Faculty and Staff Profiles
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Ellen Cohn
Professor of Psychology and Coordinator of the Justice Studies Program
202F Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3197
Fax: (603) 862-2966
E-mail: ellen.cohn@unh.edu
See profile below
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Mary Banach
Associate Professor of Social Work
Pettee Hall
Phone: (603) 862-4302
E-mail: mbanach@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, 1975
M.S.W., New York University, 1978
D.S.W., Columbia University, 1995
Courses Taught:
Social Work Practice
Social Work in the Law
Fields of Research:
social work and law
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Victoria Banyard
Professor of Psychology
306 Contant Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2869
E-mail: vlb@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Brown University, 1988
M.A., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1990
Ph.D., ibid., 1994
Courses Taught:
PSYC 401: Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 402: Statistics in Psychology
PSYC 763: Community Psychology
PSYC 991: Prac and Sem/ Teaching Psychology
Fields of Research:
developmental psychology, social psychology/personality
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Rene Bergeron
Associate Professor of Social Work
Pettee Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1786
E-mail: lb@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1973
M.S.W., University of Connecticut, 1981
Ph.D., Boston College, 1997
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Social Work
Human Behavior and Social Environment
Social Work Practice
Field Seminar
Women and Aging
Intervention with Groups
Fields of Research:
women and aging
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John Cerullo
Professor of History, UNH-Manchester
227 University Center
Phone: (603) 641-4109
E-mail: jcerullo@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1971
M.A., ibid., 1976
Ph.D., ibid, 1980
Courses Taught:
The "Rights Revolution"
Fields of Research:
modern European intellectual history, especially the history of moral thought, legal theory
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Drew Christie
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy
50A Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3078
E-mail: drew.christie@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Princeton University, 1974
M.S.L., Yale University Law School, 1978
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983
Courses Taught:
PHIL 412: Beginning Logic
PHIL 450: Ecology and Values
PHIL 530: Moral Philosophy
PHIL 635: Philosophy of Law
PHIL 780: Special Topics/James and Buddha
Fields of Research:
contemporary environmental issues, legal issues, and pragmatism (especially William James and John Dewey)
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Ellen Cohn
Professor of Psychology and Coordinator of the Justice Studies Program
202F Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3197
Fax: (603) 862-2966
E-mail: ellen.cohn@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Clark University, 1974
M.A., Temple University, 1976
Ph.D., ibid., 1978
Courses Taught:
PSYC 755: Psychology and Law
PSYC 756: Psychology of Crime and Justice
PSYC 954: Advanced Seminar/Social Psychology
Fields of Research:
social psychology of law, particularly legal socialization, and rape and dating violence attitudes and behaviors
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Todd DeMitchell
Professor
306 Morrill Hall
Phone: (603) 862-5043
Fax: (603) 862-2174
E-mail: tad@cisunix.unh.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Known sources using Dr. DeMitchell's research
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Education:
B.A., LaVerne College, 1969
M.A.T., University of LaVerne, 1973
M.A., University of California at Davis, 1990
Ed.D., University of Southern California, 1979
Courses Taught:
EDUC 700/800A: Educational Structure and Change
EDUC 967: School Law
EDUC 968: Collective Bargaining in Public Education
EDUC 973: Policy, Politics, and Planning in Education
Fields of Research:
the impact of legal mechanisms including court cases, statutes, and collective bargaining on schools and colleges including such topics as sexual abuse and legal remedies, school uniforms and free speech, affirmative action, educational malpractice, and collective bargaining and educational reform
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Elizabeth Dolan
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Family Studies
218 Pettee Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2137
E-mail: emd@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1971
M.A., Michigan State University, 1973
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1980
Courses Taught:
Personal and Family Finance
Management and Decision-making
Family Economics
Family Internship
Families and the Law
Fields of Research:
economic implications for families of various life changes, including remarried families, unmarried families, and implications of welfare reform
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Robert Eckstein
Senior Lecturer
202C Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1242
Fax: (603) 862-2966
E-mail: robert.eckstein@unh.edu
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Education:
B.S., City University of New York, 1998
M.S., Loyola University, 2000
Courses Taught:
JUST 601: Internship
JUST 897: Culminating Project
JUST 950: Internship
PSYC 553: Personality
PSYC 591: Forensic Psychology
PSYC 595: Applications of Psychology
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David Finkelhor
Professor of Sociology
126 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-2761
Fax: (603) 862-1122
E-mail: david.finkelhor@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Harvard University, 1968
M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1971
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 1978
Courses Taught:
SOC 525: Juvenile Crime and Delinquency
SOC 650: Family Violence
SOC 773/873: Sociology of Childhood
SOC 797/897: Spc Top/ Research Methods in Crime and Justice
Fields of Research:
youth and crime, family violence
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Marion Girard-Dorsey
