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Joining the Ranks

Joining the ranks: A superb group of new faculty are hard at work in the College

Four assistant professors have been appointed to the College faculty this fall, each anchoring important subfields within their disciplines—musical theatre, public administration, media studies, and sociolinguistics. Many new lecturers have come on board, supporting the teaching mission throughout the College, with the largest concentration in English as a Second Language, a program that has expanded significantly over the past year due to increased international student enrollments. A new clinical assistant professor in counseling psychology rounds out the incoming "class." The College is proud to welcome these fine scholars and teachers to its ranks.

Assistant Professors

John Berst Department of Theatre and Dance	Daniel Bromberg Department of Political Science
John Berst earned a B.A. at the State University of New York at Buffalo and an M.F.A. at Purdue University. He has professional theatre experience as a music director and actor and is a member of the Actor’s Equity Association. He has taught and directed and/or music directed at the University of Southern Indiana, Vincennes University, and Indiana University, among other institutions. Professor Berst has previously taught at UNH as a lecturer and adjunct instructor. His courses include the History of Musical Theatre in America, Musical Theatre Voice, Audition and Repertoire, and Musical Theatre Scene Study. He directed last year’s production of Company and will continue to direct UNH’s mainstage musical theatre productions.	Daniel Bromberg earned a B.A. at the State University of New York at Albany, an M.P.A. at the University of Vermont, and a Ph.D. at Rutgers. He comes to UNH from Western Carolina University where he was assistant professor of public affairs. His research focuses on privatization and a range of topics within public and nonprofit management. At UNH, he will be instrumental in the administration of the Masters of Public Administration program. Professor Bromberg teaches the Foundations and Theories of Public Administration and other key M.P.A. courses. His recent publications include a co-edited collection titled Citizen Participation: Cases of Citizen Engagement in Government and a co-authored book chapter in E-Governance and Civic Engagement: Factors and Determinants of E-Democracy.
Kevin Healey Department of Communication	Maya Ravindranath Department of English, Linguistics Program
Kevin Healey earned a B.A. at Drew University, an M.A. at The New School University, and a Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His dissertation is titled, "The Spirit of Networks: New Media and the Changing Role of Religion in American Public Life." Professor Healey's research focuses on the intersection of media, religion, and culture with an emphasis on digital media. He is currently working on a co-edited collection, under contract from Peter Lang Publishers, called Prophetic Critique and Popular Media: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications. Professor Healey's courses at UNH include the seminars Digital Democracies and Media, Religion, and Culture. He has taught previously at Western Connecticut State University, Rutgers, and the University of Illinois, where he held a post-doctoral fellowship.	Maya Ravindranath earned a B.A. from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania. She won a Dissertation Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation for her dissertation, "Language Shift and the Speech Community: Sociolinguistic Change in the Garifuna of Belize." Her research interests include language variation and change, language contact, language maintenance and shift, and endangered languages. Previously a lecturer at UNH, her courses include Introduction to Linguistics, Sociolinguistics Survey, and Linguistics Field Methods. Professor Ravindranath, with her students, is embarking on a new project called the New Hampshire Language and Life Project, in which she will explore dialectical variation in eastern New England.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Jennifer Warkentin, Department of Psychology

Education:
B.S., Georgia Southern University, 2000; M.S., Ohio University, 2003; Ph.D., ibid., 2008

Courses:

