Kelly | English | Assistant Prof |
| Kevin Josephs | Spanish & Portuguese | Graduate TA |
| Javier Hernandez | Spanish And Portuguese | Spanish TA |
| Will Rhodes | CLAS, English | Assistant Professor |
| Darcy Diesburg | Liberal Arts and Sciences, Psychology | Graduate student |
| Melissa Lehan Mackin | Nursing | Associate Professor |
| Brooks Cashbaugh | CLAAS, SAAH, Drawing and Painting | Graduate Instructor |
| Cassandra Bausman | CLAS | Lecturer |
| Hyeri Hong | College of Education | Graduate Research Assistant |
| Giauna Neville | Jazz | Jazz TA |
| Constance Berman | CLAS | Professor Emerita |
| Kristy Hartsgrove Mooers | Theatre Arts | Lecturer |
| John McKerley | College of Law, Center for Human Rights | Adjunct Lecturer |
| Sean Laughead | CLAS, Dance | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Luke Whitaker | University of Iowa | teaching assistant |
| Nathan DePuy | Department of French and Italian | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Peter Larsen | American Studies | Teaching Assistant |
| Tobin Dykstra | CLAS | Graduate Research Assistant |
| Kyle Ayers | Department of Dance | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Michael Landez | Dance | Graduate TA |
| Johanna Lopez Velador | History | TA |
| Matt Broschard | Psychological & Brain Sciences | Graduate Student |
| Erik Filean | ESL Programs | Lecturer |
| Matthew Hipps | CLAS, Cinematic Arts | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Miriam Velez-Bermudez | Psychological and Brain Sciences | Graduate Assistant |
| Jane Miller | Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences | TA |
| zhen Zhang | CLAS department of French | teaching assistant |
| Mary Aldugom | Psychological and Brain Sciences | TA |
| Kelly Hill | School of Music | Voice Area Lead TA |
| Celine Fender | HESA | Graduate Fellow |
| Stephen Wardell | Cinematic Arts | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| koku Gamia | French Department | TA |
| Will Jennings | Rhetoric | Associate Professor of Instruction |
| Robert Maxton | Physics | Teaching Assistant |
| Stephanie Tsank | Rhetoric | Lecturer |
| Larson Fritz | Rhetoric | TA |
| Carrie Schuettpelz | Rhetoric | Lecturer |
| Frank Durham | School of Journalism & Mass Communication | Associate Professor |
| Andrew Lewis | CLAS, ESL Programs | Lecturer |
| Carolyn Liu | English | TA |
| Michael Andrew Zmolek | International Studies / History | Lecturer |
| Laurel Sanders | CLAS, History | TA |
| Patrick Brady | CLAS, History | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Thelma Trujillo | Department of English | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Jihye (JJ) Park | Sociology/Criminology | Graduate Student |
| Joseph Schwenker | University of Iowa, Master of Computer Science | Teaching Assistant |
| Kristen Turner | Health and Human Physiology | Graduate Student |
| Derick Delloro | HHP | Graduate Student |
| Dominic Dongilli | American Studies; Obermann Center for Advanced Studies | Graduate Assistant |
| Kathleen Maris Paltrineri | GEL | TA |
| Zhen Wang | CLAS, Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science | Graduate Assistant |
| Zongyi Xu | Statistics and Actuarial Science | graduate assistant |
| Arya S Afshari | Physics | Research Assistant |
| John Phillip Tappen | Department of American Studies | Teaching Assistant |
| Aiden M. Bettine | History | Graduate Instructor |
| Ana Locke | College of Liberap Arts and Science | TA |
| Andrew Cardenas | Liberal Arts, Rhetoric | Graduate TA |
| Joseph Glover | Department of Philosophy | Teaching Assistant |
| Jessica Dzielinski | School of art and art history- painting & drawing | TA, basic drawing |
| Katarina Perovic | Department of Philosophy | Associate Professor |
| Kuann Fawkes | Community and Behavioral Health | Teaching Assistant |
| Nathan Chaplin | CLAS, History | Graduate Instructor |
| Dalton Benson | College of Liberal Arts | Graduate Instructor |
| E Mariah Spencer | English | Graduate TA |
| Anna Jensen | CLAS / HHP | Lecturer |
| Alex Voss | CLAS / HHP / SRM | Lecturer |
