Namaste
Jake Volk
Graduate Student & Assistant
University of Iowa's School of Library & Information Science
Jake is a recent graduate of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). He completed his MA in English with an emphasis in book history and a Certificate in Literary Publishing. Jake was the first graduate student to receive the Languages & Literatures English Fellowship at UNI. As the Fellow, Jake worked as the Assistant Editor of the North American Review from August 2022 through December 2023 and worked as an Instructor teaching College Writing & Research for the Spring 2024 semester.
Jake and his fiancé have been accepted into the University of Iowa's School of Library and Information Science, working toward Master degrees in Academic Librarianship and likely Special Collections Librarianship. In additional to being accepted into the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), Jake has received a full-tuition Graduate Assistantship in SLIS. He lives in Cedar Falls with his fiancé and their three cats: Gaia, Orpheus, and Stella.
Academic Work
MA, Library and Information Science
MA, English
BA, English
BA, Secondary Education
AA, General Studies
Experience
Graduate Assistant, 2024-2026
Assistant Editor, 2022-2023
Library Associate, 2021-2022
Special Educator, 2020-2021
Non-Academics
Travel Abroad
Local Hiking & Biking
My Family Photos
My Current Reading List