Associate Professor of History
438 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3014
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: mlgirard@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Stanford University, 1993
J.D., Harvard University, 1997
Ph.D., Yale University, 2002
Courses Taught:
Hist 422: World History in the Modern Era
Hist 444: Wartime Propaganda
Hist 537: History of Espionage
Fields of Research:
European history, history of law, diplomatic and military history, history of medicine in the United States
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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
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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 Interpersonal Communication
CMN 572, Language and Social Interaction
CMN 666, Conversation Analysis
CMN 698, Seminar/Studying the Police
Fields of Research:
language and social interaction, child social behavior, and police-citizen communication
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John T. Kirkpatrick
Clinical Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Co-Director of Justiceworks
110 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2062
Fax: (603) 862-3443
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Education:
B.A., Colby College, 1977
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 1979
Ph.D., ibid., 1983
Courses Taught:
SOC 515: Introductory Criminology
SOC 535: Homicide
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Michelle Leichtman
Associate Professor of Psychology and Lamberton Professor in the study of criminal justice and society
307 Conant Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3806
Fax: (603) 862-4986
E-mail: michelle.leichtman@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Wellesley College, 1985
M.A., Cornell University, 1991
Ph.D., ibid., 1994
Courses Taught:
PSYC 502: Research Methods in Psychology
PSYC 581: Child Development
PSYC 785: Social Development
PSYC 982: Adv Sem/ Developmental Psychology
Fields of Research:
memory development, often focusing on social and environmental factors that influence memory processes during infancy, childhood, and adulthood
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Alynna Lyon
Associate Professor of Political Science
315 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-0881
Fax: (603) 862-0178
E-mail: alynna.lyon@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., New Mexico State University, 1991
M.A., ibid., 1993
Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1999
Courses Taught:
POLT 403: US and World Affairs
POLT 560: World Politics
POLT 571: International Politics of the Middle East
POLT 660: Selected Topics in International Politics
POLT 778/878: International Organization
POLT 900: Pro-Seminar
Fields of Research:
peacekeeping, conflict resolution, international organizations, ethnic identity and nationalism, political violence, U.S. foreign policy, Middle East politics
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Andrew Macpherson
Lecturer in Political Science, Director of the Technical Analysis Group in Justiceworks
212 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 868-1145
Fax: (603) 862-7040
E-mail: Andrew Macpherson
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Education:
B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1999
M.A., London School of Economics, 2000
Courses Taught:
POLT 568: Intro to Intelligence
POLT 798B/898B: Security Intelligence Study
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Mary Fran T. Malone
Associate Professor of Political Science
314 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1406
Fax: (603) 862-0178
E-mail: mary.malone@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., St. Joseph's College, 1995
M.A., University of Pittsburgh, 2000
Ph.D., ibid., 2004
Courses Taught:
POLT 403: U.S. and World Affairs
POLT 544: Pathways to Democracy
POLT 550: Comparative Government and Society
POLT 553: Politics in the Developing World
POLT 554: Latin American Politics
POLT 565: United States/Latin American Relations
POLT 750/850: Politics of Poverty
POLT 905: Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Fields of Research:
Latin American politics, democratization, legal socialization, rule of law, judicial reform, crime control policy, political and interpersonal trust, public opinion
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Courtney Marshall
Assistant Professor of English and Women's Studies
120 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0676
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: courtney.marshall@unh.edu
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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
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Mary Moynihan
Affiliate Associate Professor of Women's Studies, Prevention and Evaluation Coordinator for Prevention Innovations
203 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2675
Fax: (603) 862-4721
E-mail: marym@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Akron, 1970
M.A., ibid., 1974
Ph.D., Kent State University, 1979
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Sharon Murphy
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Hewitt Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3826
E-mail: sharon.murphy@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., State University of New York at Plattsburgh, 1973
M.S.W., Adelphi University, 1985
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1998
Courses Taught:
SW 550/850: Human Behavior and Social Environment I
SW 551/851: Human Behavior and Social Environment II
SW 711: Understanding Mental Illness
SW 897: Intimate Partner violence
Fields of Research:
violence against women, criminal justice response to adult female sexual violence
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Kevin O'Shea
Adjunct Faculty in Justice Studies, Project Director for Justiceworks
Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 996-1826
Fax: (603) 862-7040
E-mail: Kevin O'Shea
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Education:
B.S., University of Connecticut, 1995
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 2007
