Masters Students

Austin Biese
- MS Student
- ajbiese@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0916
- Walker 314
PhD Candidates and Students

Gabriel Edzordzi Agbozo
- PhD Student
- geagbozo@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0935
- Walker 311

Nada Alfeir
- PhD Student
- nalfeir@mtu.edu
- Walker 331

Kendall Belopavlovich
- PhD Student
- kybelopa@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0939
- Walker 312

Joshua Chase
- PhD Student
- jchase@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0948
- Walker 314

Laura Vidal Chiesa
- PhD Student
- lvidalch@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0915
- Walker 140
Research Interests
Feminism, gender issues and the rhetoric in the politic discourse (focused on latino american females leaders Eva Perón and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner).

Marina Choy
- PhD Student
- mchoy@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0930
- Walker 312

Fredrica Morkson Eduaful
- PhD Student
- fmarkson@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0933
- Walker 332

Aaron Hoover
- PhD Student
- adhoover@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0947
- Walker 311

Brilynn Janckila
- PhD Student
- bjancki@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0927
- Walker 140

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
- 906-487-0938
- Walker 329D

Favour Normeshie
- PhD Student
- fnormesh@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0974
- Walker 332

Tolu Odebunmi
- PhD Student
- taodebun@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0929
- 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 Student
- aowusuan@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0940
- Walker 311

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

Samantha Quade
- PhD Student
- squad@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0936
- Walker 331

Tori Reeder
- PhD Student
- tcreeder@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0923
- Walker 333

Basanti Timalsina
- PhD Student
- btimalsi@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0924
- Walker 333

Elizabeth Wahmhoff
- PhD Student
- ecwahmho@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0908
- Walker 142

Hua Wang
- PhD Student
- huaw@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0949
- Walker 313

Richard Ward
- PhD Student
- richardw@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0925
- Walker 131
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
- 906-487-0917
- Walker 330

Modupe Yusuf
- PhD Student
- yusuf@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0976
- Walker 329D