Faculty and Staff Profiles

Faculty (full or joint appointments)

Marla Brettschneider

Professor of Women's Studies and Political Science
Coordinator of the Women's Studies Program

318 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-4676
Fax: (603) 862-0178
E-mail: marlab@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1986
M.A., New York University, 1988
Ph.D., ibid., 1993

Courses Taught:
POLT 401: Politics and Society
POLT 525: Multicultural Theory
POLT 721/821: Feminist Political Theory
WS 401: Introduction to Women's Studies
WS 632: Feminist Thought

Fields of Research:
political philosophy, feminist theory, Queer theory, diversity and democratic theory, Jewish politics

Carol Conaway

Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Affiliate Associate Professor of Communication

119 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-2393
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: cconaway@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
A.B., Bryn Mawr College, 1970
S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981
Ph.D., ibid., 1994

Courses Taught:
CMN 567, Images of Gender in the Media
CMN 696, Seminar/Media and Politics

Fields of Research:
mass communication, gender studies

Courtney Marshall

Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and English

Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2194
Fax: (603) 862-4721
E-mail: courtney.marshall@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Rutgers University, 2000
M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2005
Ph.D., ibid., 2009

Courses Taught:
ENGL 935: Seminar/Studies in American Literature
WS 798: Colloquium

Fields of Research:
African-American literature, critical race feminism, queer ethnic studies, law and popular culture

core faculty

Amy Boylan

Assistant Professor of Italian

G10G Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3551
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: amy.boylan@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1992
M.A., San Francisco State University, 1997
M.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 2000
Ph.D., ibid., 2006

Courses Taught:
ITAL 522: Italian Literature in Translation
ITAL 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition

Fields of Research:
national memorials in Italian literature and art

Holly R. Cashman

Associate Professor of Spanish

210G Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3121
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: holly.cashman@unh.edu

website

Education:
B.A., Hood College, 1994
M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1997
Ph.D., ibid., 2001

Courses Taught:
SPAN 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 997: Seminar/Struc. Applied Linguistics

Fields of Research:
codeswitching, impoliteness, and identity in bilingual interaction

Lesley Curtis

Lecturer in Humanities and Women's Studies

E-mail: lesley.curtis@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Katie Edwards

Assistant Professor of Psychology

104 Conant Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2360
Fax: (603) 862-4986
E-mail: katie.edwards@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

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Education:
B.S., University of Georgia, 2005
M.S., Ohio University, 2007
Ph.D., ibid., 2011

Courses Taught:
PSYC 561 01 10657 Abnormal Behavior
PSYC 762 03 12276 Counseling

Fields of Research:
social psychology/personality

Diane Freedman

Professor of English

208 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0257
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: dpf@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
A.B., Cornell University, 1977
M.A.T., ibid., 1978
M.A., Boston University, 1982
Ph.D, University of Washington, 1989

Courses Taught:
ENGL 419: Intro to Literary Analysis
ENGL 521: Nature Writers
ENGL 630: Poetry
ENGL 745: Contemporary American Literature
ENGL 747: Studies in American Poetry
ENGL 750: Special Studies/Contemporary Eco-Memoir (Environmental Memoir)
ENGL 935: Seminar/Studies in American Literature

Fields of Research:
twentieth-century American poetry, memoir and autobiographical criticism, women’s studies

Sharon Gershoni

Affiliate Assistant Professor of Women's Studies

E-mail: sharon.gershoni@gmail.com

Robin Hackett

Associate Professor of English

106 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0860
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: robin.hackett@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
B.A., University of California at Davis, 1986
M.A., Sonoma State University, 1993
Ph.D., City University of New York, 2000

Courses Taught:
ENGL 514: Survey of British Literature
ENGL 649: Topics/LGBTQ Literature
ENGL 773: British Literature Twentieth Century
ENGL 785: Major Women Writers
ENGL 974: Seminar/Twentieth Century British Literature

Fields of Research:
earlier twentieth-century British fiction, women’s/lesbian/gay/queer studies

Marc Herold

Associate Professor of Economics

430D McConnell Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3375
E-mail: mwherold@cisunix.unh.edu

Website

Education:
B.S., Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute, 1967
M.B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1970
Ph.D., ibid., 1979

Courses Taught:
ECON 669: Women and Economic Development
ECON 698: Consumption

Fields of Research:
third-world economic development, Brazil, civilian casualties of modern air wars, women and development,
international studies, postmodernism, political economy

Lori Hopkins

Associate Professor of Spanish

G10C Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3122
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: lori.hopkins@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Virginia, 1984
M.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1987
Ph.D., ibid., 1993

