The Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professorships Program
2011-12 Visiting Professors
| Visiting Professors | Sponsoring Department | Date(s) Scheduled |
| Phoebe Gloeckner, University of Michigan | Art & Art History, Cinema & Comparative Literature, Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies, WRUAC, UI Art Museum | October 4-8, 2011 |
| Elaine Treharne, Florida State University | English, Center for the Book, History, Classics, Medieval Studies | October 4-8, 2011 |
| Ilya Kaminsky, San Diego State University | International Writing Program | October 9-14, 2011 |
| Robert Hass, University of California – Berkeley |
Writers Workshop, International Writing Program, English, Undergraduate Writing Track | October 10-14, 2011 |
| Sam Green, David Cerf, and The Quavers, Independent Oscar nominated documentary filmmaker and collaborators | Cinema & Comparative Literature | October 28, 2011 |
| Uwe Kleindienst, Leopold-Mozart-Zentrum, University of Augsburg, Germany |
Music, German | October 30-November 5 |
| James Luna, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA | American Indian & Native Studies, Art & Art History, Theatre Arts | November 2-5, 2011 |
| Michael Spiro, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University |
Music – Jazz Department, Dance, International Programs, Division of Performing Arts | December 5-9, 2011 |
| William Westney, Texas Tech University | Music | March 3, 2012 |
Orrin Robinson, Stanford University |
German, International Programs, 18th & 19th Century Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Asian & Slavic Languages and Literatures, English, French & Italian, Linguistics, Spanish & Portuguese |
March 18-22, 2012 |
| Nicholson Baker, Portland, ME |
Writers Workshop, Non-Fiction Writing Program, International Writing Program, English |
April 2-6, 2012 |