Faculty and Staff Profiles

Carmen García de la Rasilla

Associate Professor of Spanish and Coordinator of the ECS Program

G10D Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3126
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: crasilla@cisunix.unh.edu

Arna Bronstein

Associate Professor of Russian

304 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3545
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: arnab@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Colgate University, 1975
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1979
Ph.D., ibid., 1986

Courses Taught:
RUSS 401-402: Elementary Russian
RUSS 503-504: Intermediate Russian
RUSS 595: Russian Practicum
RUSS 631: Advanced Conversation and Composition
RUSS 795-796: Independent Study
RUSS 797-798: Special Studies in Russian Language, Literature, and Culture

Fields of Research: 
language pedagogy; Russian Jewish literature; women, children and health issues in Russian society

Jeffry Diefendorf

Pamela Shulman Professor in European and Holocaust Studies
Senior Faculty Fellow, College of Liberal Arts

407 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3013 (History) and 862-2062 (Liberal Arts)
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: jeffryd@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
A.B., Stanford University, 1967
M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1968
Ph.D., ibid., 1975

Courses Taught:
HIST 444H: Collective Guilt and Collective Responsibility in History
HIST 602/802: Holocaust: The War on Europe's Jews
HIST 669/869: Germany since 1918
HIST 775/875: Historical Methods

Fields of Research: 
modern Germany, urban history, Holocaust studies

Marco Dorfsman

Associate Professor of Spanish and Coordinator of the Spanish Program 

210F Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3448
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: marcod@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1985
M.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1988
Ph.D., ibid., 1992

Courses Taught:
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 civilization and culture

Patricia Emison

Professor of Art History

Paul Creative Arts Center
Phone: (603) 862-1409
Fax: (603) 862-2191
E-mail: patricia.emison@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae
Website

Education:
B.A., Bryn Mawr College, 1978
M.A., Columbia University, 1980
M.Phil., ibid., 1982
Ph.D., ibid., 1985

Courses Taught:
HUMA 510: Culture of Greece and Rome
HUMA 511: Medieval World: Interdisciplinary Introduction
HUMA 513: Modern World
ARTS 682: High Rennaissance & Mannerist Art
ARTS 683: Baroque Art in Southern Europe
ARTS 691: A History of Venetian Art

Fields of Research: 
Renaissance, Baroque, European art history

Robert Eshbach

Associate Professor of Music

M106 Paul Creative Arts Center
Phone: (603) 862-2404
Fax: (603) 862-3155
E-mail: reshbach@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
Certificate, University of Vienna, 1971
B.A., Yale University, 1973
M.M., New England Conservatory of Music, 1976

Courses Taught:
MUSI 401: Introduction to Music
MUSI 456: String Ensemble
MUSI 546/746/846: Violin

Fields of Research/Artistry:
violin, music literature

Aleksandra Fleszar

Associate Professor of Russian and Coordinator of the Russian Program

303 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3545
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: aif@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1969
M.A., Ohio State University, 1972
Ph.D., ibid., 1984

Courses Taught:
RUSS 401-402: Elementary Russian
RUSS 595: Russian Practicum
RUSS 601: Russian Conversation and Phonetics
RUSS 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
RUSS 691: Readings in Russian Literature
RUSS 721: Topics in Contemporary Russian Literature: From Chekhov to Post-Modernism
RUSS 725: Topics in Russian Culture and Society
RUSS 733: History and Development of the Russian Language
RUSS 790: Advanced Language and Style
RUSS 795-796: Independent Study
RUSS 797-798: Special Studies in Russian Language, Literature, and Culture

Fields of Research: 
modern Russian and Soviet literature, language pedagogy, 19th-20th century Polish literature, history of the Russian language

Piero Garofalo

Associate Professor of Italian and Coordinator of the Italian Program

G10J Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3769
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: pg@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1988
M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1991
Ph.D., ibid., 1996

Courses Taught:
ITAL 525: Italian Cinema
LLC 540: Film History
ECS 400: Europe
ITAL 500: Topics in World Literature
ITAL 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
ITAL 652: Intro Italian Culture and Civilization II
ITAL 733: History and Development of the Italian Language

Fields of Research: 
Italian cinema

Eliga Gould

Associate Professor of History

412 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3012
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: ehg@cisunix.unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
A.B., Princeton University, 1983
M.Sc., University of Edinburgh, 1987
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1988
Ph.D., ibid., 1992

