Masters Students
Hooriya Habib
Research Interests
- Technical Communication
- Virtual Reality
- Augmented Reality
- AI Writing
- Scientific Writing.
- Technical Writing
Anna Lindgren
- amlindgr@mtu.edu
- 906-458-3763
- Walker 313
Research Interests
- Indigenous Studies
- Language Revitalization
- Decolonization
- Indigenous Storytelling
Edith Ogbodo
Research Interests
- Communication
- Technology
- Human Machine Communication,
- Digital Media
- Gender Studies
- Culture
- Drama and Performance.
—Annette J. Dunlea
Cornelius Fuumaale Suom-Kogle
- cfsuomko@mtu.edu
- Walker 311
Research Interests
- Technical communication
- Critical Discourse Analysis
- Multimodal Studies
- Computer-Mediated Discourse Analysis
- Usability studies
- Rhetoric
PhD Candidates and Students
Eugene Brown Agyei
- PhD Student
- eagyei@mtu.edu
- Walker 140
Research Interests
Eugene’s research interests include communication studies, technical communication, new and digital media technologies and their disruption of traditional media practices. He's also interested in understanding trends in Africa's growing digital media space.
James Akinola
- aakinola@mtu.edu
- Walker 140
Research Interests
James's primary interest lies at the intersection of Communication and Culture, Digital Humanities, Media Studies, focusing on tourism and hospitality services' online reviews. He explores how tourist imaginaries interact in the digital representation of iconic tourist destinations to illuminate broader cultural and societal dynamics
D-Jay Bidwell
- PhD Student
- Graduate Teaching Instructor
- Assistant Director of Composition
- djbidwel@mtu.edu
- Walker 314
Research Interests
D-Jay’s research interests center around technical communication, usability studies, universal design, and rhetoric. Particularly, what rhetorical choices students in the writing classroom make when designing/writing materials.
Jordan Dagenais
- PhD Student
- jpdagena@mtu.edu
- Walker 314
Research Interests
- Jordan researches the writing classroom, with special focus on first-year writing, writing program administration, technical writing, and multimodal composition.
Lindsay Hiltunen
- PhD Student
- Member, Michigan Historical Records Advisory Board
Research Interests
Lindsay is interested in intersections of archives, rhetorical production and meaning making in history, and memory studies, especially around contexts of labor upheaval, social movements, and contested public space. Other activities and interests include digital humanities, horror cinema and film studies generally, underground and marginalized music scenes, and sporting culture, especially ice hockey.
Aaron Hoover
- PhD Student
Nila Horner
- PhD Student
Research Interests
Social Media, Influencer Culture, Digital Humanities, Internet Policy, Information Science, Law & Culture
Emma C. Johnson
- PhD Student
Research Interests
Cultural studies, aesthetics, socio-economic class, globalization, philosophy. Asymmetries in power in Palestine/Israel as a case study for invisible global structures.
Ronald Klingler
- rlklingl@mtu.edu
- Walker 311
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Language
- Political Philosophy
- Dialogue between Pre and Postmodern thought
Erick Kunkuri
- edkunkur@mtu.edu
- 906-319-9190
- Walker 311
Research Interests
- Technical and professional communication
- The intersections between language and law
Beheshteh Mikaniki
- PhD Student
Links of Interest
Specialties
Intellectual Property Law, Science and Technology, Feminist and gender studies, Media and globalization, communication, digital copyright, and virtual worlds,
—Exploring the Rhetoric of Crisis Exploitation in the Mepe Flood in Ghana. Presented at the 10th International Conference of the African Association for Rhetoric
Beatrice Quarm
- baquarm@mtu.edu
- Walker 329D
Research Interests
- Digital Technologies, Dataveillance and Society
- Crisis and Political Rhetoric
- Power Dynamics in the Digital Era
- Social Media and Identity Construction
Lior Rosenfeld
- PhD Candidate
- lrosenfe@mtu.edu
- Walker 311
Links of Interest
Research Interests
I focus on the ethical implications of contemporary science and technology through the perspectives of existential phenomenology and deconstruction. Thinkers such as Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Jacques Derrida illustrate, in various ways, that the displacement of history by metaphysics of presence led to nihilism. The existential challenges posed by climate change, AI systems, and the erosion of the sovereign state necessitate a reevaluation of our ontological assumptions and recognition that meaning is inherently heterogeneous. Philosophy, art, and politics invite us to share who we are with others —to give to the other since silence, the possibility of the impossibility of the shared world is on the horizon.
Kim Rosewall
- PhD Student
- klrosewa@mtu.edu
- Walker 313
Research Interests
- Kim's research interests include literary theory, feminism and gender studies, and critical theory. She is particularly interested in teaching literature and gender studies at the post-secondary level and the best ways to navigate the difficult discussions therein.
Sharvaree Sawant
- PhD Student
- ssawant2@mtu.edu
- Walker 313
Research Interests
I have a keen interest in academic research at the intersection of documentary, visual cultures, history, and subalternity. I aim to conduct relevant research related to film as a mediation between historical master narratives and subaltern perspectives and explore these topics through the lens of Marxist historiography and film theory.
Samantha Stein-Brevitz
- sbstein@mtu.edu
- 231-557-5806
- Walker 332