Professor Entel works with students.

Recent grads have gone on to master’s of fine arts programs, publishing, Teach For America, law school, library science, and graduate school in a variety of fields. Some graduates have started their own blogs or are professional writers.

Alumni careers

  • Fulbright English teaching assistant, Madrid, Spain
  • Customer consultation and care representative, GoDaddy, Hiawatha, Iowa
  • Content intern, Masterclass Inc., San Francisco, California
  • High school English teacher, Peace Corps, Indonesia
  • Circulation assistant, University of Iowa Law Library, Iowa City
  • Beat writer and football analyst, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Freelance writer, County Line Magazine, Texas
  • Teaching English as a foreign language, Peace Corps, Burkina Faso
  • Content lead, Gateway Media, St. Louis, Missouri
  • English teacher, Dundee Crown High School, Carpentersville, Illinois
  • “Education First” English teacher, Beijing, China
  • Communications specialist and marketing coordinator, University of Minnesota Duluth 
  • NYU Master of Fine Arts workshop, Paris
  • Designer, Google, San Francisco, California
  • Ensemble member and company stage manager, The New Colony, Chicago
  • Editorial assistant, Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado

Graduate school

Editing and publishing: Denver Publishing Institute, Colorado; University of Chicago, Illinois; New York University, New York

Creative writing: NYU-Paris; New Mexico State University, Las Cruces; Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York; Vermont College, Montpelier

English language and culture: University of Leiden, the Netherlands Law: Boston College, Massachusetts; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; University of Iowa, Iowa City

English literature: Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; University of Iowa, Iowa City; Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts; Iowa State University, Ames; Colorado State University, Fort Collins; Leeds University, United Kingdom

English education: Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois; University of North Dakota, Grand Forks

Library science: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Iowa, Iowa City

Journalism: Cardiff University, Wales

Theology: Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut; Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.

Music history and literature: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Film and literature: University of York, United Kingdom

Social justice and community development: Loyola University, Chicago

Music management: William Patterson University, Wayne, New Jersey