Michigan Technological University

Department of Humanities

Faculty and Staff Directory

Alphabetized Listing

Dieter Wolfgang Adolphs

Associate Professor of German Language and Literature, Humanities

(906) 487-3231
dadolph@mtu.edu
Walker 308

Wendy K. Z. Anderson

Assistant Professor in Emergent Media, Humanities

(906) 487-3240
wkzander@mtu.edu
Walker 326

Links of Interest

Kirsti Arko

Kirsti Arko

Administrative Coordinator of the MTMC

(906) 487-4365
karko@mtu.edu
Walker 107
Humanities Faculty

Angela Badke

Instructor, Humanities

(906) 487-0919
ambadke@mtu.edu
148 Walker

Victoria L. Bergvall

Associate Professor of Linguistics, Humanities

(906) 487-3243
vbergval@mtu.edu
Walker 327

Links of Interest

Sandra Boschetto-Sandoval
"It is academic feudalism that draws sharp lines between the study of English and of Modern Languages"
—George Steiner, Language and Silence, 1998

Sandra M. Boschetto-Sandoval

Associate Professor of Spanish Language and Latin American Studies, Humanities

(906) 487-3241
smbosche@mtu.edu
Walker 321

Research Areas

  • Contemporary Latin American Literature
  • Latin American Cultural Studies
  • Latin American Women Writers
  • Modern Language Pedagogy

Jeffrey Bowen

Instructor, Humanities

(906) 487-0937
jmbowen@mtu.edu
Walker 331

Lauren Marshall Bowen

Assistant Professor of Composition, Humanities

(906) 487-0929
bowen@mtu.edu
Walker 315

Links of Interest

Michael Bowler

Director of Graduate Studies, Humanities

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Humanities

(906) 487-2447
mjbowler@mtu.edu
Walker 329C

Links of Interest

Ann Brady

Director of Scientific & Technical Communication, Humanities

Associate Professor of Scientific and Technical Communication, Humanities

(906) 487-2066
mabrady@mtu.edu
Walker 329A

Links of Interest

Teaching Interests

  • Science Writing
  • Technical Communication
  • Documentation and Usability
  • Technology Studies
  • Feminist Studies of Science and Technology

Research Areas

  • Rhetorical Theory
  • Technology Studies
  • Feminist Theory
  • Philosophy of Technology
  • Interdisciplinary Theory

Kathleen Burke

Lecturer in Intensive English as a Second Language, Humanities

(906) 487-3230
kpburke@mtu.edu
Walker 313

Sue Collins

Assistant Professor of Communication, Culture, & Media, Humanities

(906) 487-3252
scollins@mtu.edu
Walker 341

Links of Interest

Marilyn M. Cooper

Professor, Humanities

Specialties

  • Rhetoric and Composition
  • Social and critical theories of language, writing and teaching

Janice E. Cox-Adolphs

Instructor, Humanities

(906) 487-3231
jecoxado@mtu.edu
Walker 331

Talia Dajes

Visiting Assistant Professor, Humanities

(906) 487-2381
tdajes@mtu.edu
Walker 333
Gina Dunstan

Gina Dunstan

Office and Staff Assistant

906-487-2540
gmdunsta@mtu.edu
319 Walker

Specialties

  • Graduate program assistant
  • Student payroll & enrollment data
  • Financial matters
Jacqueline Ellenich

Jacqueline Ellenich

Department Coordinator

(906) 487-2008
jmelleni@mtu.edu
301 Walker

Shelley Farrey

HDMZ Consultant and Resource Coordinator

mafarrey@mtu.edu
120D Walker

Elizabeth A. Flynn

Professor of Reading and Composition, Humanities

(906) 487-3231
eflynn@mtu.edu
Walker 308

Links of Interest

Ida Fonkoue

Ida Fonkoue

Instructor, Humanities

(906) 487-2540
iafonkou@mtu.edu
332 Walker

Ramon A. Fonkoué

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

(906) 487-2592
rafonkou@mtu.edu
Walker 323

Frann Grossman

Instructor, Humanities

(906) 487-3287

314 Walker
Stefka Hristova
"The true picture of the past whizzes by. Only as a picture, which flashes its final farewell in the moment of its recognizability, is the past to be held fast."
—Walter Benjamin “On the Concept of History”

Stefka Hristova

Assistant Professor of Digital Media, Humanities

(906) 487-1084
shristov@mtu.edu
Walker 344

Specialties

  • Visual Studies
  • Digital Media Studies
  • Eastern European Visual Studies
  • Postcolonial Studies
  • Critical Theory

Evelyn Vidal Johnson

Senior Lecturer, Humanities

Coordinator of English Secondary Education

Undergraduate Advisor, Humanities

(906) 487-2982
evjohnso@mtu.edu
Walker 339

Links of Interest

L. Syd M. Johnson

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Humanities

Adjunct Professor, Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology

(906) 487-3232
lsjohnso@mtu.edu
Walker 341

Robert R. Johnson

Professor of Rhetoric, Composition, and Technical Communication, Humanities

(906) 487-3236
rrjohnso@mtu.edu
Walker 303

Links of Interest

Specialties/Activities

  • Writing historical nonfiction and cultural histories
  • Developing technical communication theory
  • Teaching usability theory and methods
  • Rhetorical criticism
  • Technical writing

