Faculty Directory

Faculty

Melissa F. Baird

Associate Professor of Anthropology
Director of Undergraduate Studies

906-487-2366
mfbaird@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 209A

Research Interests

Resource Frontiers
Extractive industries
Heritage landscapes
Indigenous and expert knowledge
Ethnographic methods
Politics of archaeology

Carl Blair

Senior Lecturer in History and Archaeology

906-487-3625
cblair@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 222

Links of Interest

Frontiers and Fortresses Summer School

Research Interests

Experimental Archaeology
Early Large scale iron production
Roman and Anglo-Saxon England
Rise of socially complex societies
International program development

Angie Carter

Assistant Professor, Environmental/Energy Justice

906-487-1431
ancarter@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 207

Research Interests

Environmental inequality and justice
Extractive industries
Agrifood and energy systems sustainability
Environmental and natural resource policy

Areas of Expertise

Environmental sociology
Rural sociology
Community-based and participatory research
Social movements and social change

Hugh S. Gorman

Department Chair, Social Sciences
Professor of Environmental History and Policy, Social Sciences

906-487-2116
hsgorman@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 215

Fields

Environmental Policy and History
History of Technology
History of Science
Economic History

Research Interests

The historical interaction between technological change, uses of the environment, and systems of governance
Adaptive governance
Sustainable energy and environmental policy

Kathleen E. Halvorsen

Interim Associate Vice President for Research Development
University Professor of Natural Resource Policy
Joint Appointment in Social Sciences and CFRES

906-487-3098
kehalvor@mtu.edu
ATDC 210

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

Climate change mitigation policy
Arctic climate change impacts
Energy conservation policy
Renewable energy policy
Indigeneity and climate policy

Kari B. Henquinet

Director, Peace Corps Master's International Programs
Director, Peace Corps Prep Program
Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences

906-487-1843
kbhenqui@mtu.edu
M&M 722A

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

International/transnational development
Faith-based development
Gender
Human rights
Global service learning
African studies (Niger)

Don Lafreniere

Associate Professor of Geography and GIS
Director, Historical Environments Spatial Analytics Lab
Director, Geospatial Research Facility

906-487-2189
djlafren@mtu.edu
AOB 200A/GLRC 318

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Environmental Change and Life Course Epidemiology
Urban Environments and Population Health
PPGIS
Applications of GIS for Historical Research
Qualitative GIS
Deindustrialization and Shrinking Cities
Time-Space Integration and Modeling in GIS
Demography and Historical Record Linkage
Sense of Place and Neighborhood Construction

Nancy Langston

Professor of Environmental History, Social Sciences
Member of the Great Lakes Research Center
Affiliated Professor, CFRES

nelangs3@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 220

Links of Interest

Areas of Interest

Toxics, forested watersheds, and northern lakes
Environmental history
Watershed change and water quality
Mining history

Carol A. MacLennan

Professor of Anthropology, Social Sciences

camac@mtu.edu

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Environmental anthropology/political ecology
Anthropology of industry (mining, sugar)
Hawai`i and the Pacific
Anthropology of public policy

Patrick E. Martin

Research Professor of Archaeology

906-487-2070
pemartin@mtu.edu
Annex 205

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

Industrial archaeology
Industrial heritage
Historical archaeology

Susanna D. Peters

Lecturer in Law and Society

906-487-2391
speters@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 219

Areas of Interest

Resource Economics
Cyberlaw
Intellectual Property
Constitutional Law
Orientation to Legal Careers
American Government

Fredric L. Quivik

Professor of History (retired)

906-523-5127
flquivik@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 209

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

History of Technology
Environmental History
Architectural History
Industrial Archeology
History of the Organization of Industrial Enterprises

Mark Alan Rhodes II

Assistant Professor of Geography

906-487-2459
marhodes@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 211

Research Interests

Post-Industrial Geographies & Heritage
National Identity in the 21st Century
Digital Heritage & Social Media
Political Ecology, Place, & Memory
Black Geographies & Memorial Landscape

Areas of Expertise

Memory and Heritage
Cultural Landscape
British Studies
Historical and Cultural Geography
Sense of Place
Performativity & Performance

