Faculty and Staff Profiles

Faculty  

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Jennifer Borda

Associate Professor of Communication

107 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3709
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: jborda@cisunix.unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

 

Education:
B.A., Villanova University, 1995
M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1998
Ph.D., ibid., 2002

Courses Taught:
CMN 456, Propaganda and Persuasion
CMN 505, Analysis of Popular Culture
CMN 507, Introduction to Rhetorical Theory and Analysis
CMN 600, Public Speaking as a Civic Art
CMN 607, Persuasion in American Politics
CMN 645, Rhetorical Criticism of Film
CMN 757, Rhetoric of Contemporary Feminism
CMN 757, Social Protest: Rhetoric and Resistance

Fields of Research:
rhetorical theory and criticism, film criticism, feminist studies
 

 

 


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Melissa Deem

Associate Professor of Communication

130A Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1902
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: melissa.deem@unh.edu

 

Education:
B.A., Eastern Illinois University, 1987
M.A., Ohio University, 1988
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998

Courses Taught:
CMN 456, Propaganda and Persuasion
CMN 595, Critical-Cultural Rhetorics
CMN 657, Rhetorics of Contemporary Feminism
CMN 697, Seminar/Contemporary Feminism in U.S. Public Culture
CMN 697, Seminar/Scandal, Spectacle, and the Public Sphere

Fields of Research:
rhetorics of feminism
 

 

 


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James Farrell

Professor of Communication

108 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3447
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: james.farrell@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

 

Education:
B.A., Bridgewater State College, 1979
M.A., University of Maine at Orono, 1982
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1988

Courses Taught:
CMN 456, Propaganda and Persuasion
CMN 504, Introduction to Argumentation
CMN 557, Great Speakers and Speeches
CMN 596, Analysis of Political Media
CMN 607, Persuasion in American Politics
CMN 657, Public Address and the American Experience
CMN 703, Seminar in Rhetorical Theory
CMN 737, Principles of Rhetorical Criticism

Fields of Research:
history and criticism of American public address, political and religious discourse, history of rhetorical theory

 

 


Per Fjelstad

Per Fjelstad

Lecturer in Communication

123 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-2394
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: peh28@unh.edu

 

Education:
B.A., Evergreen State College, 1984
M.A., University of Washington, 1989
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1995

Courses Taught:
CMN 500, Public Speaking
CMN 607, Persuasion in American Politics
CMN 697, Seminar/Controversy & Reasoning in Law
 

 

 


Kevin Healey

Kevin Healey

Assistant Professor of Communication

106B Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3344
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: kevin.healey@unh.edu

 

Education:
B.A., Drew University, 1996
M.A., The New School University, 2005
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2011

Courses Taught:
CMN 596: Seminar in Media Studies/Digital Democracies
CMN 696: Seminar in Media Studies/Media, Religion, and Culture

Fields of Research:
media, religion, and culture; popular music studies; philosophy of technology; media ethics
 

 

 


Mark Hungerford

Mark Hungerford

Lecturer in Communication

Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3035
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: mark.hungerford@unh.edu

 

Education:
B.A., Emory University, 1992
M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Ph.D., University of Washington, 2011

Courses Taught:
CMN 455, Introduction to Media Studies
CMN 615, Public Opinion and Mass Communication
CMN 696, Seminar/Understanding Media Audiences
CMN 696, Seminar/Media Effects

 

 


Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Senior Lecturer in Communication

124 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1914
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: rmj2@cisunix.unh.edu

 

Education:
B.A., University of Arkansas, 1986
M.A., Centeral Washington University, 1993
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2002

Courses Taught:
CMN 456, Propaganda and Persuasion
CMN 504, Intro to Argumentation
CMN 507, Intro to Rhetorical Theory & Analysis
CMN 597, Special Topic/Rhetoric of Music
CMN 600, Public Speaking as a Civic Art
CMN 697, Seminar/Rhetoric of the Photograph

 

 


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Mardi Kidwell

Associate Professor of Communication

110 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3036
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: mardi.kidwell@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

 

Education:
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz, 1986
M.A., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1998
Ph.D., ibid., 2003

Courses Taught:
CMN 457, Introduction to Language and Social Interaction
CMN 572, Language and Social Interaction
CMN 666, Conversation Analysis
CMN 702, Seminar/Communication and the Body
CMN 702, Seminar/Children's Communication
CMN 765, Police Talk

Fields of Research:
language and social interaction, child social behavior, and police-citizen communication
 

 

 


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Jack Lannamann

Associate Professor of Communication

106C Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3039
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: john.lannamann@unh.edu

 

Education:
B.S., Babson College, 1977
M.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1980
Ph.D., ibid., 1983

Courses Taught:
CMN 457, Introduction to Language and Social Interaction
CMN 572, Language and Social Interaction
CMN 602, Theory of Interpersonal Communication
CMN 680, Perspectives on Culture and Communication
CMN 742, Dialogue and Teamwork

