Social Sciences Newsblog

Sidortsov Publishes Chapter in Governance of Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas

Published June 28, 2017

Roman Sidortsov authored a chapter, “The Russian Offshore Oil and Gas Regime: When Tight Control Means Less Order”, in Governance of Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas published by Routledge.

Click here to see the summary

New Funding for L’Anse Community Solar Study

Published June 9, 2017

Richell Winkler (SS/GLRC) is the principal investigator on a project that has received $17,128 contract with the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Regions (WUPPDR). The project is, “L’Anse Community Solar Study.”

This is a one year project.

MTU Archaeology Project Digs up Bits, Pieces of Keweenaw County History

Published June 8, 2017

The Department of Social Sciences’ 2017 summer industrial archaeological field school in Keweenaw County was featured in a story in The Daily Mining Gazette.

“Part of the goal of it is to train our students in archaeological field work,” said Professor LouAnn Wurst, who is leading the school.

At the same time, the school is being conducted in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources and the state to look at Copper Harbor’s range lighthouse keeper’s residence, and locate the Astor House, which is believed to have stood behind the house.

Click here to read the full story.

Graduate Student Prehoda In the News

Published June 7, 2017

By Heather Powers

ABC-10 News aired a story, about the potential for using solar energy in the UP, quoting Michigan Tech graduate student Emily Prehoda.

She is working on a survey that will be conducted in L’Anse next fall, a collaborative effort of the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region, the Village of L’Anse, WPPI Energy, and Michigan Tech’s Keweenaw Research Center and Department of Social Sciences.

Residents of the village buy their power from WPPI Energy, a non-profit company.

Prehoda was also featured in USA Today (“The US could prevent a lot of deaths by switching from coal to solar“), and on NBC and CBS with researcher Joshua Pearce (MSE/ECE).

Also in print, Joshua Pearce (MSE/ECE) and social sciences PhD Student Emily Prehoda coauthored, potential lives saved by replacing coal with solar photovoltaic electricity production in the U.S., in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews that can be read here.

Lafreniere Co-Authors Paper on the Methodological Challenges to Studying Children’s Health

Published June 7, 2017

Don Lafreniere (SS) co-authored the paper, “You are where you live: Methodological Challenges to Measuring Children’s Exposure to Hazards” in the Journal of Children and Poverty.

Richelle Winkler Wins 2017 Faculty Distinguished Service Award

Published June 1, 2017

by Mark Wilcox

Richelle Winkler, an associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences, is the recipient of the 2017 Faculty Distinguished Service Award.

The award is intended to complement the Distinguished Teaching and the Distinguished Research Awards already established at the University. It recognizes service to the University community that has significantly improved the quality of some aspect of campus life.

University Provost Jacqueline Huntoon says, “The faculty Distinguished Service Award Committee maintains very high standards and are only willing to make awards to individuals whose actions are particularly meritorious. Dr. Winkler exemplifies the characteristics that the award is intended to honor. She is an outstanding scholar whose efforts benefit the University and our community.”

Read the full story.

Will Solar Power Work in the U.P.?

Published May 26, 2017

ABC-10 News aired a story about the potential for using solar energy in the UP, quoting Michigan Tech graduate student Emily Prehoda. She is working on a survey that will be conducted in L’Anse next fall, a collaborative effort of the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region, the Village of L’Anse, WPPI Energy, and Michigan Tech’s Keweenaw Research Center and Department of Social Sciences. Residents of the village buy their power from WPPI Energy, a non-profit company. See here.

Wellstead Presents at CAPPA Conference

Published May 24, 2017

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Adam Wellstead (SS) presented a paper, “In Search of a Venue: A Hybrid Administrative Traditions and the Implications for Climate Change Adaptation Policy in Canada’s Territories,” at the The Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration Conference (May 16-17) in Winnipeg, Manitoba.