Staff Listing

Marika Seigel

  • Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
  • Dean of the Pavlis Honors College
  • Associate Professor, Humanities

Research Areas

  • Educational Innovation
  • Rhetoric of Health and Medicine
  • Writing Program Administration

Specialties

  • Facilitate implementation of Michigan Tech’s undergraduate curriculum
  • Support ongoing growth in the Pavlis Honors College
  • Associate Teaching Professor, Pavlis Honors College
  • Chair, Curriculum and Assessment Committee, Pavlis Honors College
  • Affiliated Associate Teaching Professor, Humanities

Specialties

  • Victorian literature
  • Gender studies
  • History of the book
  • Children’s literature
  • Music and performance history 
  • Humor
  • Emotion/affect studies
  • Qualitative educational research
  • Curriculum Development

Chris Hohnholt

  • Instructor and Curriculum Development Specialist, Pavlis Honors College
  • SURF and URIP Coordinator
  • Michigander Scholars Advisor

Specialties

  • Honors Program student support
  • Leadership/Mentorship
  • Entomology/Integrated Pest Management
Kristi Juntunen

Kristi Juntunen

  • Honors Program Manager

Specialties

  • Event planning and coordination
  • Honors Pathway Program student support
  • LEAN
Darnishia Morris

Darnishia Morris

  • Assistant Dean, Pavlis Honors College

Specialties

  • Experiential Learning
  • International Education
  • Career Planning
  • Student Engagement
Susan Nielsen

Susan Nielsen

  • Adjunct Instructor, Pavlis Honors College

Specialties

  • Non-traditional K-12 education
  • Leadership
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Consulting
  • Instructional design
  • Leadership development
  • Assistant Teaching Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor, Open Source Hardware Enterprise
  • Director, The Alley MakerSpace

Areas of Interest

  • Open Source Hardware
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Digital Design
  • Robotics Design
  • Engineering Education
Amanda Ollanketo

Amanda Ollanketo

  • Office Assistant

Specialties

  • Provides administrative support for the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Dean of the Pavlis Honors College
  • Provides administrative support for the staff in the Pavlis Honors College and the Enterprise Program
Ginger Sleeman
"Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card. How you leave others feeling after having an experience with you becomes your trademark."
—Jay Danzie

Ginger Sleeman

  • Director of Administration

Specialties

  • Provide administrative support to the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, Pavlis Honors College, and the Enterprise Program
  • Assist with budget development and management