Hana Kang

Lecturer, Chinese Language and TESOL, Humanities

(906) 487-1483
hanak@mtu.edu
Walker 337

Karla Saari Kitalong

Associate Professor, Humanities

Director of Composition & Michigan Tech Multiliteracies Center

(906) 487-3254
kitalong@mtu.edu
Walker 103

Links of Interest

Scott Marratto
"Philosophy is nature in us, the others in us, and we in them."
—Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Scott Marratto

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Humanities

Research Areas

  • 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy (especially Phenomenology)
  • Ancient Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Political Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Philosophy of Science and Technology

Sylvia Matthews

Director of General Sciences and Arts

Director of IGTAAP (International GTA Assistance Program)

Humanities Scheduling Coordinator

(906) 487-3058
samatthe@mtu.edu
Walker 102

Ayse Nur Miskioglu

Instructor of Intensive English as a Second Language, Humanities

(906) 487-3271
anmiskio@mtu.edu
Walker 146

Alexandra Morrison

Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Humanities

(906) 487-2612
lamorris@mtu.edu
Walker 340

Kate Nearing

Lecturer in Intensive English as a Second Language, Humanities

(906) 487-1789
kmnearin@mtu.edu
Walker 312

Alejandro Quin

Assistant Professor of Spanish and Cultural Studies, Humanities

(906) 487-3245
aquinmed@mtu.edu
Walker 334

Courses Recently Taught

  • HU 3264: Nature, Politics, and Narration in Latin America
  • HU 4291. Advanced Seminar in Modern Languages: Language and Power
  • HU 3293: Film, Culture, and Current Affairs in the Hispanic World
  • HU 2293: Transitional Spanish and Culture

Areas of Expertise

  • 19th-20th Century Latin American literature and culture
  • Relations between literature, political theory, and philosophy
  • Film and visual studies
  • Cultural studies
  • Spanish as a second language

Jingfang Ren

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Technical Communication, Humanities

(906) 487-3134
jren1@mtu.edu
Walker 325
Ciro Sandoval
"Philosophy is profound enough to make us understand that literature is even more profound."
—Michel Serres, Conversations on Science, Culture, and Time , 1995

Ciro A. Sandoval

Associate Professor of Spanish Language and Comparative Studies, Humanities

(906) 487-3257
casandov@mtu.edu
Walker 322

Areas of Expertise

  • Comparative Literature with special emphasis on Spanish-speaking World
  • Interdisciplinary Crossings in Science, Technology, and Humanities
  • Communication across cultures
  • Spanish for Specific Literacies
  • Linguistic and Cultural Translation
  • Landscape studies

Karin B. Schlenker

Lecturer in German Languages, Humanities

(906) 487-3242
kbschlen@mtu.edu
Walker 336
M. Bartley Seigel
"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing."
—B. Franklin

M. Bartley Seigel

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Diverse Literatures, Humanities

Director of English and Liberal Arts

Founding Editor of PANK Magazine

Specialties

  • Contemporary, emerging, and experimental literatures
  • Creative Nonfiction
  • Creative writing
  • Literary magazines
  • Literary publishing
  • Poetry
  • Short Fiction
  • Small press

Marika Seigel

Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Communication, Humanities

(906) 487-3093
maseigel@mtu.edu
Walker 335

Diane L. Shoos

Associate Professor of Visual Studies and French Language, Humanities

(906) 487-3247
dshoos@mtu.edu
Walker 328

Jennifer Daryl Slack

Professor of Communication, Culture, & Media Studies, Humanities

(906) 487-3228
jdslack@mtu.edu
Walker 304

Links of Interest

Beatrice Quarshie Smith

Interim Director, Intensive English as a Second Language

Associate Professor of Literacy Studies, Humanities

(906) 487-3229
bbsmith@mtu.edu
Walker 342

Specialties

  • Literacy Studies
  • English as a Second Language
Erin Smith
"Also, you'll find a pair of safety glasses and some earplugs under your seats. Please feel free to use them."
—Max Fischer, Rushmore

Erin Smith

Director, Humanities Digital Media Zone

Senior Lecturer in Digital Media, Humanities

Faculty Advisor, Cin/Optic Communication and Media Enterprise

(906) 487-3263
ersmith@mtu.edu
Walker 120E

Links of Interest

Specialties

  • Digital Media Production and Theory
  • Documentary
  • Film Production, Theory and Criticism
  • Academic Technology Administration
  • Literature and Creative Writing

Patty Sotirin

Professor of Communication, Humanities

(906) 487-3264
pjsotiri@mtu.edu
Walker 345

Links of Interest

Ron Strickland
"Homo sum; humani nil alienum puto "
— Publius Terentius Afer

Ronald Strickland

Department Chair, Humanities

Professor of Literature, Humanities

(906) 487-2376
rlstrick@mtu.edu
Walker 301B

Areas of Expertise

  • Early Modern English Literature
  • Literary and Cultural Theory

Kette Thomas

Assistant Professor of Diverse Literature, Humanities

(906) 487-3351
kthomas@mtu.edu
Walker 309

Craig Waddell

Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Humanities

(906) 487-3261
cwaddell@mtu.edu
Walker 302

Katherine Wu

Lecturer in Intensive English as a Second Language, Humanities

(906) 487-3235
khwu@mtu.edu
Walker 312
Clare Zuraw

Clare Zuraw

Instructor, Humanities

(906) 487-3237

314 Walker

Humanities

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