Department of Humanities

Assistant Professor of French Language, Francophone, and Cultural Studies, Humanities

Dr. Ramon A. Fonkoué's scholarship and teaching focus is on French Language, Francophone, and African Studies in general with an emphasis on cultures and cultural contacts. His research analyzes the contribution of Caribbean and African writers and critics to cultural studies and literary theory. His interests include the relationship between . . .

Director of Scientific & Technical Communication, Humanities

Taking up issues of both theory and practice, Dr. Ann Brady's work focuses on the intersections of rhetoric and technical communication. Her most recent publications appear in Rhetoric Review, Journal of Women's Studies, and Computers and Composition and address issues of methodological diversity, gender essentialism, and technological determinism.

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Diverse Literatures, Humanities

M. Bartley Seigel is the author of the poetry collection This Is What They Say (Typecast, 2012) and is founding editor of the critically acclaimed literary magazine [PANK]. He is assistant professor of creative writing and diverse literatures and director of English and Liberal Arts at Michigan Tech.

Associate Professor of Linguistics, Humanities

Dr. Victoria L. Bergvall's fields of scholarship range across language and gender theory and practice, discourse analysis (especially critical discourse analysis), sociolinguistics, computer-mediated communication, and the study of the dialects of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Assistant Professor of Digital Media, Humanities

Stefka Hristova is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media at Michigan Technological University. She holds a PhD in Visual Studies from the University of California Irvine. Her research examines the digital visual cultures of war and displacement.

Assistant Professor of Spanish and Cultural Studies, Humanities

My research and teaching focus on nineteenth and twentieth century Latin American literature and culture, including comparative approaches to Brazilian and Spanish-American studies. I am interested in exploring connections between Latin American cultural history, modern philosophy, and contemporary critical theory concerning such topics as state formation, sovereignty and democracy, the . . .