Fields of Research:
interpersonal communication
 

 

 


Josh Lauer

Josh Lauer

Assistant Professor of Communication

106A Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3037
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: josh.lauer@unh.edu

Website

 

Education:
B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1992
M.L.I.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1997
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2005
Ph.D., ibid., 2008

Courses Taught:
CMN 519, Advertising as Social Communication
CMN 696, Seminar/History of Surveillance Media
CMN 772, Seminar/Critical Approaches to New Media

Fields of Research:
media history and theory, communication technology, consumer culture, surveillance, economic constructions of reality
 

 

 


Sheila McNamee

Sheila McNamee

Professor of Communication

111A Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3040
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: smcnamee@cisunix.unh.edu

Website

 

Education:
B.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1978
M.A., ibid., 1980
Ph.D., ibid., 1982

Courses Taught:
CMN 457, Introduction to Language and Social Interaction
CMN 630, Psychology of Communication
CMN 730, Family Communication
CMN 742, Dialogue and Teamwork
CMN 755, Communication and Healthcare
CMN 760, Mediation

Fields of Research:
transformative dialogue in communities, education, health, and organizations
 

 

 


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Joshua Meyrowitz

Professor of Communication
Chair of the Communication Department

111B Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3031
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: joshua.meyrowitz@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

 

Education:
B.A., Queens College, City University of New York, 1972
M.A., ibid., 1974
Ph.D., New York University, 1978

Courses Taught:
CMN 455, Introduction to Media Studies
CMN 515, Analysis of News
CMN 732, Communication Theory
CMN 758, Media Analysis and Criticism
CMN 772, Seminar in Media Theory

Fields of Research:
mass media analysis
 

 

 


Michelle Michaud

Michelle Michaud

Lecturer in Communication

123 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-2394
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: mng4@unh.edu

 

Education:
B.A., University of Maine at Orono, 2001
M.A., ibid., 2004

Courses Taught:
CMN 500, Public Speaking
CMN 607, Persuasion in American Politics
CMN 697, Rhetorical Criticism of the Media

 


Danielle Pillet-Shore

Danielle Pillet-Shore

Assistant Professor of Communication

109 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-2362
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: danielle.pillet-shore@unh.edu

Website

 

Education:
B.A., University of California Los Angeles, 1998
M.A., ibid., 2001
Ph.D., ibid., 2008

Courses Taught:
CMN 457, Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
CMN 588, Talk and Social Institutions
CMN 666, Conversation Analysis
CMN 788, Openings of Everyday Interactions

Fields of Research:
language and social interaction, conversation analysis, communication in everyday life, face-to-face interaction, sociolinguistics, verbal and non-verbal communication, social psychology, qualitative methods, ethnomethodology, interaction in education and medical settings, family-school communication, social norms, social control and service providing institutions
 

 

 


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Lawrence J. Prelli

Professor of Communication

112B Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3034
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: ljp@cisunix.unh.edu

 

Education:
B.S., State University of New York College at Brockport, 1977
M.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1979
M.S., University of New Hampshire, 1998
Ph.D., Pennsylvania Sate University, 1984

Courses Taught:
CMN 456, Propaganda and Persuasion
CMN 507, Intro to Rhetorical Theory and Analysis
CMN 556, Persuasion and Public Problems
CMN 656, Principles of Rhetorical Criticism
CMN 756, Rhetoric of Display

Fields of Research:
rhetorical theory and criticism, rhetorics of environmental discourse, rhetorics of display

 

 


Jessica Robles

Jessica Robles

Lecturer in Communication

Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3315
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: jessica.robles@unh.edu

 

Education:
B.A., University of San Francisco, 2004
M.A., University of Essex, England, 2005
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2011

Courses Taught:
CMN 457, Introduction to Language and Social Interaction
CMN 572, Analysis of Language and Social Interaction
CMN 698, Seminar/Communication and Morality

 


Michael Soha

Michael Soha

Lecturer in Communication

119 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1902
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: michael.soha@unh.edu

 


Education:
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 2008
M.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2012

Courses Taught:
CMN 455, Introduction to Media Studies
CMN 634, Media and Politics
CMN 696, Seminar/New Media & Political Engagement
CMN 696, Seminar/Digital Culture and Society


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Affiliate Faculty 

Carol Conaway

Carol Conaway

Affiliate Associate Professor of Communication

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

Curriculum Vitae

 

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

Courses Taught:
CMN 567, Gender, Race, and Class in Media
CMN 634, Media and Politics

Fields of Research:
mass communication, gender studies
 

 


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Staff 

Andrew Sharp

Andrew Sharp

Academic/Career Counselor

119 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-2991
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: andrew.sharp@unh.edu

 

 


Bonnie Hodgdon

Bonnie Hodgdon

Academic Student Services Assistant

112 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-2292
Fax: (603) 862-1913
E-mail: bonnie.hodgdon@unh.edu

 

 

 

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