The CLAS Scholarship Committee advises the Dean on awards made from the College's General Scholarship Fund and from various gifts. The College's Manual of Policy and Procedure, section X.6, describes the Scholarship Committee and its duties in more detail.

The Scholarship Committee is chaired by Cornelia Lang, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education. 

Appointed members

NameRank/titleDepartmentTerm end date
Anna KolesnikovaLecturerAsian and Slavic Languages and LiteraturesSpring 2027
Anne SandAssociate ProfessorRhetoricSpring 2025
Ben SwansonLecturerEarth and Environmental SciencesSpring 2025
Björn AndersonAssociate ProfessorArt, Art History, and DesignSpring 2027
Bruce Nottingham-SpencerAssociate Professor DWLLCSpring 2027
Carrie SwansonAssociate ProfessorPhilosophySpring 2027
Casey DeRooAssociate ProfessorPhysics and AstronomyFall 2025
Christopher StippProfessorBiologySpring 2025
Elana BuchAssociate ProfessorAnthropologySpring 2027
Hao FangAssociate ProfessorMathematicsSpring 2025
Jan SteynAssociate ProfessorFrench and ItalianSpring 2027
Justin VorhisLecturerClassicsSpring 2027
Kathy MellenProfessorHealth and Human PhysiologySpring 2027
Kristina GordonAssistant ProfessorHealth and Human PhysiologySpring 2026
Lori BranchAssociate ProfessorEnglishSpring 2026
Matthew BrownAssociate ProfessorEnglishSpring 2027
Sarah HarknessAssociate ProfessorSociology and CriminologySpring 2027
Shyamal KumarAssociate ProfessorStatistics and Actuarial ScienceSpring 2027
Trevor HarveyProfessorMusicSpring 2025

Administrative support

Portrait of Merry Aamodt

Merry Aamodt

Title/Position
Senior HR Specialist
Portrait of Kris Ackerson

Kris Ackerson

Title/Position
Grant Development Manager, Iowa Social Science Research Center (ISRC)
Scott Allendorf

Scott Allendorf

Title/Position
Senior Systems Administrator