Namaste
Jake Volk
Graduate Student & Fellow
University of Northern Iowa
Jake is a graduate student at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). He's finishing his MA in English with an emphasis in book history and a Certificate in Literary Publishing. Jake is 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.
Currently, he is an Instructor teaching College Writing & Research. In this final semester at UNI, Jake is researching and writing about the Wadle Paperback Collection in Rod Library. After completing this MA, Jake and his fiancé will attend the University of Iowa to each earn an MA in Library and Information Science. 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. They will be moving to Iowa City in July 2024.
Academic Work
MA, Library and Information Science
MA, English
BA, English
BA, Secondary Education
AA, General Studies
Experience
Graduate Assistant, 2024-2026
Instructor, 2024
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