Faculty
Melissa F. Baird
- Professor of Anthropology
- On detail at NSF 2024-27
- Program Director, National Science Foundation
- Associate Professor, Environmental/Energy Justice
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental & rural sociology
- Community-based and participatory research
- Agrifood systems
- Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Public Policy
- Environmental Policy
- Policy Process
- Advocacy Coalition Framework
- Rural-Urban Conflict
- Food, Agriculture, and Agricultural Policy
- Emotions in Policymaking
- Associate Vice President for Research, Integrity and Facilities
- University Professor of Natural Resource Policy
- Joint Appointment in Social Sciences and CFRES
- kehalvor@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3098
- Lakeshore Center 304
Specialties
- Institutional Official for IRB, IBC, IACUC, and Research Integrity
- Oversees core and shared facilities
- Oversees Conflict of Interest Program
- Support to Research Institutes
- Assistant Teaching Professor
Research Interests
- National Identity
- Migration and Diaspora
- Sociolinguistics
- Memorial Landscapes
- Geographies of Sport
Regional Focus
- The Hispanic World
- Spain
- Argentina
- Teaching Professor of Anthropology
- Social Sciences Department Undergraduate Studies Director
- Program Advisor for the Anthropology and the Sustainability Science and Society Majors
Areas of Expertise
- International and sustainable development
- Faith-based development and humanitarianism
- Gender
- Human rights
- Global service learning
- African studies (Niger)
- Disaster risk reduction and vulnerability
- Water Resources
- Professor of Geography and GIS
- Director, Geospatial Research Facility
Research Interests
- Children's Health and Lifecourse Epidemiology
- Urban Environments and Population Health
- Public Participatory GIS
- Historical GIS & Deep Mapping
- Deindustrialization and Shrinking Cities
- Time-Space Integration and Modeling in GIS
- Demography and Historical Record Linkage
- Community Development
- Associate Teaching Professor
- Social Sciences Program Advisor
- University Ombuds
Areas of Interest
- Resource Economics
- Cyberlaw
- Intellectual Property
- Constitutional Law
- Orientation to Legal Careers
- American Government
- Associate Professor of Geography
- marhodes@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2459
- Schedule an Appointment
Research Interests
- Post-Industrial Geographies & Heritage
- National Identity in the 21st Century
- Cultural Sustainability and Sustainable Tourism
- Political Ecology, Place, & Memory
- Critical Geographies & Memorial Landscapes
Areas of Expertise
- Memory and Memorialization
- Heritage Institutions
- Cultural Landscape
- Welsh Studies
- Historical Geography
- Cultural Geographies
- Associate Professor of History
Areas of Expertise
- Commodity history
- Environmental history
- Agricultural and industrial history
- Global economic and business history
- History of colonialism
- Food history
- Teaching Professor of History
- History Program Advisor
- Department Chair, Social Sciences
- Associate Professor, Social Sciences
- mdroulea@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2039
- AOB 208
Research Interests
- Interdisciplinary studies
- Social simulation (agent-based modeling)
- Policy analysis
- International relations
- Sustainability assessment
- Complex adaptive systems
- Norm evolution and social influence
- STEM education evaluation
- Research design and methods
- Associate Professor of History
Research Interests
- Spatial, material, and experiential aspects of social power in industrial communities
- Historical GIS for Community-Engaged Scholarship
- American Vernacular Architecture and Material Culture Studies
- Public History, Historic Preservation, and Museums
- History of Design, Craft, and Production in the United States
- Cultural Landscapes and Historic Architecture of the Keweenaw
"Whereas innovation, in the backwards reading of creativity, lies outside of time, improvisation, in a forward reading, is inherently temporal."
—Elizabeth Hallam and Tim Ingold (2007) Creativity and Cultural Improvisation. Berg, New York.
—Elizabeth Hallam and Tim Ingold (2007) Creativity and Cultural Improvisation. Berg, New York.
- Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology
- Co-Director, Keweenaw Energy Transitions Lab
Links of Interest
- Industrial Archaeology Graduate Program
- Society for Historical Archaeology
- Society for Industrial Archaeology
- The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage
- Historical Archaeology Group on LinkedIn
- Register of Professional Archaeologists
- Academia.edu
- ResearchGate
- Google Scholar
- Digital Commons
Research Interests
- Historical and Industrial Archaeologies
- Heritage and Energy Systems, Sustainability and Development
- Creativity and Work Process
- Remote Sensing, Survey, and Geospatial Sciences
- Heritage, Placemaking, and Culture Building
- Archaeometry and Conservation Sciences
- Community-based scholarship, public science/humanities
- Assistant Professor of Sustainability and Health
Research Interests
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Natural hazards and disasters
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Environmental planning and response
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Sustainability and mental health
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Socio-environmental complexity
- Environmental regulation
Areas of Expertise
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Environmental sociology
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Urban sustainability
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Qualitative and mixed methods
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Planning for complexity
- Associate Professor, Energy Policy
Research Interests
- Sustainable Energy Systems
- Energy Security and Justice
- Risk Governance of the Energy Sector
- Arctic Energy Development
- Russian Energy Policy
- U.S. Energy Policy
Areas of Expertise
- Energy and Environmental Policy
- Comparative and International Energy Law
- U.S. Energy Law
- U.S. Environmental Law
- Russian Energy and Environmental Law
- Energy Geopolitics
"All this information, this material, must be taken up and reconsidered in the light of man himself, and one must try if possible, to rediscover, beyond all the details, life itself... Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that...we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life."
—Fernand Braudel, On History, 1980.
—Fernand Braudel, On History, 1980.
- Associate Professor of Anthropology & Archaeology
Research Interests
- Historical and Industrial Archaeology
- Social, Economic, and Political Dimensions of Haciendas, Plantations, and Industrial Communities in the American West, Latin America, and the Caribbean
- Issues Related to Colonialism, World-Systems Analysis, post-Colonialism, and Globalization
- Relevance of Archaeology and Heritage to Identity Formation and Contemporary Social Systems
"I find it astonishing that any man can regard fine machinery without admiration."
—John William Stone (in Stones Fall, by Iain Pears)
—John William Stone (in Stones Fall, by Iain Pears)
- Associate Professor of History
- sawalton@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3272
- AOB 224
Links of Interest
Comprehensive Fields
- History of Technology
- History of Museums
- Industrial History
Areas of Expertise
- history of technology
- history of science
- artillery, fortification, ordnance
- history of engineering
- military history
- Early Modern European history
- U.S. history to ~1900
"Academics are the only people I can think of for whom this sentence makes sense: 'I'm hoping to get some time off so that I can get some work done.'"
—Sidney Verba
—Sidney Verba
- Professor of Public Policy, Social Sciences
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Anglo-American policy advisory systems
- Governance and political mechanisms
- Survey research
- Policy process frameworks
Areas of Interest
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Policy Design
- Policy Innovation Labs
- Public Value
- Trust and public policy
- Professor of Sociology and Demography, Social Sciences
Areas of Expertise
- Rural Sociology
- Population and Environment
- Environmental Sociology
- Community Engaged Scholarship
- Internal Migration
- GIS and spatial analysis
- Professor of Archaeology
Research Interests
- Historical and Industrial Archaeology
- Archaeology of Capitalism
- Class and Inequality
- Marxist Theory
- Historic Preservation and Cultural Resource Management
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Social Sciences
- lyoun@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2112
- AOB 205
Areas of Expertise
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Comparative Politics and Policies
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International Relations
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Political Methods
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Asian Politics
-
American Politics
Research Interests
- Policy and Public Opinion
- Party, Election, Campaign, and Representation
- Artificial Intelligence and Democracy
- Political Economy and Development
- Terrorism and Human Trafficking
- Mixed Methods in Social Sciences
Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty
"You can't change the world, but you can make a dent!"
—Sheldon Mopes
—Sheldon Mopes
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Affiliated Assistant Professor, CEGE and Social Sciences
- Faculty Advisor, Green Campus Enterprise
- rhandler@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3612
- H-STEM 235
Courses
- ENG 4515/5515 Introduction to Sustainability and Resilience
- ENG 4525/5525 Systems Analysis for Sustainability and Resilience
- CM 3980 Sustainable Chemical Engineering
- Green Campus Enterprise
Research Interests
- Life-cycle assessment
- Sustainability and resilience
- Food, Energy, and Water systems
- Sustainable materials and manufacturing
- Ecosystem services
- Aquaponics and hydroponics
- Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Adjunct Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Sciences
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Socio-technological system transitions
- Technology adoption
- Energy policy
- Energy practices
- Sustainable communities
- Self-provisioning
- Environmental education
Carolin Sjöholm
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Social Sciences
Education
- PhD, Economics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- MS, Economics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- BS, Economics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Areas of Expertise
- Policy Evaluation
- Development Economics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Health Economics
Staff
Christine Flood
- Administrative Aide
- csflood@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2113
- AOB 209A
Mariah Maggio
- Department Coordinator
- mlmaggio@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1791
- AOB 207
Daniel Schneider
- Society of Industrial Archeology (SIA) Headquarters Manager
- Asst. to the President of The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH)
- danielsc@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1889
- Annex 209