Jonathan E. Robins

Associate Professor of History

906-487-3080
jrobins@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 223

Links of Interest

Commodities of Empire Project

Areas of Expertise

History of Globalization
Economic History
History of Imperialism and Colonialism
International Business Organization
Commodity Studies
History of Food

Laura Walikainen Rouleau

Lecturer, Social Sciences

906-487-2870
lwrouleau@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 212

Mark D. Rouleau

Associate Professor, Social Sciences

906-487-2039
mdroulea@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 205

Research Interests

Social simulation
Agent-based modeling
Land-use modeling
Norm evolution
Survey design
International relations

Sarah Fayen Scarlett

Assistant Professor of History

906-487-2110
sfscarle@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 221

Links of Interest

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.

Timothy J. Scarlett

Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology

906-487-2359
scarlett@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 210

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Historical and Industrial Archaeologies
Ecobiography, Creativity and Work
Ceramic Petrology, Neutron Activation Analysis
Community-based scholarship, public science/humanities
Archaeometric and Conservation Sciences

Chelsea Schelly

Associate Professor of Sociology
Graduate Director, IA/H and EEP

906-487-1759
cschelly@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 226

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Alternative technology adoption
Renewable energy technologies
Renewable and alternative technology policy
Sustainable communities
Energy conservation and consumption practices
Self-provisioning
Environmental education

Bruce Seely

Professor of History and STS

906-487-2070
bseely@mtu.edu
Annex 205

Roman Sidortsov

Assistant Professor, Energy Policy

906-487-1095
rsidortsov@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 206

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.

Sam R. Sweitz

Associate Professor of Anthropology & Archaeology

906-487-1476
srsweitz@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 213

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)

Steven A. Walton

Associate Professor of History

906-487-3272
sawalton@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 224

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

history of technology
history of science
artillery, fortification, ordnance
history of engineering
military history
Early Modern European history

"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

Adam M. Wellstead

Associate Professor of Public Policy, Social Sciences

906-487-2115
awellste@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 203

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

Policy advisory systems
Governance and political mechanisms
Survey research
Policy process frameworks

Areas of Interest

Canadian Energy and Environmental Issues
Climate Change Adaptation
Oil Sands Development
Forest Policy
Canadian Studies
Policy Innovation Labs
Policy Design

Richelle L. Winkler

Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography, Social Sciences

906-487-1886
rwinkler@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 217

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

Rural Sociology
Population and Environment
Environmental Sociology
Community Engaged Scholarship
Internal Migration
GIS and spatial analysis

LouAnn Wurst

Professor of Archaeology

906-487-3188
lawurst@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 216

Research Interests

Historical and Industrial Archaeology
Archaeology of Capitalism
Class and Inequality
Marxist Theory
Historic Preservation and Cultural Resource Management

Shan Zhou

Assistant Professor, Environmental and Energy Policy

906-487-2864
shanzhou@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 227

Fields

Environmental and Energy Policy

Links of interest

Shan's published articles

Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management

Georgia Tech Climate and Energy Policy Lab

Public Service Careers

Research Interests

Environmental & Energy Policy
Smart Grids, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency & Green Buildings
Sustainable Technology Adoption & Diffusion
Environmental and Energy Justice
Urban and Local Sustainability
Policy Processes
Policy Analysis

Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty

Valoree Gagnon

Director, University-Indigenous Community Partnerships, Great Lakes Research Center
Research Assistant Professor, Social Sciences
Instructor, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science

906-487-2180
vsgagnon@mtu.edu
GLRC 310

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

William Gale

Instructor, Social Sciences

wcgale@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 208

Sean Gohman

Instructor, Social Sciences
PhD, Industrial Heritage and Archaeology - 2019

smgohman@mtu.edu
AOB 208

Education

PhD, Industrial Heritage and Archaeology, Michigan Tech
MS, Industrial Archaeology, Michigan Tech
BA, Anthropology, St. Cloud State University

Research Interests

Landscape perspectives on the role of energy transformation in the creation of industrial systems
Copper Country history and heritage
The heritage of sport