Drop-in Hours

Spring 2024: Wednesday: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm (in-person or Zoom); or by appointment

What is Munachim's Story?

Munachim Amah is a Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He is broadly interested in journalism studies and economic development, with a more specific interest in language use in journalism, journalism practice, and representation of poverty in news media.

Munachim has a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Master of Science in Media and Communication. Before coming to the University of Iowa, he interned and worked as a freelance digital journalist for CNN Africa and was a writing instructor at the Pan-Atlantic University. 

He is interested in literature and has collected and co-edited three anthologies of short stories published by Afritondo Media and Publishing, and he is the administrator of Afritondo Short Story Prize, which promotes writing by Black and African writers.