Contact Us

The Department of Humanities at Michigan Tech welcomes inquiries from current and prospective students about its wide range of faculty, facilities, programs, and publications. Our friendly faculty and staff are happy to discuss our programs with you, send you application materials, or answer any questions you may have.

For general inquiries, please reach out to Humanities@mtu.edu

For Undergraduate Advising


Jenni Nance

  • Assistant Teaching Professor, Humanities Department
  • Academic Advisor: Humanities
  • SYP Wild Writers Instructor

For Graduate Student Advising


Rachael Hathcoat

Rachael Hathcoat

  • Program Assistant, Rhetoric, Theory, and Culture
  • Administrative Aide, Humanities

Our Department Chair


Kette Thomas

  • Interim Department Chair, Humanities
  • Associate Professor of Diversity and Literature, Humanities
  • Director, Diversity Studies Minor

Graduate Program Director


Dana Van Kooy

  • Associate Professor, English in Transnational Literature, Literary Theory and Culture
  • Director, RTC Graduate Program