| Conor Hilton | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Rhetoric | Graduate Instructor |
| Laura Moser | CLAS, Classics | Graduate TA |
| Laura R. Graham | CLAS, Anthropology | Professor |
| Faith Wilfong | Anthropology | Teaching Assistant |
| Katherine Linder | Sociology and Criminology | Graduate Student |
| Hansini Munasinghe | Sociology | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Leslie Schwalm | CLAS/GWSS/History | Department Chair and Professor |
| Yi-Hsun Tang | Music Department | Teaching Assistant |
| Geng Zhang | Music School | Teaching assistant |
| Karen Nicoletti | Creative Writing | Adjunct Instructor |
| Kelci Mueller | Department of Sociology & Criminology | Teaching Assistant |
| Hannah Espy | Sociology | Teaching Assistant |
| Abagail Petersen | CLAS, Creative Writing-Writers’ Workshop | Creative Writing Instructor |
| John F. Finamore | CLAS | Professor |
| Blaine Greteman | CLAS/English | Associate Professor |
| Haomin Li | Public Health, Biostatistics | PhD Student |
| Drew Etienne | CLAS, School of Art and Art History | Instructor of Record |
| RAJORSHI DAS | English | Teaching Assistant |
| sanjna singh | CLAS | GTA |
| Lei Wang | English | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Nonfiction |
| Amir Adam | Iowa Writers’ Workshop | English Instructor |
| Gabriela Tully Claymore | Department of English | TA |
| Megan Wood | CLAS/Department of Spanish and Portuguese | Teaching Assistant |
| TQ George | Philosophy | Teaching Assistant |
| Jess Kibler | Nonfiction Writing Program | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Maria Capecchi | English | Graduate Instructor |
| Kyler Dill | English | Teaching Assistant |
| Lachlan Hinwood | SAAH, Painting | TA |
| David Gooblar | English and GWSS | Assistant Professor |
| Jake Jones | Intermedia, School of Art and Art History | TA |
| Jean K. Gordon | CLAS, CSD | Associate Professor |
| John Rubio | American Studies | PhD Candidate |
| Carrie Elizabeth Swanson | CLAS Philosophy | Associate Professor |
| Caleb Klipowicz | Dept of Anthropology | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Ann M Rhodes | College of Nursing | Clinical Professor |
| Kaden St Onge | Liberal arts, English | TA |
| Katharine Gilbert | CLAS, Deptartment of French and Italian | Teaching Assistant |
| Kathy Lavezzo | English | Professor |
| Will Yager | CLAS, DPA, Music | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Naomi J. Greyser | American Studies, English | associate professor |
| Kathleen Shaughnessy | English Department/Literature | Graduate Instructor |
| Rosemarie Scullion | CLAS | Associate Professor |
| Laurel Farrin | CLAS SAAH | Professor |
| David Drake | IIOHR, College of Dentistry | Professor of microbiology & infectious diseases |
| Michael Kratochvil | CLAS, Mathematics | Teaching Assistant |
| Claire Fox | English, CLAS | Professor |
| Jacki Rand | History | Associate Professor |
| Stephen Cummings | Social Work | Clinical Associate Professor |
| Katina Lillios | Anthropology | DEO/Professor |
| Stacey L Peek | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Graduate Research/Teaching assistant |
| Meghanne Bartlett-Chase | College of Education – Schools, Culture, and Society | Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant |
| Shenghao Geng | Chemistry | Teacher assistant |
| Carrie Wilbert | College of Education | Research Assistant |
| Praneel Samanta | Department of Mathematics, CLAS | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Rose Schreiber-Stainthorp | School of Art and Art History | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Morgan Parr | Psychology | TA/RA |
| Margaret Sheppard | English | Teaching Assistant |
| Corey Hickner-Johnson | Rhetoric | Lecturer |
| Jeremy Kingsbury | CLAS | TA |
| William Tyler Reynolds | CLAS, Mathematics & Statistics | Teaching Assistant |
| Levi Sands | CLAS, Sociology and Criminology | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Ruchika Sharma | College of Education | Research Assistant |
| Bria Powell | CLAS | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Rosemary Lee | Department of Biology | PhD student |
