Faculty and Staff Profiles
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Catherine Peebles
Coordinator of Humanities Program; Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
104 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3638
E-mail: catherine.peebles@unh.edu
see profile below
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Roger Brown
Associate Professor of German
210B Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3589
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: rsbrown@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
A.B., Emory University, 1966
M.A., University of Kansas, 1969
Ph.D., ibid., 1971
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 592: Special Topics/The Blues
GERM 401-402: Elementary German
GERM 525: Intro to German Culture and Civilization
GERM 632: Advanced Communication Skills II
GERM 728: Modern German Literature
Fields of Research:
German language, culture, and civilization
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Warren Brown
Associate Professor of Political Science and Humanities
323 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3225
Fax: (603) 862-0178
E-mail: warren.brown@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Willamette University, 1966
M.A., Claremont Graduate School and University Center, 1972
Ph.D., ibid., 1976
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 500: Critical Methods in Humanities
HUMA 700: Seminar/Political Ambition and Power
HUMA 730: Justice and Freedom in the American Republic
POLT 401: Politics and Society
POLT 520: Justice and the Political Community
POLT 797I/897I: Seminar in Political Thought
Fields of Research:
political thought, humanities
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Lesley Curtis
Lecturer in Humanities and Women's Studies
E-mail: lesley.curtis@unh.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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Education:
B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1999
M.A., Middlebury College, 2003
M.A., Duke University, 2007
Ph.D., ibid., 2011
Courses Taught:
FREN 403: Intensive Review of French
FREN 503-504: Intermediate French
FREN 785: The Colony Writes Back
HUMA 401: Slavery and Freedom in Literature and Philosophy
Fields of Research:
Haiti, postcolonialism
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Willem deVries
Professor of Philosophy
44 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3077
Fax: (603) 862-4214
E-mail: willem.devries@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Haverford College, 1972
M.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1975
Ph.D., ibid., 1981
Selected Courses Taught:
PHIL 447: Computer Power and Human Reason
PHIL 520: Existentialism
PHIL 580: Modern Philosophy Decartes to Kant
PHIL 616: 19th Century Philosophy
PHIL 618: 20th Century Anglo-American Philosophy
Fields of Research:
philosophy of mind, metaphysics and epistemology, history of philosophy
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Marco Dorfsman
Associate Professor of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
210F Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3448
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: marcod@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1985
M.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1988
Ph.D., ibid., 1992
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 500: Critical Methods in Humanities
ECS 550: Critical Methods in Cultural Studies
SPAN 631: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 653: Intro Latin American Literature and Thought
SPAN 797/897Q: Latin America
SPAN 997: Graduate Seminar/The Baroque
Fields of Research:
Latin American literature and culture, cultural studies
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Val Dusek
Professor of Philosophy
45 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3076
Fax: (603) 862-4214
E-mail: Valdusek@aol.com
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Education:
B.A., Yale University, 1963
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1972
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 514: 20th Century, 1900-1945
PHIL 424: Science, Technology, and Society
PHIL 435: Human Nature and Evolution
PHIL 444: Remaking Nature/Ethics and Politics
PHIL 616: 19th Century Philosophy
PHIL 780: Special Topics/Social Construction
Fields of Research:
science and philosophy
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Michael Ferber
Professor of English and Humanities, and Director of English Graduate Studies
52A Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3973
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: mferber@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1966
M.A., Harvard University, 1969
Ph.D., ibid., 1975
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 510: Culture of Greece and Rome
HUMA 511: Medieval World: Interdisciplinary Intro
HUMA 515: The 20th Century 1945-1999
ENGL 651: Comparative Literature
ENGL 718: English Linguistics and Literature
ENGL 769: English Romantic Period
Fields of Research:
Romantic poetry, western literature from the Greeks forward, war and peace studies
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Jan Golinski
Professor of History and Humanities, and Chair of the Department of History
Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3789
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jan.golinski@unh.edu
Website
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Education:
B.A., Cambridge University, England, 1979
Ph.D., The University of Leeds, England, 1983
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 511: Medieval World: Interdisciplinary Intro
HUMA 514: 20th Century 1900-1945
HUMA 515: The 20th Century 1945-1999
Fields of Research:
history of science, intellectual history, historiography
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Eleanor M. Hight
Professor of Art History
A216 Paul Creative Arts Center
Phone: (603) 862-4755
Fax: (603) 862-2191
E-mail
Curriculum Vitae
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Education:
B.A., Skidmore College, 1970
A.M., Harvard University, 1977
Ph.D., ibid., 1986
Courses Taught:
ARTS 444A: Futurism and the Arts
ARTS 480: Introduction to Art History
ARTS 487: Twentieth Century Europe
ARTS 573: Art of the Modern World
ARTS 581: History of Art from 1400 to Present
ARTS 673: Egypt and Nubia: Art, Architecture, and Rediscovery
ARTS 686: Neoclassicism to Romanticism
ARTS 687: Realism and Impressionism
ARTS 688: Twentieth Century Art I
ARTS 689: Twentieth Century Art II
ARTS 692: History of Photography
ARTS 799: Seminar: Japan and the West
Fields of Research:
Japanese Art, 18th-20th Century Art, History of Photography
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David Hiley
Professor of Philosophy
27 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1040
Fax: (603) 862-4214
E-mail: david.hiley@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Auburn University, 1966
M.A., University of Georgia, 1969
Ph.D., ibid., 1972
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 510: Culture of Greece and Rome
HUMA 515: 20th Century, 1945-1999
PHIL 430: Society and Morals