Courses Taught:
HIST 405: History of Early America
HIST 605/805: Revolutionary America
HIST 797: Senior Colloquium (Anglo-American Right to Bear Arms)
HIST 939: Graduate Readings in Early American History
HIST 949: Graduate Colloquium on the World of the American Revolution
HIST 949: Graduate Colloquium on the British Atlantic, 1500-1800
HIST 989: Graduate Research Seminar in Early American History

Fields of Research:
Colonial America, the American Revolution, and the early modern Atlantic world

Nicoletta Gullace

Associate Professor of History

413 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1715
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: nfg@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Rochester, 1983
M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1987
Ph.D., ibid., 1993

Courses Taught:
HIST 436: Western Civilization
HIST 656/856: 20th Century Europe
HIST 701/801: Seminar/British Empire
HIST 843: British Empire

Fields of Research:
modern Britain, European cultural history, women's history

Eleanor Hight

Associate Professor of Art History

Paul Creative Arts Center
Phone: (603) 862-2190
E-mail: ehight@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
B.A., Skidmore College, 1970
A.M., Harvard University, 1977
Ph.D., ibid., 1986

Courses Taught:
ARTS 444: Futurism and The Arts
ARTS 480: Introduction to Art History
ARTS 581: History of Art 1400 to Present
ARTS 687: Realism and Impressionism
ARTS 799: Sem/ Japan & the West

Fields of Research: 
Egyptian and Nubian Art, 18th-20th Century Art, History of Photography

Aline Kuntz

Associate Professor of Political Science

319 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1758
Fax: (603) 862-0178
E-mail: amkuntz@cisunix.unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
B.A., California State University at Sacramento, 1978
M.A., Cornell University, 1981
Ph.D., ibid., 1987

Courses Taught:
POLT 401: Politics and Society
POLT 552: Contemporary European Politics
POLT 651: Selected Topics in Comparative Politics
POLT 743/843: Comparative Political Economy
POLT 797C/897C: Seminar in Comparative Politics

Fields of Research: 
comparative politics, Western Europe, political economy

Edward Larkin

Professor of German 

210H Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3549
Fax: (603) 862-1690

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

Courses Taught:
GERM 401-402: Elementary German
GERM 503-504: Intermediate German
GERM 521: Major German Authors in English
GERM 631-632: Advanced Communication Skills I and II
GERM 721: German Culture and Civilization
GERM 798: Special Study/Austrian Cultural History
GERM 798: Special Study/Faust Honors Seminar
HUMA 401: Introduction to Humanities

Fields of Research: 
Austrian cultural history, translation, Erich Hackl, Eugenie Kain, Johann Pezz, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

Ronald LeBlanc

Professor of Russian and Humanities 

G10H Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3553
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: ronald.leblanc@unh.edu

Education:
B.S., U.S. Air Force Academy, 1971
B.A., University of Washington, 1977
M.A. ibid., 1979
Ph.D., ibid., 1984

Courses Taught:
RUSS 425: Contemporary Russian Society and Culture
RUSS 500: Topics/Humans, Robots, and Machines
RUSS 521: Devils, Deities, and Madness in Russian Literature
RUSS 522: Morality, Sex, and Revolution in Russian Literature
RUSS 593/693: Myths, Visions, and Issues in Russian Literature an Society
RUSS 795-796: Independent Study
RUSS 797-798: Special Studies in Russian Language, Literature, and Culture
HUMA 650: Humanities and the Law: The Problem of Justice in Western Civilization
HUMA 651: Humanities and Science: The Nature of Scientific Creativity
INCO 650H: Study Abroad Seminar: Encountering Oneself/Encountering the World
INCO 651H: Study Abroad Seminar: Returning Home

Fields of Research: 
the poetics of the Russian novel, food imagery in film and fiction, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy

Claire Malarte-Feldman

Professor of French and Director of the UNH Center for International Education 

210E Murkland Hall and 225 Hood House
Phone: (603) 862-2399
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: clmf@cisunix.unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
Licence, Universite Paul Valery, France, 1971
Maitrise, ibid., 1972
Ph.D., University of California at Davis, 1984

Courses Taught:
FREN 425: Intro to French Studies
LLC 444: France and the European Union in a Global World
FREN 503: Intermediate French
FREN 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
FREN 652: Readings in French Literature
FREN 677: French in the European Union
FREN 690: Study-in-Dijon Program
FREN 762: 17th Century French Literature

