Masters Students
PhD Candidates and Students

Eugene Brown Agyei
- PhD Student
- eagyei@mtu.edu
- Walker 314
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.

Ayodele James Akinola
- PhD Student
- aakinola@mtu.edu
- Walker 314
Research Interests
James’ major interest revolves around digital humanities, visual rhetoric, digital communication and culture. He is also involved in digital discourses on humour, politics, misinformation and technical communication in the health industry.

Omar Alharbi
- PhD Student
- omara@mtu.edu
- Walker 131
Research Interests
Social media, Communication Studies and visual communication.

Kendall Belopavlovich
- PhD Student
- kybelopa@mtu.edu
- Walker 312
Research Interests
Kendall is interested in critical anime studies, particularly in feminist interrogations of media content and fan discourse. The global flow of production and consumption practices is an exciting place to be!

Laura Vidal Chiesa
- PhD Student
- lvidalch@mtu.edu
- Walker 313

Marina Choy
- PhD Candidate
- mchoy@mtu.edu
- Walker 312

Fredrica Markson Eduaful
- PhD Student
- fmarkson@mtu.edu
- Walker 332

Lindsay Hiltunen
- PhD Student
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
- adhoover@mtu.edu
- Walker 311

Brilynn Janckila
- PhD Student
- bjancki@mtu.edu
- Walker 313

Emma Lozon
- PhD Student
- emlozon@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0926
- Walker 141

Donna Mathew
- PhD Student
- dmathew@mtu.edu
- Walker 141

Veena Namboodri
- PhD Student
- vnambood@mtu.edu
- Walker 329D

Favour Normeshie
- PhD Student
- fnormesh@mtu.edu
- Walker 332

Tolu Odebunmi
- PhD Candidate
- taodebun@mtu.edu
- Walker 313
Research Interests
- Tolu has an abiding interest in how discourses are employed to assign people to particular social categories. Her other areas of interest include Gender Studies, Black Studies, and Cultural Studies. She has previously conducted research on the sociolinguistics of major Nigerian popular culture forms, including Nollywood and Naija Hip-hop.

Alfred Owusu-Ansah
- PhD Candidate
- aowusuan@mtu.edu
- Walker 311

Sara Potter
- PhD Candidate
- spotter@mtu.edu
- Walker 131

Samantha Quade
- PhD Student
- squad@mtu.edu
- Walker 331

Tori Reeder
- PhD Student
- tcreeder@mtu.edu
- Walker 333

Basanti Timalsina
- PhD Student
- btimalsi@mtu.edu
- Walker 333

John Velat
- PhD Student
- jlvelat@mtu.edu
- Walker 337

Elizabeth Wahmhoff
- PhD Student
- ecwahmho@mtu.edu
- Walker 331

Richard Ward
- PhD Student
- richardw@mtu.edu
- Walker 330
Research Interests
Richard’s research interests center around technical communication and composition pedagogies and the emphasizing of interdisciplinary collaborations that strengthen the university’s community literacy through a unified science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). His present work applies this research in the technical communication classroom, where his students engage in service learning that applies their STEM experience to the industry and business of the visual and performing arts.

Etson Williams
- PhD Student
- etsonw@mtu.edu
- Walker 330

Modupe Yusuf
- PhD Student
- yusuf@mtu.edu
- Walker 329D