PHIL 444: Honors/ Remaking Nature/ Ethics
PHIL 580: Modern Philosophy Decartes to Kant
PHIL 780: Special Topics
Fields of Research:
political theory, ethics, history of philosophy
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Rebecca Karo
Lecturer in Art History
Paul Creative Arts Center Rm A205F
Phone: (603) 862-2992
Fax: (603) 862-2191
E-mail
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Education:
B.A., Wellesley College, 1970
M.A., Boston College, 1973
M.A., Harvard University, 1987
Courses Taught:
ARTS 574: Architectural History
ARTS 678: Romanesque and Gothic Art
ARTS 688: 20th Century Art I
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John Kayser
Associate Professor of Political Science
214BA Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1699
Fax: (603) 862-0178
E-mail: john.kayser@unh.edu
curriculum vitae
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Education:
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1962
M.A., Ohio State University, 1964
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School and University Center, 1969
Selected Courses Taught:
POLT 402: Introduction to American Government
POLT 520: Justice and the Political Community
POLT 521: Rights and the Political Community
Fields of Research:
political thought, politics and literature, American presidency, pre-law
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Edward T. Larkin
Professor of German
210H Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3549
Fax: (603) 862-1690
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Education:
B.A., St. Peters College, 1971
M.A., St. John's University, 1980
M.A., University of Houston, 1980
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1986
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 401: Introduction to Humanities
GERM 401-402: Elementary German
GERM 503-504: Intermediate German
GERM 721: German Culture and Civilization
Fields of Research:
German language, culture, and civilization
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Ronald LeBlanc
Professor of Russian and Humanities
G10H Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3553
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: ronald.leblanc@unh.edu
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Education:
B.S., U.S. Air Force Academy, 1971
B.A., University of Washington, 1977
M.A. ibid., 1979
Ph.D., ibid., 1984
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 650: Humanities and the Law
HUMA 651: Humanities and Science
RUSS 425: Contemporary Russian Society and Culture
RUSS 522: Morality, Sex, and Revolution in Russian Literature
RUSS 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
RUSS 790: Advanced Language and Style
Fields of Research:
history and poetics of the Russian novel, food in literature
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Greg McMahon
Associate Professor of History
408 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3023
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: gmcmahon@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Kansas, 1975
M.A., Miami University, Ohio, 1979
Ph.D., Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1988
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 401: Introduction to Humanities
HUMA 510: Ancient World
HIST 435: Western Civilization
HIST 575: Ancient Near East
HIST 676/876: Classic & Hellenistic Greek Worlds
HIST 677/877: Roman Republic
Fields of Research:
Ancient Near East, Greek history, Roman history
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Elizabeth W. Mellyn
Assistant Professor of History
437 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3028
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: ewmellyn@gmail.com
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Education:
B.A., University of Chicago, 1999
A.M., Harvard University, 2002
Ph.D., ibid., 2007
Courses Taught:
HIST 642/842: Religious Conflict in Early Modern Europe
HUMA 512: Renaissance and Early Modern: An Interdisciplinary Introduction
Fields of Research:
history of medicine and law, origins of forensic medicine in Europe, reception and appropriation of Greco-Roman and Arabic learning, medieval and early modern travel and communication in the Mediterranean, education and culture in medieval and early modern Italy
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Catherine Peebles
Coordinator of Humanities Program; Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
104 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3638
E-mail: catherine.peebles@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Virginia, 1990
M.A., Binghamton Univeristy, 1994
Ph.D., ibid., 2000
Courses Taught:
HUMA 401: Introduction to the Humanities
HUMA 401: Sex and Love in Literature and Philosophy
HUMA 500: Critical Methods in the Humanities
HUMA 730: Humanities Seminar: Freud: Sex, Power, Ethics
ECS 500: European Cultural Studies Proseminar
LLC 440: Cultural Approaches to Film and Fascism
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Petar Ramadanovic
Associate Professor of English
203 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0253
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: petarr@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1989
M.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1993
Ph.D., ibid., 1997
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 510: Ancient World
HUMA 515: 20th Century, 1945-1999
ENGL 419: Intro to Literary Analysis
ENGL 619: Critical Approaches to Literature
ENGL 926: Seminar/Literary Theory
Fields of Research:
critical theory, cultural studies
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David Richman
Professor of Theatre and Humanities
M317 Paul Creative Arts Center
Phone: (603) 862-2218
E-mail: dmr@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Harvard University, 1972
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1978
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 401: Introduction to Humanities
HUMA 592: Special Topics: American Theatre
HUMA 650: Humanities and the Law
THDA 436: History of Theatre I
THDA 438: History of Theatre II
THDA 632: Interpretations of Shakespeare in Theatre
THDA 657: Playreading
Fields of Research and Artistry:
theatre history, Shakespeare, verse drama, humanities; directs productions of plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, and other playwrights
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Charlotte Witt
Professor of Philosophy
31 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1040
Fax: (603) 862-4214
E-mail: cewitt@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1975
M.A., Georgetown University, 1978
Ph.D., ibid., 1980
Selected Courses Taught:
HUMA 510: Ancient World
HUMA 511: Medieval World: Interdisciplinary Intro
HUMA 513: Modern World
PHIL 500: Workshop
PHIL 570: Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 780: Special Topics/Topics in Ancient Philosophy
Fields of Research:
ancient and medieval philosophy
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Susan Mattioni
Administrative Assistant
Huddleston Hall 104
Phone: (603) 862-3724
E-mail
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