Saba Ali, a professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education, will begin as dean of the Graduate College on Feb. 1.

Erin Wissler Gerdes, a PhD candidate in epidemiology, examines how untreated anxiety contributes to parental rage and the protective role social support plays.

Doctoral and masters commencements photo gallery

Christopher Merrill took the University of Iowa's International Writing Program to new heights.

The capstone project of Music Therapy student Jayda Hunstad focuses on post-op pain management after spinal fusion surgery, which she underwent as a teen.  

AuD/PhD student Jean Hong studies how poorly fitted hearing aids may impact how adolescents interpret speech in noisy environments and why hearing aids are often underfit.

Matthew Bowman, a PhD student in Art History and Wyeth Foundation Predoctoral fellow, is taking closer look at Taos Pueblo using Smithsonian archives.

Many of our graduate students are involved in student organizations and advocacy groups outside of the classroom. We asked three of our leaders about why involvement is important and what they've learned.

Second-year master’s student Blake Cordell chose to write his own musical for his thesis. His work, Only a Mask, became a full-scale production that was performed at the James Theater earlier this fall and involved numerous students from theater arts, music, and more.

PhD student and 2025 3MT winner Kaitriana Colling's research advances treatments for uterine cancer