Courses Taught:
JUST 405: Technology, Crime & Society
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Donna Perkins
Clinical Assistant Professor of Justice Studies
202B Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-7012
Fax: (603) 2966
E-mail: donna@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of Southern Maine, 1997
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 2000
M.S., ibid., 2003
Ph.D., ibid., 2003
Courses Taught:
JUST 501: Research Methods
JUST 701: Bullying in Schools
JUST 901: Proseminar
JUST 907: Applied Research Methods
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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
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Education:
B.A., University of California Los Angeles, 1998
M.A., ibid., 2001
Ph.D., ibid., 2008
Courses Taught:
CMN 598, Talk and Social Institutions
CMN 666, Conversation Analysis
CMN 698, 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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Charles Putnam
Clinical Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Co-Director of Justiceworks
208 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-7041
Fax: (603) 862-7040
E-mail: Charles Putnam
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Education:
B.A., Yale University, 1979
J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, 1985
Courses Taught:
JUST 401: Introduction to Justice Studies
JUST 530: Inside the Courtroom
JUST 550/551: Mock Trial
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Cesar Rebellon
Associate Professor of Sociology
416 Horton Social Science Center
Fax: (603) 862-3558
E-mail: cesar.rebellon@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Rice University, 1996
M.A., Emory University, 1999
Ph.D., ibid., 2002
Courses Taught:
SOC 515: Introduction to Criminology
SOC 525: Juvenile Crime and Delinquency
SOC 697: Special Topics/Perspectives On Terrorism
SOC 715: Criminological Theory
SOC 797/897: Special Topics/Criminological Theory
SOC 921: Crime and Conflict
Fields of Research:
criminological theory, social psychology, quantitative methods
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Lucy Salyer
Associate Professor of History
409 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-3021
Fax: (603) 862-1502
E-mail: les@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., University of California at San Diego, 1979
M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1983
Ph.D., ibid., 1989
Courses Taught:
HIST 406: History of Modern U.S.
HIST 509: Law in American Life
HIST 609/809: Special Topics/American Legal History
Fields of Research:
American legal history; Modern American and Progressive era history; race, ethnicity and immigration
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Susan J. Siggelakis
Associate Professor of Political Science
320 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1780
Fax: (603) 862-0178
E-mail: sjs2@cisunix.unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Rutgers University, 1979
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1983
Ph.D., ibid., 1988
Courses Taught:
POLT 407: Law and Society
POLT 508: Supreme Court and Constitution
POLT 558: Government and Politics of Canada
POLT 798B/898B: Seminar in American Politics
JUST 601: Field Experience
Fields of Research:
public law, criminal justice
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Nicholas Smith
Associate Professor of Philosophy
30 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1329
E-mail: nick.smith@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Vassar College, 1994
J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1997
Ph.D, Vanderbilt University, 2002
Courses Taught:
PHIL 421: Philosophy and the Arts/ Honors Section
PHIL 620: 20th Century European Philosophy
PHIL 660: Law, Medicine, and Morals
PHIL 740: Adv Top/ Philosophy and the Law
PHIL 799: Senior Thesis
Fields of Research:
philosophy of law, politics, and society, particularly as considered through contemporary continental philosophy; aesthetics
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Rick Trinkner
Lecturer in Justice Studies and Sociology
202A Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1476
Fax: (603) 862-2966
E-mail: rick.trinkner@unh.edu
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Education:
B.A., Northern Michigan University, 2005
M.A., University of Northern Iowa, 2007
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 2012
Courses Taught:
JUST 701: Senior Seminar
JUST 865: Criminological Theory
JUST 901: Proseminar
SOC 515: Introductory Criminology
SOC 525: Juvenile Crime and Delinquency
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James Tucker
Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Sociology Department
425 Horton Social Science Center
Fax: (603) 862-3558
E-mail: jetucker@unh.edu
Website
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Education:
B.S., University of Virginia, 1981
M.A., ibid., 1987
Ph.D., ibid., 1992
Courses Taught:
SOC 655: Sociology of Law and Justice
SOC 670: Sociology and Non-Fiction Film
SOC 715/815: Criminological Theory
SOC 780/880: Social Conflict
SOC 797/897: Sociology of Suicide
SOC 912: Contemporary Sociological Theory
Fields of Research:
social conflict, crime and deviance, law and social control, sociology of religion, documentary film
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Karen VanGundy
Associate Professor of Sociology
417 Horton Social Science Center
Fax: (603) 862-3558
E-mail: karen.vangundy@unh.edu
Website
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Education:
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994
M.A., University of Cincinnati, 1998
Ph.D., University of Miami, 2001
Courses Taught:
SOC 502: Statistics
SOC 599: Sociological Analysis
SOC 620: Drugs and Society
SOC 720/820: Sociology of Drug Use
SOC 740/840: Sociology of Mental Health
SOC 901: Sociological Methods I
Fields of Research:
sociology of mental health, substance use, life course, gender
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Debbie Briand
Academic/Student Support
202C Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1716
Fax: (603) 862-2966
E-mail: justice.studies@unh.edu
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