Courses Taught:
SPAN 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 650: Intro to Critical Analysis
SPAN 771: Latin American Drama
SPAN 797/897K: Special Study/Latin American Literature 20th Century
SPAN 901: Bibliography Methods Research
SPAN 997: Seminar/Latin American Literature and the Border

Fields of Research:
Latin American literature

Delia Konzett

Associate Professor of English

221 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0259
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: delia.konzett@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Georgia State University, 1989
M.A., University of Chicago, 1991
Ph.D., ibid., 1997

Courses Taught:
ENGL 533: Introduction of Film Studies
ENGL 616A: Studies in Film/Genre
ENGL 616B: Studies in Film/Authorship
ENGL 618: Film Theory
ENGL 938: Seminar/Twentieth Century American Literature

Fields of Research:
American literature and cinema studies, modernism, ethnic writing, race theory

Sarra Lev

Affiliate Associate Professor of Women's Studies

E-mail: sarralev@gmail.com

Mary Moynihan

Affiliate Associate Professor of Women's Studies

203 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-5023
Fax: (603) 862-4721
E-mail: marym@cisunix.unh.edu

Janet Polasky

Professor of History and Women's Studies

301C Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3027
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: janet.polasky@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
B.A., Carleton College, 1973
M.A., Stanford University, 1974
Ph.D., ibid., 1978

Courses Taught:
HIST 436: Western Civilization
HIST 648/848: Modern France
HIST 665/865: Themes in Women's History
HIST 875: Historical Methods

Fields of Research:
Routes to the City, Roots in the Country: Reforming Urban Labor in Brussels and London
Revolution Without Borders: "Le Cri Universel" of the Eighteenth Century Atlantic World

Sarah Redfield

Affiliate Professor of Women's Studies

Phone: (603) 862-2372
E-mail: sarah.redfield@law.unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Mary Beth Rhiel

Associate Professor of German and Coordinator of the German Program

G10E Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0063
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: mary.rhiel@unh.edu

Education:
B.S., University of Wisconsin at River Falls, 1971
M.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1978
Ph.D., ibid., 1988

Courses Taught:
GERM 401-402: Elementary German
GERM 503: Intermediate German
GERM 524: Topics/Love and Nation in German Film
GERM 645: Contemporary German Literature
GERM 728: Modern German Literature

Fields of Research:
Modern and contemporary German literature

Joelle Ruby Ryan

Lecturer

Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2194
Fax: (603) 862-4721
E-mail: joelle.ryan@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1996
M.A., University of Northern Iowa, 2000
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 2002
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2009

Courses Taught:
WS 401: Introduction to Women's Studies
WS 405: Gender, Power, and Privilege
WS 798: Colloquium: Transgender Feminism

Judy Sharkey

Associate Professor of Education

210e Morrill Hall
Phone: (603) 862-7055
Fax: (603) 862-2174
E-mail: judy.sharkey@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Franklin Pierce College, 1984
M.A.T., School for International Training, 1990
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2000

Courses Taught:
EDUC 700/800A: Educational Structure and Change

Fields of Research:

Jane Stapleton

Affiliate Instructor of Women's Studies

Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2194
Fax: (603) 862-4721
E-mail: jane.stapleton@unh.edu

Tamsin Whitehead

Lecturer in Women's Studies

Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2194
Fax: (603) 862-4721
E-mail: tamsin.whitehead@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., London University, 1978
M.F.A., Vermont College of Fine Art, 2005

Courses Taught:
WS 401: Introduction to Women's Studies
WS 405: Gender Power and Privilege
WS 505: Fashion This! Gender, Art and Artifice in the Fashion Industry
WS 505: Gender, Race and Sexuality in Art and Visual Culture
WS 595: Feminism in Global Perspectives
WS 798: Black Feminist Thought

Reginald A. Wilburn

Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies

132 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0731
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: reginald.wilburn@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of the District of Columbia, 1999
M.A., University of Connecticut, 2001
Ph.D., ibid., 2007

Courses Taught:
ENGL 419: Intro to Literary Analysis
ENGL 517: Introduction to African American Literature and Culture
ENGL 690: Introduction to African American Literature in America

Fields of Research:
African American literature and culture

Staff

Faina Bukher

Academic/Student Services Assistant

203 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2194
Fax: (603) 862-4721
E-mail: faina.bukher@unh.edu

emeritus faculty

Kristine Baber

Emeritus Associate Professor of Family Studies and Former Director of the UNH Center for Adolescence
Women's Studies Core Faculty

Raelene Shippee-Rice

Women's Studies Core Faculty

Susan Schibanoff

Emeritus Professor of English
Women's Studies Core Faculty

Barbara White

Emeritus Professor of Women's Studies

Mara Witzling

Emeritus Professor of Art and Art History
Women's Studies Core Faculty