Faculty and Staff Directory | Humanities

Oren M. Abeles

Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Composition
Interim Director, Composition Program

Specialties

Rhetoric of Science
Science Studies
Composition

Thomas Adolphs

Assistant Teaching Professor, Graphic Design

tcadolph@mtu.edu
Walker 120F

Leyre Alegre-Figuero

Associate Teaching Professor, Spanish Modern Language Program

Carlos Amador

Associate Professor of Spanish and Culture Studies (On Leave)

Jason Archer

Assistant Professor, Communication and Media Technologies

jearcher@mtu.edu
Walker 328

Research Interests

Communication, Culture, and Technology
Human Machine Communication
Haptic Media Studies
Science and Technology Studies
Sensory Studies

Estela Mira Barreda

Adjunct Professor of Spanish

ebarreda@mtu.edu
Walker 337

Sarah Bell

Assistant Professor of Digital Media

Links of Interest

Faculty Webpage

Maria Bergstrom

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Sciences and Arts
Associate Teaching Professor, Humanities Department
Academic Advisor: Humanities and Modern Languages

Specialties

Writing About Writing pedagogy
Reflective pedagogies and eportfolios
American Literature

Richard N. Canevez

Assistant Professor, Communication, Culture, & Media, and Humanities

rcanevez@mtu.edu
Walker 326

Research Interests

Social Informatics
Peace and Conflict
Social Justice
Social Movements and Resistance

Samantha Canevez

Humanities Digital Media Specialist
Humanities Web Liaison

scanevez@mtu.edu
HDMZ Walker 120B

Office Hours

Google Calendar

Heather Chosa

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

Sue Collins

Associate Professor of Communication, Culture, & Media
Associate Chair, Department of Humanities

Laurie Corbin

Adjunct Assistant Professor of French

lcorbin@mtu.edu
Walker 342

Katy Ellenich

Humanities Department Coordinator
RTC Program Assistant

Andrew Fiss

Associate Professor of Technical & Professional Communication
Graduate Program Director, RTC: Rhetoric, Theory, and Culture

Links of Interest

Google Scholar Profile

Specialties

Technical Communication
STS (Science and Technology Studies; Science, Technology, and Society)
Science Communication
History and Philosophy of Science and Math
Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Education

Laura Kasson Fiss

Associate Teaching Professor, Humanities
Assistant Director of the Honors Pathway Program
Pronouns: she, her, hers

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

Trish Grosse Brewer

Adjunct Assistant Professor

plgrosse@mtu.edu
Walker 334

J. W. Hammond

Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Composition

jwhammon@mtu.edu
Walker 320

Links of Interest

Google Scholar Page

Specialties

Writing Assessment
Rhetoric & Composition History
Social Justice & Education
Critical Theories of Race & Disability
Science, Technology, & Society Studies
Knowledge Commons & Infrastructures

"We write of eternal things."
—Antoine de Saint-Éxupery

Claire Helakoski

Assistant Director, Writing Center

chelakos@mtu.edu
Walker 107A

Links of Interest

Specialties

English
Literature
Creative Writing
Composition
Writing Centers
Writing Across the Curriculum

"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
Communication, Culture, and Media
PEC Tech Forward/IPEC Director

Links of Interest

Algorithmic Culture

Proto-Algorithmic War

Specialties

Visual Studies
Algorithmic Culture
Photography
Critical Theory

"To define is to limit."
—Oscar Wilde

Dany Jacob

Associate Teaching Professor, French and Gender Studies

Specialties

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

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

Scott Marratto

Department Chair, Humanities
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
Ethics and Philosophy Minor Advisor

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

"Easy reading is damn hard writing."
—Nathaniel Hawthorne

Jenni Nance

Visiting Instructor of Scientific and Technical Communication
SYP Wild Writers Instructor

jenance@mtu.edu
Walker 339

Links of Interest

Specialties

Creative Writing
Technical and Professional Communication
Composition
Editing/Publishing
Lyric Essay
Travelogue

Stephanie Rowe

Assistant Teaching Professor

sdrowe@mtu.edu
Walker 335

"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, Creative Writing & Literature
Director, Michigan Tech Writing Center
2021-2022 U.P. Poet Laureate

Links of Interest

Specialties

Editing / Publishing
Emerging Literature
Literary Magazines
Literature in Translation
Poetry / Poetics
Writing Center Administration

Marika Seigel

Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
Dean of the Pavlis Honors College
Associate Professor, Humanities

maseigel@mtu.edu
906-487-3046
722 I, Minerals and Materials Engineering Building

Research Areas

Educational Innovation
Rhetoric of Health and Medicine
Writing Program Administration

Specialties

Facilitate implementation of Michigan Tech’s undergraduate curriculum
Support ongoing growth in the Pavlis Honors College

Jennifer Daryl Slack

Distinguished Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies, Humanities

jdslack@mtu.edu
Walker 304

Links of Interest

Faculty Webpage

Research Areas

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

"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
Teaching Professor in Digital Media and Cinema, Humanities
Faculty Advisor, Cin/Optic Communication and Media Enterprise

Links of Interest

41 North Film Festival

Specialties

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

Kette Thomas

Associate Professor of Diversity and Literature, Humanities
Director, Diversity Studies Minor
University Senate Secretary

Dana Van Kooy

Director, English Program
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 and Theatre History; Performance Theory
Literary and Cultural Theory
The Black Atlantic, Transnational and Circum-Atlantic Studies; Decolonization
Literature and the Environment, Ecology, and Eco-Criticism

Marcelino Viera

Associate Professor of Spanish and Culture Studies
Modern Languages Director

Lisa Watrous

Assistant Teaching Professor of Scientific and Technical Communication

lmwatrou@mtu.edu