Dana Alston is a graduate student in the PhD program in Film Studies at the University of Iowa.

Geoff Daniels is an MA student in Film Studies at the University of Iowa.

Caleigh Flynn is an MA student in Film Studies.

Malik Ford is a graduate student in the MFA program in Film and Video Production at the University of Iowa.

Humberto Gonzales Bustillo is a Graduate Student in the MFA Program in Film and Video Production

Will Hella, a second-year PhD student in Cinematic Arts, researches representations of government in film and television and their impact on public knowledge and discourse.

Pensée Ismael is a graduate student in the MFA program in Cinematic Arts.

Jeremy Laughery (he/they), an MA student in Film Studies at the University of Iowa, also teaches introductory Rhetoric courses in the Department of Rhetoric.

Campbell Mah is an MA student in Film Studies. His research interests include film theory, surrealist cinema, film genres, East Asian cinema, and the relationship between literature and film.

Ariana Martinez, a freelance film critic and culture writer, has contributed to outlets like Little White, TheWrap, and Little Village, focusing on 1980s cinema, gender, and sexuality.

Andrea Schuster holds degrees from Iowa, Boston University, and Oregon State, worked as a negative cutter and filmmaking instructor, and is now a PhD student.

Johanna Tesfaye (she/her/hers) is a graduate student in the MFA program in Film and Video Production

Negar Torabi Soufi Amlashi, an MFA student in Film and Video Production, studied cinema in Iran, earned a BA in Editing, and worked professionally as a video editor.

Zachary Vanes earned an MA in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA from DePauw University.

Getong Wang, an MFA student in Film and Video Production, creates works inspired by film, poetry, and music, exploring ambiguity and tensions between fantasy and reality.

Chris Wei studied psychology, philosophy, and mental health before earning an MFA at Boston University. Now a PhD candidate at Iowa, his research spans cinema, digitality, and posthumanism.