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Welcome New Faculty

The College welcomes two new assistant professors this year, Courtney Marshall, who holds a joint appointment in the English department and women's studies program, and Szu-Feng Chen, appointed to the faculty of the theatre and dance department.

Courtney Marshall
English and Women’s Studies

Szu-Feng Chen
Theatre and Dance

Cortney Marshall Courtney Marshall is an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the Department of English and the Women’s Studies Program. Marshall earned her BA at Rutgers, and her MA and PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her dissertation was titled “Sisters in Crime: Black Femininity, Law, and Literature in American Culture.” Marshall developed and taught over a half dozen courses at California State University at Long Beach, the University of Redlands, and the University of California, Los Angeles, some of which included “Gender, Crime, and American Prisons,” “Introduction to LGBT Studies,” and “Black Women Writers and the 1960s.” Marshall’s research interests include African-American literature, critical race feminism, queer ethnic studies, and law and popular culture. She has published the essay “Barksdale Women: Crime, Empire, and the Production of Gender” in the collection The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television (Continuum, 2009), a book review in Routledge’s peer-reviewed Women’s Studies journal, as well as scholarly articles in UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women newsletters. At UCLA, she served as a tutor in the Incarcerated Youth Program, co-organized the Los Angeles Queer Studies Conference, was a program assistant to the LGBT Studies Program and served on the board of the LGBT Center, and was editorial assistant for Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Marshall held a lecturer position in English and Women’s Studies at UNH during the 2009–10 academic year.

Szu-Feng Chen is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance. She earned her BFA from Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan and her MFA at the University of Texas at Austin. A specialist in theatrical design, Chen will design sets, costumes, and, in some cases, lighting for theatre and dance season productions. Chen has designed professionally for a number of organizations, most recently the Swine Palace in Baton Rouge, Prose and Content Production in New York City (for which she won an Outstanding Set Design Award from the New York International Fringe Festival), and the Dance Repertory Theater in Austin. She has been an assistant designer for a Yo-Yo Ma production at Lincoln Center, Julie Taymor’s Spider-Man musical on Broadway, and Cirque du Soleil’s Oasis, among other productions. Chen’s designs have been selected several times for international exhibitions: The World Stage Design Gallery and Digital Exhibit in both 2009 and 2005, the Prague Quadrennial International Exhibition in 2007 and 2003, and the Beijing Annual Theatre Design Exhibition in 2006. In the classroom, Chen has taught digital rendering, scenic painting, and property production at the University of Texas, and scenic design at Louisiana State University. At UNH, she will teach set and costume design.

New Lecturers

A number of lecturers, focused on expert teaching, are also new this year. Carrying full course loads, these faculty members are critical to the success of the College's teaching mission.

