Jake Rochford-Volk
Library Director
Hawkins Memorial Library, La Porte City, IA
Jake is the Library Director of the Hawkins Memorial Library. He 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 husband are currently working on their MAs from the University of Iowa's School of Library and Information Science, working toward Academic, Archives, and Special Collections Librarianships. He lives in Waterloo with his husband 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