The Department of Social Sciences at Michigan Technological University is committed to high-quality undergraduate and graduate instruction across the social sciences. Our interdisciplinary faculty’s areas of expertise include anthropology, environmental and energy policy, history, industrial heritage and archaeology, political science, sociology, and geography. We pride ourselves on providing students with the opportunity to engage in hands-on educational experiences and apply academic concepts, strategies, and techniques to contemporary, real-world issues.
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Associate Professor of Government, Social Sciences
My first love is teaching undergraduates, though I have worked with many graduate students as well. I’m proud to me a member of Tech’s Teaching Academy of Excellence. I try to bring my research into my teaching to keep things lively and up-to-date.
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Lecturer in Law and Society
Susanna Peters, M.S. , J.D., taught at Wayne State University Law School before coming to Michigan Tech. Her research and teaching interests include constitutional law, intellectual property, cyberlaw, and prisons. She attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School and had the opportunity of clerking for United States District/Circuit Court Judge Morris . . .
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Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences
Ryan Cook began his academic career just before the millennium, examining apocalypticism and technospirituality among new religious movements, including the Taiwanese group Chen Tao (God's Salvation Church). In 2002 he began a doctoral project in central Mexico, examining how scientific, religious, governmental, and lay actors conceptualize and debate the risk posed . . .
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