Aimee Blesing Education: Advanced Diploma, Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, 2003 Courses: Acting I, Introduction to Art of Acting	Emma Bricker Education: B.S., University of Delaware, 1987; M.A., ibid., 2002 Courses: Intermediate Spanish, Review of Spanish	Kirk Buckman Education: B.A., Clark University, 1990; M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1995; Ph.D., Brandeis University, 2003 Courses: U.S. in World Aff airs, Comparative Government & Society, Europe United? Integration & Constitutionalism, Contemporary European Politics	Kelly Demers Education: B.M., New England Conservatory of Music, 1986; M.Ed., Lesley College, 1993; Ph.D., Boston College, 2009 Courses: Exploring Teaching, Educational Structure & Change, Contemporary Educational Perspectives, Internship	Matt Dowd Education: B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1996; M.A., ibid., 1998 Courses: Philosophy & the Arts, Society & Morals, Social & Political Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy
Aimee Blesing Department of Theatre & Dance	Emma Bricker Spanish Program, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures	Kirk Buckman Department of Political Science	Kelly Demers Department of Education	Matt Dowd Department of Philosophy
Susan Endrizzi Education: B.F.A., Butler University, 1994 Courses: Ballet I & II, Pointe	Per Fjelstad Education: B.A., Evergreen State College, 1984; M.A., University of Washington, 1989; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1995 Courses: Public Speaking, Controversy & Reasoning in Law	Richard Fox Education: B.F.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1990; M.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art, 1994 Courses: Introductory Drawing, Intermediate Painting	Mariagabriella Gangi Education: M.A., Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples, Italy, 1996 Courses: Elementary Spanish, Elementary Italian	Michelle Gawerc Education: B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1998; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 2001; M.S.W., Boston College, 2006; M.A., ibid., 2006; Ph.D., ibid., 2010 Courses: Peace, Conflict, & War; Urban Sociology; Social Movements & Social Protest
Susan Endrizzi Department of Theatre & Dance	Per Fjelstad Department of Communication	Richard Fox Department of Art & Art History	Mariagabriella Gangi Italian & Spanish Programs, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures	Michelle Gawerc Department of Sociology
Jeffrey Haight Education: A.B., Hamilton College, 1961; Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1968 Courses: Democracy Its Character, Politics & Literature, Politics & Society, Dissent & Political Community, Politics & Religion	Stephanie Harzewski Education: B.A., Vassar College, 1996; M.A., Rutgers University, 1998; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2006 Courses: First-Year Writing, Introduction to Literary Analysis	Clayton Howard Education: B.A., Boston College, 2001 Courses: History of Modern U.S., Vietnam War, U.S. Since World War II	Nicola Imbracsio Education: B.A., Clark University, 1998; M.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2001; M.A., Emerson College, 2005; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 2010 Courses: First-Year Writing, Shakespeare, Survey of British Literature, Early British Drama	Biniam Iyob Education: B.S., University of Asmara, Eritrea, 1996; M.B.A., University of Mauritius, 2002; M.S., Oregon State, 2005; Ph.D., ibid., 2010 Courses: Economic Geography, Urban Geography, Geography of Population & Development, Political Geography, Geography of the Non-Western World
Jeffrey Haight Department of Political Science	Stephanie Harzewski Department of English	Clayton Howard Department of History	Nicola Imbracsio Department of English	Biniam Iyob Department of Geography & Int. Affairs Program
Ruwa Majid-Pokorny Education: B.S., University of New Hampshire, 1985 Courses: Elementary & Intermediate Language Study/Arabic	Evelyn Mann Education: B.F.A., State University of New York, Buff alo, 1965; M.M.Ed., ibid., 1968 Courses: Musical Theatre Voice I & II, Advanced Musical Theatre Lab	Mary Beth Marino Education: B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1999 Courses: Theatre Dance I, II, and III	Edgar Martin del Campo Education: B.A., Rice University, 1996; M.A., Claremont School of Theology, 2000; Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany, 2006 Courses: Introduction to Anthropology, Core Concepts in Anthropology, Peoples & Cultures: Latin America	Michelle Michaud Education: B.A., University of Maine at Orono, 2001; M.A., ibid., 2004 Courses: Public Speaking, Rhetorical Criticism of the Media
Ruwa Majid-Pokorny Asian & Arabic Program, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures	Evelyn Mann Department of Theatre & Dance	Mary Beth Marino Department of Theatre & Dance	Edgar Martin del Campo Department of Anthropology	Michelle Michaud Department of Communication
Carol Miller Education: B.S., Plymouth State College, 1986; M.A., University of New Hampshire, 1995 Courses: Exploring Teaching, Elementary Social Studies Methods, Internship	John Moore Education: B.Sc., University of Derby; M.Sc., ibid., 2005; M.Sc., Loughborough University; Ph.D., ibid., 2009 Courses: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Language & Social Interaction	Anna Newman Education: Lizenziat, University of Zurich, 1981 Courses: Introduction to Greek Civilization, Elementary & Intermediate Latin, Introduction to Roman Civilization, Women in Antiquity	Christine O’Keefe Education: B.A., Rivier College, 1993; M.A., Midwestern State University, 1996; M.F.A., Emerson College, 2004 Courses: Professional & Technical Writing	Rose Pruiksma Education: B.A., Calvin College, 1989; M.M., University of Michigan, 1992; M.A., ibid., 1994; Ph.D., ibid., 1999 Courses: Introduction to Music, History & Literature of Music, Art Song, Survey of Music in America, Baroque Music History
Carol Miller Department of Education	John Moore Department of Communication	Anna Newman Classics Program, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures	Christine O’Keefe Department of English	Rose Pruiksma Department of Music
Laura Qualliotine Education: B.A., Smith College, 1994; M.A.T., School for International Training, 2006 Courses: English as a Second Language	James Rioux Education: B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1992; M.F.A., Georgia State University, 1997 Courses: First-Year Writing	Jack Savage Education: B.M., Manhattan School of Music, 1977; M.F.A., Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 2009 Courses: Musical Theatre Voice III, Advanced Musical Theatre	Jill Silos-Rooney Education: B.S., University of Connecticut, 1990; M.A., University of Colorado, 1994; Ph.D, University of New Hampshire, 2003 Courses: History of Modern U.S., U.S. Progressivism to the New Deal, Law in American Life, Explorations	Henrietta Startup Education: B.A., University of York, 1979; M.Phil., University of Greenwich, 1984; M.Sc., University of London, 1985 Courses: Introduction to Art History, Architectural History, Contemporary Architecture
Laura Qualliotine ESL Program, Department of English	James Rioux Department of English	Jack Savage Department of Theatre & Dance	Jill Silos-Rooney Department of History	Henrietta Startup Department of Art & Art History
Nena Stracuzzi Education: B.A, University of California at Irvine, 1994; M.A., University of New Hampshire, 1998; Ph.D., ibid., 2005 Courses: Private Troubles, Public Issues; Sociological Theory; Family; Justice Studies Applied Research Methods; Justice Studies Senior Seminar	Kristen Swann Education: B.A., Middlebury College, 1995; M.A., ibid., 2001; M.Phil., Columbia University, 2007 Courses: Elementary Italian, Review of French	Bruce Turnquist Education: B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1972; M.Ed., ibid., 1984 Courses: Exploring Mathematics with Young Children, Educational Structure & Change, Internship	David Upham Education: B.A., Luther College, 1992; M.M., University of Northern Colorado, 1995; D.M.A., University of Washington, 2007 Courses: Introduction to Music, Fundamentals of Music Theory, Symphony, Orchestration	Charli Valdez Education: A.B., Cornell University, 1992; A.M., Brown University, 1999; Ph.D., University of Houston, 2004 Courses: First-Year Writing, Survey of American Literature, Introduction to Literary Analysis
Nena Stracuzzi Department of Sociology & Justice Studies Program	Kristen Swann French & Italian Programs, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures	Bruce Turnquist Department of Education	David Upham Department of Music	Charli Valdez Department of English
Ryan Vigil Education: B.M., Manhattan School of Music, 2000; M.A., Tufts University, 2004; M.M.A., Yale University, 2006; D.M.A., ibid., 2010 Courses: Theory, Theory Seminar, Ear Training II, Counterpoint	Don Williams Education: B.F.A., University of New Hampshire, 1977 Courses: Ceramics, Ceramics Workshop	Mark Zielinski Education: B.M.E., Indiana University, 1995; M.M., ibid., 1998 Courses: Introduction to Music, Techniques & Methods of Brass Instruments, Secondary Methods, Student Teaching
Ryan Vigil Department of Music	Don Williams Department of Art & Art History	Mark Zielinski Department of Music