Anita Jung is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa. She has previously taught at Illinois State University, Ohio University and University of Tennessee. She received a BFA from Arizona State University where she majored in painting and drawing. She received an MFA from University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied printmaking, working with ​Bill Weege.

She has been involved with MAPC and SGCI, for many years as a participant, officer and host. She has also participated in the international IMPACT conferences in Poland, Germany, Estonia and Spain. She has been a frequent visitor to India, where she collaborated with Amit Kumar Jain on numerous study-abroad programs.