News and Media Relations

Stefanie Sidortsova

Stefanie leads UMC's communications strategy.
Her professional background includes experience in law, government relations, higher education administration, and creative writing.
She enjoys spending time with family and friends and moonlights as a fiction writer and editor.

Associate Director of Research Communications, University Marketing and Communications

She focuses on writing new stories about Michigan Tech research -- everything from robotic prostheses to mesocosms to the physics of raindrops.
A University of Montana graduate, she earned a master's degree in environmental science and natural resource journalism, which built on her bachelor's in geoscience from Northland College.
She's a radio geek.

Science and Technology Publications Writer, University Marketing and Communications

Her career includes writing for small-town newspapers in Montana and working as a public information officer, an events coordinator, and science editor for an IEEE publication, Earthzine.
She enjoys hiking and cross-country skiing with her family, reading voraciously, crocheting, and exploring the Keweenaw.

The former Daily Mining Gazette journalist and editor hails from Houghton and has written for a variety of international, national and regional publications.
Specializing in feature writing, she co-creates, writes, and edits content for the University, from web pages and Michigan Tech Magazine stories to social media.
A novelist active in the Upper Peninsula Authors and Publishers Association, the Authors Guild member looks forward to writing more books—and to camping trips in her RV with husband Scott and Goldendoodle Max.