| M. Cox | Psychological and Quantitative Foundations | Teaching Assistant |
| Jacob Pembelton | Music/Jazz Studies | Graduate TA |
| Daniel Knipp | CLAS, Sociology | Graduate Assistant |
| Riley Hanick | English | Teaching Assistant |
| Sean-Patrick O’Brien | Department of Theatre Arts | TA (Teaching Assistant) |
| Trent Olson | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Teaching Assistant |
| Jiawei Wang | College of Business | Graduate Assistant |
| George Rozsa | AMST | GTA |
| Nate Ferguson | Theatre Arts | Graduate Assistant |
| Amrei Oswald | CLAS, Mathematics | Teaching Assistant |
| Tasha Lindo | Language, Literacy and Culture, Education | Student teacher supervisor |
| Mark Rheaume | Music and Rhetoric | Teaching Assistant |
| Kenneth Elliott | CLAS, Department of Classics | Teaching Assistant |
| Bryanne Estes | CLAS, English | GEL Instructor, PhD Candidate |
| Julie Sands | Sociology and Criminology | Teaching Assistant |
| Rachel Torres | Political Science | Graduate Student |
| Chuan Lu | Mathematics | PhD student |
| Kobong Choi | Educational Policy and Leadership Studies | Teaching assistant |
| Yariana Diaz | Mathematics | Graduate student |
| Ang Malenda | Communication Studies | Teaching Assistant |
| Abdinasir K. Ali | College of Public Health | Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant |
| Ming Hu | School of Music | Teaching Assistant |
| Lauren Peters | Communication Studies | Teaching assistant |
| Katie Priske | College of Education, Teaching and Learning | Graduate Assistant |
| philip zaborowski | Rhetoric | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Kelli Rushek | Education, Teaching and Learning | Doctoral Candidate |
| Marie Culpepper | CLAS, Department of French and Italian | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Julianna Villarosa | Cinematic Arts | TA |
| Katy Biddle | Communication Studies | Graduate Assistant |
| Geoffrey Hughes | Education | Instructor |
| Naiara Leao | CLAS, Religious Studies | PhD student/ TA |
| Ariane Thomas | Anthropology | Teaching Assistant |
| Mike Sebastian | CLAS, SAAH, Sculpture | Grad student/TA |
| Rachel Sudbeck | English | Graduate Instructor |
| Jacquelyn Alpine | Writers’ Workshop | Adjunct Instructor, recent graduate |
| Diana Brace | Educational Policy & Leadership Studies | Teaching Assistant |
| Ben Dulavitch | Department of Cinematic Arts | Teaching Assistant |
| Liat Graf | Theatre Arts | TA |
| Kurayi Mahachi | Epidemiology | Graduate Research Assistant |
| Lichun Zhang | Electronic and Computer Engineering | PhD candidate / Research Assistant |
| Lichun Zhang | Electronic and Computer Engineering | Ph.D. Candidate / Research Assistant |
| Qing Zou | Department of Mathematics | Teaching Assistant |
| Kenneth Heitritter | CLAS, Physics and Astronomy | Graduate Research Fellow |
| Inga Popovaite | Department of Sociology and Criminology | Graduate Assistant |
| Shannon Wachter | Psychology and Brain Sciences | Teaching Assistant |
| Brandon McCasland | CLAS, Communication Studies | TA |
| Pranav Prakash | Religious Studies/Center for the Book | Teaching Assistant |
| Logan Drake | College of Education, EPLS | TA |
| Jamie Ritzo | CLAS, Philosophy | Teaching Assistant |
| Kofi Opam | Graduate College, English Department | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Joshua Foley | CLAS, English | PhD Student/Instructor |
| Shannon Stuart-Maver | Psych and Quantitative Foundations | Teaching Assistant |
| Shobhan Roy | Mechanical Engineering | Graduate research assistant |
| Ashley Parker | Department of Psychiatr | Graduate Research Assistant |
| Wenxin Li | School of Music | Teaching Assistant |
| Matthew Little | CLAS, Geography and Sustainability sciences | Teaching assistant |
| Moosa Yahyazadeh | Computer Science | Graduate Assistant |
| Yanqing Shen | College of Liberal Arts | Teaching Assistant |
| Katherine Randazzo | CLAS, Rhetoric & English | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Tyson Paskett | Classics | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Addison Kimmel | Anthropology | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Ariel Kershner | PBS | Teaching Assistant |
