Faculty and Staff Directory | Humanities | Michigan Technological University

Oren M. Abeles

Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Composition

Specialties

Rhetoric of Science
Science Studies
Composition

Dieter Wolfgang Adolphs

Associate Professor of German Language and Literature, Humanities

Leyre Alegre-Figuero

Senior Lecturer, Spanish Modern Language Program

Carlos Amador

Associate Professor of Spanish and Culture Studies
Modern Language Program Director

Sarah Bell

Assistant Professor of Digital Media

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page

Maria Bergstrom

Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Humanities
Modern Language Program Advisor
Lecturer, Humanities

Victoria L. Bergvall

Associate Professor of Linguistics, Humanities

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page

Stephanie Carpenter

Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing and Literature, Humanities

Sue Collins

Associate Professor of Communication, Culture, & Media, Humanities
Director of CCM (Communication, Culture, & Media), Humanities

William De Herder

Assistant Director of the Multiliteracies Center

Jacqueline Ellenich

Budget/Scheduling Coordinator

Andrew Fiss

Assistant Professor of Technical & Professional Communication

afiss@mtu.edu
Walker 341

Specialties

Science Communication
History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
Rhetorics of Science and Technology
History of Engineering and Mathematics Education
Science and Technology Studies
Interdisciplinary Education

Laura Kasson Fiss

Research Assistant Professor, Pavlis Honors College
Assistant Director of the Pathway Program, Pavlis Honors College
Affiliated Research Assistant Professor of English Literature, Humanities

lkfiss@mtu.edu
M&M 725

Specialties

Victorian literature
Gender studies
History of the book
Children’s literature
Music and performance history
Humor
Emotion/affect studies
Qualitative educational research
Curriculum Development

"The West is not in the West. It is a project, not a place."
—Édouard Glissant

Ramon A. Fonkoue

Associate Professor of French and Cultural Studies, Humanities
Director of RTC Graduate Program

Books

Nation Without Narration: History, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Cameroon

Capturing Imagination

Areas of Interest

Literature and Philosophy
French Cultural Studies
Trauma and Memory Studies
Postcolonial Theory and Criticism
African History and Politics
Globalization Studies

Shelly Galliah

Visiting Instructor in Professional and Technical Communication

"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

Associate Professor of Digital Media, Humanities
Co-Leader for Tech Forward Education for the 21st Century IDEA HUB GenEd
Executive Committee Member of the Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture

Links of Interest

Blue Velvet: Re-dressing New Orleans in Katrina's Wake

Specialties

Visual Studies
Digital Media Studies
Critical Theory

"Being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which psychoanalysis is powerless to bestow."
—Sebastian Horsley

Dany Jacob

Lecturer, French Language Program

Specialties

Dandyism
European fin-de-siècle
Modern and postmodern masculinities
Performance of sociocultural identities
Fetishization and Affectation

Gray Kotila

HDMZ Consultant and Resource Coordinator

pakotila@mtu.edu
906-487-4369
Walker Arts and Humanities 120F

"I do not believe that what one gives to the sciences is taken from philosophy."
—Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Scott Marratto

Associate Professor of Philosophy, Humanities

Links of Interest

Research Areas

Continental Philosophy (especially phenomenology)
Political Philosophy
Ethics
Philosophy of Science and Technology

Alexandra Morrison

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Humanities

Research Areas

Continental Philosophy (especially Phenomenology and Existential Thought)
Social and Political Philosophy (including Feminist Philosophy)
Philosophy and Art (including Literature)
Ethical Philosophy
Philosophy of Technology
Engineering Ethics

Alex Renshaw

Administrative Aide VII

Abraham Romney

Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition
Director, Michigan Tech Multiliteracies Center
Composition Program Coordinator

Stephanie Rowe

Instructor, Humanities

Karla Saari Kitalong

Professor, Humanities
Director of the Program in Scientific and Technical Communication
Affiliated Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences

Karin B. Schlenker

Senior Lecturer in German Languages, Humanities

"If you jump / you will live a full life / while falling."
—from "You are so high in the tree" by Zachary Schomburg

M. Bartley Seigel

Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Emerging Literatures
Director of English and Liberal Arts, Humanities

Links of Interest

Specialties

Editing / Publishing
Emerging Literature
Literary Magazines
Literature in Translation
Poetry / Poetics

Marika Seigel

Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Technical Communication, Humanities

Research Areas

Rhetoric of health and medicine
Feminist theory
Women's rhetorics
Rhetoric of science and technology
Technical communication
Usability
Writing program administration
Undergraduate education

Diane L. Shoos

Associate Professor of Visual Studies and French, Humanities

Jennifer Daryl Slack

Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies, Humanities

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page

Research Areas

Cultural Studies Theory and Practice
Technology and Culture
Environment and Culture
Creativity and Culture
Communication Theory

Beatrice Quarshie Smith

Professor of Literacy Studies, Humanities

Specialties

Literacy Studies
English as a Second Language

"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
Principal Lecturer in Digital Media and Cinema, Humanities
Faculty Advisor, Cin/Optic Communication and Media Enterprise

Specialties

Digital Media Production
Documentary Production and Theory
Film Theory and Criticism
Academic Technology Administration
British Literature

Patty Sotirin

Interim Department Chair, Humanities
Professor of Communication, Humanities

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page

Research Interests

Feminist theories
Humanistic qualitative methods
Gender and communication in the workplace
Family communication
Communication and civic life

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Ronald Strickland

Professor of Literature, Humanities

Kette Thomas

Associate Professor of Diverse Literature, Humanities

Dana Van Kooy

Director of English and Liberal Arts, Humanities
Associate Professor, English in Transnational Literature, Literary Theory and Culture

drvankoo@mtu.edu
Walker 303

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Transnational and Global Perspectives of 18th- and 19th-century Anglophone Literatures
Visual and Performance Culture; Drama; Theatre
Literary and Cultural Theory
The Black Atlantic, Transnational and Circum-Atlantic Studies; Decolonization
Space, Place, Environmental Landscapes and Ecology

Marcelino Viera-Ramos

Associate Professor of Spanish and Culture Studies