Dr. Heather Brady

Title: Professor of Liberal Arts
Dept.: Liberal Arts
Office: Jensen Hall 107
Phone: (515) 263-2914
Email: hbrady @ grandview.edu

Heather Brady teaches global awareness courses around topics related to immigration. She is also involved with local organizations serving immigrant and refugee communities. In Des Moines she is a current member of the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute. In her free time, she loves world travel and hanging out with her son Quinn.

Education Background

  • B.A. in French from Kalamazoo College
  • M.A. in Comparative Literature from The University of Texas at Austin
  • Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from The University of Texas at Austin 

Start Date at Grand View

  • Summer 2015

Areas of Expertise

  • French, African and Latin American literature and cultures
  • Immigration
  • Community engagement
  • Study abroad

Research / Accomplishments

  • Coordinator, Global Vision Week 2017: Sharing Stories of Immigration and Belonging
  • Greater Des Moines Partnership Leadership Institute, 2017-2018
  • Iowa Campus Compact Faculty Fellowship, 2016-2017 "Mapping the Movements of San Cristóbal Magallanes: Regional Identity in the Face of Migration in the North of Jalisco/South of Zacatecas" (chapter in Cartographies of Movement at the Universidad de Guadalajara, 2013)
  • Garcia-Robles Fulbright Scholarship to Mexico, 2010-2011
  • Fulbright-Hays Grant to Mexico with Rust College, Summer 2010
  • "The Global Perspectives of her Art: Monmouth College Interviews Writer and Painter Véronique Tadjo." Co-Written with James Bukari & Dan Bansley. Ufahamu: Journal of African Studies (January 2008)
  • "Recovering Claire de Duras's Creole Inheritance: Race and Gender in the Exile Correspondence of her Saint-Domingue Family." In L'Esprit Créateur, Vol. 47, No. 4 (2007): 45-56
  • Mellon Summer Institute in French Paleography, Newberry Library, Chicago, 2006

Questions & Answers

What makes Grand View unique among other universities?
Grand View puts a strong focus on student learning in classes along with co-curricular activities. We emphasize student leadership in all that we do.
What is your favorite part about working at Grand View?
At Grand View I feel empowered to continue learning. I keep developing myself professionally in a vibrant urban community that is undergoing constant change.
Dr. Heather Brady