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Oren Abeles

Oren M. Abeles

  • Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Composition

Specialties

  • Rhetoric of Science
  • Science Studies
  • Composition
Dieter Adolphs

Dieter Wolfgang Adolphs

  • Associate Professor of German Language and Literature, Humanities
Leyre Alegre-Figuero

Leyre Alegre-Figuero

  • Senior Lecturer, Spanish Modern Language Program
Carlos Amador

Carlos Amador

  • Associate Professor of Spanish and Culture Studies
  • Modern Language Program Director
Sarah Bell

Sarah Bell

  • Assistant Professor of Digital Media

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Maria Bergstrom

Maria Bergstrom

  • Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Humanities
  • Modern Language Program Advisor
  • Instructor, Humanities
Victoria Bergvall

Victoria L. Bergvall

  • Associate Professor of Linguistics, Humanities

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Michael Bowler

Michael Bowler

  • Associate Professor of Philosophy
Stephanie Carpenter

Stephanie Carpenter

  • Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing and Literature, Humanities
Sue Collins

Sue Collins

  • Associate Professor of Communication, Culture, & Media, Humanities

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Janice Cox-Adolphs

Janice E. Cox-Adolphs

  • Instructor, Humanities
William De Herder

William De Herder

  • Assistant Director of the Multiliteracies Center

Links of Interest

Jacqueline Ellenich

Jacqueline Ellenich

  • Budget/Scheduling Coordinator
Andrew Fiss

Andrew Fiss

  • Assistant Professor of Technical & Professional Communication

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 Fiss

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

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

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Ramon Fonkoue

Ramon A. Fonkoue

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

Areas of Interest

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

  • Associate Professor of Digital Media, Humanities

Links of Interest

Specialties

  • Visual Studies
  • Digital Media Studies
  • Critical Theory
Dany Jacob
"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
Scott Marratto
"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

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

Alex Renshaw

  • Administrative Aide VII
Abraham Romney

Abraham Romney

  • Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition
  • Director, Michigan Tech Multiliteracies Center
Karla Saari Kitalong

Karla Saari Kitalong

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

Karin B. Schlenker

  • Senior Lecturer in German Languages, Humanities
M. Seigel
"All coiled spring and iron will, our words tin typed on our tongues, we clasp arms and dive in together, electric and beautiful."
—"Beach Glass," Michigan Quarterly Review, Volume L, Issue 3: The Great Lakes: Love Song and Lament

M. Bartley Seigel

  • Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Diverse Literatures, Humanities

Links of Interest

Specialties

  • Poetry
  • Editing
  • Composition
Marika Seigel

Marika Seigel

  • Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Technical Communication, Humanities
  • Director of Composition

Research Areas

  • Rhetoric of health and medicine
  • Feminist theory
  • Women's rhetorics
  • Rhetoric of science and technology
  • Technical communication
  • Usability
  • Writing program administration
Diane Shoos

Diane L. Shoos

  • Associate Professor of Visual Studies and French, Humanities
Jennifer Slack

Jennifer Daryl Slack

  • Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies, Humanities

Links of Interest

Research Areas

  • Cultural Studies Theory and Practice
  • Technology and Culture
  • Environment and Culture
  • Creativity and Culture
  • Communication Theory
Beatrice Smith

Beatrice Quarshie Smith

  • Professor of Literacy Studies, Humanities

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
  • 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

Patty Sotirin

  • Interim Department Chair, Humanities
  • Director of CCM (Communication, Culture, & Media), Humanities
  • Professor of Communication, Humanities

Links of Interest

Research Interests

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

Ronald Strickland

  • Professor of Literature, Humanities
Kette Thomas

Kette Thomas

  • Associate Professor of Diverse Literature, Humanities
Dana Van Kooy

Dana Van Kooy

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

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

Marcelino Viera-Ramos

  • Associate Professor of Spanish and Culture Studies