| Alyssa Clayden | School of Social Work | PhD Student |
| Haoyi Xiong | Geography | TA |
| Corinne Watts | Anthropology | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Cheol Soh | Psychological and Brain Sciences | RA |
| Riley Troyer | CLAS, Physics and Astronomy | Graduate Research Assistant |
| Anna Reisetter | College of Public Health, Biostatistics | PhD candidate |
| Daniel Simons | Physics | Teaching Assistant |
| Luke Borland | CLAS, History | Teaching Assistant |
| CHRISTOPHER WEI | Cinematic Arts | Graduate Worker |
| Kelly Clare | CLAS, SAAH, Sculpture | Graduate TA |
| Garrett Lewis | History | Graduate Teaching Assistant / Ph.D Candidate |
| Laurel Carlson | American Studies / English | Graduate Instructor |
| Andrew Mistak | Psychology and Brain Sciences | Graduate Student |
| Jeremy Geragotelis | CLAS, Rhetoric / Theatre Arts | Instructor |
| Sara Jane Ernster | GWSS | TA |
| Jessica Kraemer | English | TA |
| Evana Bodiker | CLAS, English | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Bronwyn Stewart | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, English Department | Graduate Student Instructor |
| Rachel Renaud | Classics | Graduate Student |
| Luke Perez | Classics/Rhetoric | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Andrew | Department of Communication Studies | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Doctoral Student |
| Erica Walker | Sociology | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Berkley Conner | CLAS, Communication Studies | Graduate Student |
| Kelsey Kerin | English | GEL Instructor |
| Dakota Thomas-Wilhelm | ESL Programs | Lecturer |
| Kaylee Lockett | DWLLC | Graduate Assistant |
| Reid Dempsey | English | Graduate Instructor |
| Annie Burkhart | English | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Micki Burdick | Communication Studies | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Loren Glass | English | Professor |
| Anna-Maria Cornell | CLAS, ESL | Faculty |
| Colin Kostelecky | Rhetoric | Lecturer |
| Will Jennings | CLAS Rhetoric Department | Assoc. Professor of Instruction |
| Jeremy Lowenthal | English Department | GEL Instructor/PhD Candidate |
| Kirsten Johnson | CLAS | Graduate Assistant |
| Debra Trusty | Classics | Lecturer, Director of undergraduate studies (Classics) |
| Elizabeth Handschy | CLAS, International Studies | Teaching Assistant |
| Packy Moran | CLAS, HHP/SRM | Lecturer |
| Jennifer Janechek | Rhetoric | Lecturer |
| Matthew Helm | CLAS, English | TA |
| Hadley Galbraith | CLAS, Department of French & Italian | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Ashley H Dorn | Department of History | Graduate Student |
| Carlos Ruiz Martinez | CLAS, Religious Studies | Teaching Assistant |
| Emily Wieder | CLAS, French and Italian | T.A. |
| Maddison McGann | Department of English | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Cassidy Finley | Philosophy Department | Graduate TA |
| Brittany Borghi | Rhetoric | Lecturer |
| Victoria Burns | English | PhD Student |
| John Jepsen | CLAS, History | Graduate Instructor |
| Caroline Cheung | English | Phd candidate |
| carol severino | CLAS, Rhetoric | professor |
| Joshua Langseth | Classics | Adjunct Assitant Professor |
| Pedro Martinez | Department of English | Teaching Assistant in Rhetoric/PhD student |
| Breyan N Neyland | Rhetoric | Lecturer, Instructional Services Specialist |
| Paul Schmitt | CLAS, English | MA, PhD Candidate (ABD) |
| Andrea Scardina | Religious Studies | Graduate student/Teaching assistant |
| Jennifer Sherer | Law, GWSS | Adjunct Instructor |
| Kaitlyn Lindgren-Hansen | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | TA |
| Laura Hayes | English | Graduate Assitant |
| Michael MacDougall | CLAS Religions Studies | TA |
| Megan Knight | CLAS/Rhetoric Department | Assoc. Professor of Instruction |
| Erel Michaelis | English – NWP | English GEL TA |
| Kassie Baron | English | Graduate Instructor |