Faculty and Staff Profiles

Faculty (full or joint appointments)

Marla Brettschneider

Coordinator of the Women's Studies Program
Professor of Women's Studies and Political Science

318 Horton Social Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-4676
Fax: (603) 862-0178
E-mail: marlab@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1986
M.A., New York University, 1988
Ph.D., ibid., 1993

Courses Taught:
POLT 401: Politics and Society
POLT 525: Multicultural Theory
POLT 721/821: Feminist Political Theory
WS 401: Introduction to Women's Studies
WS 632: Feminist Thought

Fields of Research:
political philosophy, feminist theory, Queer theory, diversity and democratic theory, Jewish politics

Carol Conaway

Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Communication

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

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

Courses Taught:
CMN 567, Images of Gender in the Media
CMN 696, Seminar/Media and Politics

Fields of Research:
mass communication, gender studies

core faculty

Diane Freedman

Professor of English

208 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0257
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: dpf@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
A.B., Cornell University, 1977
M.A.T., ibid., 1978
M.A., Boston University, 1982
Ph.D, University of Washington, 1989

Courses Taught:
ENGL 419: Intro to Literary Analysis
ENGL 521: Nature Writers
ENGL 630: Poetry
ENGL 745: Contemporary American Literature
ENGL 747: Studies in American Poetry
ENGL 750: Special Studies/Contemporary Eco-Memoir (Environmental Memoir)
ENGL 935: Seminar/Studies in American Literature

Fields of Research:
twentieth-century American poetry, memoir and autobiographical criticism, women’s studies

Robin Hackett

Associate Professor of English

106 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0860
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: rhackett@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of California at Davis, 1986
M.A., Sonoma State University, 1993
Ph.D., City University of New York, 2000

Courses Taught:
ENGL 514: Survey of British Literature
ENGL 649: Topics/LGBTQ Literature
ENGL 773: British Literature Twentieth Century
ENGL 785: Major Women Writers
ENGL 974: Seminar/Twentieth Century British Literature

Fields of Research:
earlier twentieth-century British fiction, women’s/lesbian/gay/queer studies

Marc Herold

Associate Professor of Economics

430D McConnell Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3375
E-mail: mwherold@cisunix.unh.edu

Website

Education:
B.S., Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute, 1967
M.B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1970
Ph.D., ibid., 1979

Courses Taught:
ECON 669: Women and Economic Development
ECON 698: Consumption

Fields of Research:
third-world economic development, Brazil, civilian casualties of modern air wars, women and development, international studies, postmodernism, political economy

Lori Hopkins

Associate Professor of Spanish

G10C Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3122
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: lhopkins@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Virginia, 1984
M.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1987
Ph.D., ibid., 1993

Courses Taught:
SPAN 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 650: Intro to Critical Analysis
SPAN 771: Latin American Drama
SPAN 797/897K: Special Study/Latin American Literature 20th Century
SPAN 901: Bibliography Methods Research
SPAN 997: Seminar/Latin American Literature and the Border

Fields of Research:
Latin American literature

Courtney Marshall

Lecturer in Women's Studies and English

Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2194
Fax: (603) 862-4721
E-mail: courtney.marshall@unh.edu

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

Mary Moynihan

Research Associate Professor of Women's Studies

203 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-5023
Fax: (603) 862-4721
E-mail: marym@cisunix.unh.edu

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

Mary Beth 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

Christine Saltzberg

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Hewitt Hall
Phone: (603) 862-4017
E-mail: christine.saltzberg@unh.edu

Education:
Diploma, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, 1971
B.S., Alfred University, 1989
M.S., University of Rochester, 1991
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2002

Courses Taught:
NURS 617: Nursing and Healthcare Policy
NURS 624: Nursing in the Community

Fields of Research:
epistemological development/reflection; mentoring, wisdom and expertise; leadership/political development; ethics/health policy; theory development

Carina Self

Assistant Coordinator of the Women's Studies Program and Lecturer

203 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-4470
Fax: (603) 862-4721
E-mail: carina.self@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Florida, 1992
M.A., Bowling Green State University, 1994

Courses Taught:
WS 796: Capstone Experience
WS 797: Women's Studies Internship

Judy Sharkey

Associate Professor of Education

210e Morrill Hall
Phone: (603) 862-7055
Fax: (603) 862-2174
E-mail: judy.sharkey@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Franklin Pierce College, 1984
M.A.T., School for International Training, 1990
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2000

Courses Taught:
EDUC 700/800A: Educational Structure and Change

Fields of Research:

Jane Stapleton

Research Associate Professor of Women's Studies

Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2194
Fax: (603) 862-4721
E-mail: jgs@cisunix.unh.edu

Reginald A. Wilburn

Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies

132 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0731
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: raj27@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of the District of Columbia, 1999
M.A., University of Connecticut, 2001
Ph.D., ibid., 2007

Courses Taught:
ENGL 419: Intro to Literary Analysis
ENGL 517: Introduction to African American Literature and Culture
ENGL 690: Introduction to African American Literature in America

Fields of Research:
African American literature and culture

Mara Witzling

Professor of Art and Art History

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

Education:
B.A., Queens College, City University of New York, 1967
M.A., Cornell University, 1970
Ph.D., ibid., 1978

Courses Taught:
ARTS 480: Introduction to Art History
ARTS 678: Romanesque and Gothic Art
ARTS 690: Women Artists 19th and 20th Century

Fields of Research:
women artists and the artistic representation of women.

Staff

Vickie Smith

Administrative Assistant

203 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2194
Fax: (603) 862-4721
E-mail: vsmith@cisunix.unh.edu

emeritus faculty

Kristine Baber

Associate Professor of Family Studies and Director of the UNH Center for Adolescence

309 Pettee Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2151
E-mail: kristine.baber@unh.edu

Raelene Shippee-Rice

Associate Professor of Nursing

281 Hewitt Hall
Phone: (603) 862-4715
E-mail: raelene.shippeerice@unh.edu

Education:
Diploma, Cook County Hospital School of Nursing, 1960
B.S.N., Carroll College, 1964
M.S., University of Rochester, 1979
Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1990

Courses Taught:
NURS 501: Introduction to Nursing
NURS 619: Clinical Decisionmaking I
NURS 794/894: Special Topics: Qualitative Research
NURS 814: Techniques of Clinical Nursing

Fields of Research:
eldercare, women's health

Susan Schibanoff

Emeritus Professor of English (Women's Studies Core Faculty)

Barbara White

Emeritus Professor of Women's Studies