Abnormal Behavior, Counseling, Internship

Lecturers

Jorge Abril Sánchez Education: B.A., Universidad de Oviedo, Spain, 2001; M.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2004 Courses: Intermediate Spanish	Kathryn Askins Education: B.S., Franklin Pierce College, 1982; M.A., University of Arizona, 1999; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 2009 Courses: History of Early America, Modern U.S., Historical Survey of American Civilization, Native American History	Eliani Benaion Basile Education: B.A., Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1982; M.A., Boston University, 1984; Ph.D., Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1994 Courses: Intermediate Spanish, Elementary Portuguese	Mary Berguin Education: B.A., University of Southern Maine, 1971; M.A.T.E.S.O.L., St. Michael's College, 1982 Courses: English as a Second Language	Genevieve Cox Education: B.A., Ohio University, 2002; M.A., West Virginia University, 2005; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 2012 Courses: Introduction to Sociology, Contemporary Social Problems, Sociological Theory, Urban Sociology
Jorge Abril Sánchez Spanish Program, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures	Kathryn Askins Department of History	Eliani Benaion Basile Spanish and Portuguese Program, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures	Mary Berguin ESL Program, Department of English	Genevieve Cox Department of Sociology
Denise Desrosiers Education: B.A., Mount Hoyoke College, 2003; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles, 2009 Courses: English as a Second Language	Maureen Gillespie Education: B.A., University of New Hampshire, 2006; M.A., Northeastern University, 2008; Ph.D., ibid., 2011 Courses: Statistics in Psychology, Research Methods in Psychology, Cognitive Psychology	Carolyn Hutton Education: B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985; M.A., University of New Hampshire, 1990 Courses: English as a Second Language	Sarah Jusseaume Education: B.S., University of New Hampshire, 2001; M.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2012 Courses: English as a Second Language	Jeong-eun Kim Education: B.A., Korea University, 2007; M.S., Georgetown University, 2009 Courses: Introduction to Linguistics, TESL: Theory and Methods
Denise Desrosiers ESL Program, Department of English	Maureen Gillespie Department of Psychology	Carolyn Hutton ESL Program, Department of English	Sarah Jusseaume ESL Program, Department of English	Jeong-eun Kim Department of English
Stacy Mohammed Education: Education: B.A., Brooklyn College, 1998; M.F.A., Boston University, 2010 Courses: Introductory Drawing, Introductory Painting	Andrea Paquin Education: B.A., Universidad Veracruzana, 1998; M.A., University of New Hampshire, 2010 Courses: English as a Second Language	Lauren Provost Education: B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 2002; M.S.T., University of New Hampshire, 2009 Courses: Integrating Technology into the Classroom	Kristin Raymond Education: B.A., St. Michael's College, 2006; M.A., ibid., 2007 Courses: English as a Second Language	Kathy Richman Education: B.A., Cornell University, 1980; M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985; A.M., Harvard University, 1992; Ph.D., ibid., 2002 Courses: Intermediate French, Readings in French Literature
Stacy Mohammed Department of Art and Art History	Andrea Paquin ESL Program, Department of English	Lauren Provost Department of Education	Kristin Raymond ESL Program, Department of English	Kathy Richman French Program, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Michael Soha Education: B.A., University of New Hampshire, 2008; M.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2012 Courses: Introduction to Media Studies, Media and Politics, New Media and Political Engagement	Patricia Stapleton Education: B.A., Ursinus College, 2002; M.A., Rutgers University, 2004; M.Phil., City University of New York, 2010; Ph.D., ibid., 2012 Courses: United States in World Affairs, Seminar in Comparative Politics	Jan Tornick Education: M.A., University of New Hampshire, 2010; Ph.D., ibid., 2012 Courses: Introduction to Psychology, Behavioral Analysis, Animal Cognition	Rick Trinkner Education: B.A., Northern Michigan University, 2005; M.A., University of Northern Iowa, 2007; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 2012 Courses: Justice Studies Senior Seminar and Proseminar, Criminological Theory, Introductory Criminology, Juvenile Crime and Delinquency	Elsa Upham Education: B.A., Academie de Montpellier, France, 1992; M.A., Universite Paul Valery-Montpellier III, France, 1996; M.A., University of British Columbia, 1999 Courses: English as a Second Language
Michael Soha Department of Communication	Patricia Stapleton Department of Political Science	Jan Tornick Department of Psychology	Rick Trinkner Department of Sociology, Justice Studies Program	Elsa Upham ESL Program, Department of English
Tamsin Whitehead Education: B.A., London University, 1978; M.F.A., Vermont College of Fine Art, 2005 Courses: Gender, Power, and Privilege; Gender, Art, and Artifice in the Fashion Industry; Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Art and Visual Culture; Feminism in Global Perspectives; Black Feminist Thought
Tamsin Whitehead Women's Studies Program