Fields of Research: 
French children's literature, 17th-century French literature, French cultural studies

Jaume Marti-Olivella

Associate Professor of Spanish

G10K Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3768
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: olivella@unh.edu

Education:
Licenciatura, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain, 1976
M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978
Ph.D., ibid., 1988

Courses Taught:
SPAN 651-652: Intro Spanish Literature and Thought
SPAN 631-632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 798/898C: Special Study/Spanish Cinema: Great Directors
SPAN 901: Bibliography Methods Research
SPAN 997: Seminar/Cultures of Spain: Basque

Fields of Research: 
Spanish cinema

Catherine Peebles

Coordinator of Humanities Program; Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

G19 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3638
E-mail: catherine.peebles@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Virginia, 1990
M.A., Binghamton University, 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

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

Petar Ramadanovic

Associate Professor of English

203 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0253
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: petarr@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1989
M.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1993
Ph.D., ibid., 1997

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

Carmen García de la Rasilla

Associate Professor of Spanish and Coordinator of the ECS Program

G10D Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3126
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: crasilla@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
Licenciatura, Universidad de Valledelid, Spain, 1985
Ph.D., ibid., 1990
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1991
Ph.D., ibid., 1996

Courses Taught:
SPAN 504: Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 631: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 650: Introduction to Critical Analysis
SPAN 652: Introduction to Spanish Literature and Thought
SPAN 654: Introduction to Latin American Literature and Thought
SPAN 756/856: Modern Spanish Poetry
SPAN 797/897: Special Study/Spanish Literature of the 20th Century

Fields of Research: 
20th Century Spanish literature

Mary 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

Juliette Rogers

Associate Professor of French

G10F Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1068
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: jmrogers@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Oberlin College, 1983
Ph.D., Duke University, 1990

Courses Taught:
FREN 426: Intro to Francophone Studies
FREN 503-504: Intermediate French
FREN 525: Intro to French Civilization/Paris
FREN 526: Intro to Francophone Cultures
FREN 675: Special Topics/Paris
FREN 782: 20th Century French Literature

Fields of Research: 
20th century French literature

Ruth Sample

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3074
E-mail: rjsample@cisunix.unh.edu 

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
B.A., Oberlin College, 1986
M.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1995
Ph.D., ibid., 1995

Courses Taught:
PHIL 401: General Intro to Philosophy
PHIL 436: Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 530: Moral Philosophy
PHIL 580: Modern Philosophy Descartes to Kant

Fields of Research: 
Early Modern philosophy, ethics, social and political philosophy, feminism

Robert Scharff

Professor of Philosophy

Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1040
E-mail: robert.scharff@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
A.B., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1961
M.A., Northwestern University, 1965
Ph.D., ibid., 1970

Courses Taught:
PHIL 401: General Intro to Philosophy
PHIL 424: Science, Technology, and Morals
PHIL 620: 20th Century European Philosophy
PHIL 702: Top/ Metaphysics & Epistemology

Fields of Research: 
topics in 19th and 20th century Continental philosophy (especially Dilthey, Heidegger, Gadamer, hermeneutics of science), the history of positivism (especially Comte, Mill, and the connection between classical positivism and post-positivist developments in recent analytic philosophy), the philosophy of technology

Rachel Trubowitz

Associate Professor of English 

222 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0254
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: rt@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Barnard College, 1976
M.A., Columbia University, 1977
M.Phil., ibid., 1980
Ph.D., ibid., 1985

Courses Taught:
ENGL 518: Bible as Literature
ENGL 657: Shakespeare
ENGL 759: Milton
ENGL 959: Seminar/Studies in Milton
ENGL 965: Seminar/Studies in Early Seventeenth Century Lit.

Fields of Research: 
Milton, seventeenth-century poetry and prose, Shakespeare, gender, nationhood

Janet Aikins Yount

Professor of English

51A Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3977
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: janet.yount@unh.edu

website

Education:
B.A., Grinnell College, 1972
M.S., University of Chicago, 1973
Ph.D., ibid., 1980

Courses Taught:
ENGL 649: Study/Literature and Visual Arts of Eighteenth Century Britain
ENGL 783: English Novel of Eighteenth Century
ENGL 968: Seminar/Eighteenth Century Literature

Fields of Research: 
Restoration and eighteenth-century studies, narrative theory, gender, visual culture