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Industrial Archaeology Graduate
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Nikki Drenning
Nikki Drenning is a first year Master's Candidate for the Industrial Archaeology (IA) program. She received her B.S. in Environmental Engineering from MTU in the Spring 2006, double majoring in Social Sciences and minoring in Historical Studies. She is especially interested in the cause/effect/remediation of industrial wastes on environmental landscapes. She hopes to obtain a professional position that will allow her to meld her environmental engineering and historical (IA) perspectives. She is a novice photographer, an avid movie-goer, and a mystery-bookworm in her rare, and highly coveted, free time. Nikki also enjoys playing with her adorable, highly verbal and amusing cat, Echo.
Tim Goddard
I am a Doctoral Student in The IA&H program. I received my Master's Degree and Historic Preservation Certificate from the University of Maryland in 2006. I received my Bachelors Degree in Anthropology from the University of Arizona in 1995. I have spent the time in between mostly working out West in CRM, Federal, Museum, Academic, and Public Archaeology positions. I also spent several years working in Land Survey, Civil Engineering, and Network Administration. My domains of interest involve spatial technologies such as GIS, Remote Sensing, and Geodesy and their application in archaeology methodology as it pertains to data collection, management, and interpretation. My interest in Industrial Archaeology comes from several mining towns out west that I have worked on.
Sean Gohman
Sean Gohman is a second year student in the Masters of Science program in Industrial Archaeology. A native of Minnesota, his journey towards that degree began in 1993 and for four long years he made a go of it. After dropping out to "live life and see rock shows," Sean realized in 2002 (while sitting in a shabbily furnished apartment in Seattle) to return to school. Sean finally received his Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from St. Cloud State University in 2004. Sean's work experiences range from archaeological fieldwork in Belize, to managing record stores (remember those?) on the frozen plains of North Dakota, to selling TV's in Marquette, MI. Learning of the Iron Mining industry of the Marquette region of the Upper Peninsula peaked Sean's interest in Industrial Archaeology (although he didn't know such a field existed). Luckily a program in IA existed just two hours away!
Sean's current interests include copper and iron mining, whaling, and the early history of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. His thesis work is focusing on the historic copper mining site of Cliff located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, a scant 30 miles from Houghton. Sean also has a love for historic preservation and is an active member of the Quincy Smelter Association, a local non-profit. Finally, Sean is currently the acting Secretary for Michigan Tech's Graduate Student Council, and sees his graduate experience at Tech as having a profound impact on his professional future.
Marc Henshaw
 Marc Henshaw is a first year PH.D candidate in the Industrial Archaeology Program. He received his undergraduate degree in anthropology from California University of Pennsylvania in 1998. After working for Bureau of Historic Preservation at the state museum in Pennsylvania as a field archaeologist, he pursued graduate work at Western Michigan University graduating in 2004 with a master’s degree. Shortly after receiving his degree Marc worked CRM surveying across Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. He taught 9th grade Earth and Space Science in Newport News Virginia for two years before pursuing a PH.D in Industrial Archaeology. Marc’s research is focused on the industrialized landscapes of river towns in the Monongahela Valley in Pennsylvania and the evolution of the steamboat industry there. Marc’s interests include underwater archaeology, landscape change, race, and gender.
Brandon Sexton
 Brandon Sexton is a first year student in the Masters of Science in Industrial Archaeology. He studied history at Aquinas College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree there before pursuing a degree at Michigan Tech. While an undergraduate he worked for Mackinac State Historic Parks as a costumed historical interpreter running an 1820’s water-powered sawmill and using period woodworking tools. He also had an internship his senior year at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, MI working with the museum collection. It was during his time at Mackinac Parks that drew him towards a career in history. Coupled with his internship experience Brandon hopes to follow on to work with the National Parks or a museum setting to combine his education at Michigan Tech with past experience in the field.
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