Faculty and Staff Directory | Humanities

"The world is neither true nor real but living."
—Gilles Deleuze

Oren Abeles

Associate Professor, Rhetoric and Composition

Specialties

Rhetoric of Science and Technology
Rhetorical Theory
Posthumanism

Leyre Alegre-Figuero

Director, Modern Languages Program
Teaching Professor, Spanish Modern Language Program
Academy of Teaching Excellence

Awards

Teaching Excellence

Jason Archer

Assistant Professor, Communication and Media Technologies
Director of Communication, Culture, and Media
IPEC, Human Machine Culture Lead

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

Assistant Teaching Professor

ebarreda@mtu.edu
Walker 337

Sarah Bell

Associate 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
Assistant Academic Advisor: Humanities and Modern Languages

Specialties

Writing About Writing pedagogy
Reflective pedagogies and eportfolios
American Literature

William Broadway

Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Humanities

wbroadwa@mtu.edu
Walker 330

Research Interests

British and Irish modernism
The twentieth-century British and Anglophone novel
Continental philosophy,
Literary theory
Animal studies
Film studies

Richard N. Canevez

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

rcanevez@mtu.edu
Walker 326

Current Projects

The Evolution of Social Media-Based Resistance in the Russia-Ukraine War

The Experiences, Values, and Missions that Underlie Opposition to Right-Wing Populism

Positions Held

Assistant Professor of Communication, Culture, and Media
Research Area Lead, Social Media and Society, Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture

Research Interests

Resistance and Activism
Politics, Social Media, and Technology
Peace and Conflict

Samantha Canevez

Humanities Digital Media Specialist
Humanities Web Liaison

scanevez@mtu.edu
HDMZ Walker 120B

Office Hours

Google Calendar

Rehema Clarken

Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor

rmclarke@mtu.edu
Walker 131

Links of Interest

Keweenaw Learning Center LLC

Research Interests

English Language Learning (EFL, ESL, ELL)
Writing and Composition
Young Adult Fiction
Spiritual Fiction

Sue Collins

Associate Professor of Communication, Culture, & Media

Laurie Corbin

Adjunct Assistant Professor of French

lcorbin@mtu.edu
Walker 342

Katy Ellenich

Department Coordinator—Humanities
RTC Program Assistant

Andrew Fiss

Associate Professor of Technical & Professional Communication

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
History of Higher Education

Laura Kasson Fiss

Associate Teaching Professor, Pavlis Honors College
Chair, Curriculum and Assessment Committee, Pavlis Honors College
Affiliated Associate Teaching Professor, 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

Valoree Gagnon

Assistant Professor, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Humanities

vsgagnon@mtu.edu
906-487-2180
Noblet Building 168

Links of Interest

Research Interests

University-Community Partnerships, research engagement, and equitable practice and design
Environmental Justice and Policy, toxic substances, risk management, and promoting holistic health
Indigenous / Native American Studies, treaties and the government-to-government relationship, food sovereignty, and Indigenous wisdom in the Great Lakes region
Environmental Stewardship and the Seven Generations Philosophy

Trish Grosse Brewer

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy

tgbrewer@mtu.edu
Walker 344

Research Areas

Ethics
Biomedical Ethics
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Philosophy of Love
Feminist Philosophy

J. W. Hammond

Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Composition
Academy of Teaching Excellence

jwhammon@mtu.edu
Walker 320

Links of Interest

Google Scholar Page

Specialties

Writing Assessment
Rhetoric & Composition History
Theories of Justice
Science & Technology Studies

Holly Hassel

Professor of Composition
Director, Composition Program

hjhassel@mtu.edu
Walker 310

Teaching & Research Interests

First-Year Writing
Feminist Pedagogy
Writing Program Administration
Writing Administration
AI and WRiting
Shared Governance

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

Claire Helakoski

Assistant Director, Writing Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Writing Studies

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”