Discovery Program Committee

Discovery Committee Charter

Schedule of Meetings

All meetings held via Zoom, 12:45pm - 2pm
Fall 2024  Spring 2025
September 11 February 5
September 25 February 19
October 9 March 5
October 23 April 2
November 6 April 16
November 20 April 30
December 4 May 14
December 18 (if needed)            

2024-2025 Committee Members

Nicoletta Gullace Faculty Director, Discovery Program;
Associate Professor, History
Chair, Ex Officio, non-voting *   nicoletta.gullace@unh.edu
Christopher Bauer Professor, Chemistry CEPS Rep. 2022-25 christopher.bauer@unh.edu
Forrest Schwartz Lecturer, Recreation Management & Policy CHHS Rep.  2024-27 forrest.schwartz@unh.edu
Sachiko Akiyama Associate Professor, Art & Art History COLA Rep. 2023-26 sachiko.akiyama@unh.edu
Gregory McMahon Professor, Classics, Humanities, & Italian Studies COLA Rep.  2024-27 gregory.mcmahon@unh.edu
Timothy Montminy Vice-chair, Discovery Committee; Senior Lecturer, Molecular, Cellular, & Biomedical Sciences COLSA Rep. 2023-25 timothy.montminy@unh.edu
Maeve Dion Associate Professor, Security Studies CPS Rep. 2024-27 maeve.dion@unh.edu
Wendy Pothier Associate Professor, Business &
Economics Librarian
Library Rep. 2024-27 wendy.pothier@unh.edu
Roger Grinde Associate Professor, Decision Sciences Paul Rep. 2022-25 roger.grinde@unh.edu
Lisa MacFarlane Professor, English & American Studies;
Director, First-Year Writing

Writing Program Rep., Ex Officio  & Faculty Senate

  lisa.macfarlane@unh.edu
Meaghan Dittrich Director, University Writing Programs &
Connors Writing Center Director
Writing Program Rep., Ex Officio, non-voting   meaghan.dittrich@unh.edu
Dina Rathke Student Senator Student Senate Rep., non-voting   dina.rathke@unh.edu
Catherine Peebles

Director, Hamel Honors and Scholars College; Principal Lecturer, Humanities

Ex Officio, non-voting   catherine.peebles@unh.edu
Kenneth Mitchell Educational Technologist AT Rep., Ex Officio, non-voting   kenneth.mitchell@unh.edu
Laura Upham Associate Registrar of Transfer Affairs RO Rep., Ex Officio, non-voting   laura.upham@unh.edu
Katherine Ziemer Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Ex Officio, non-voting   katherine.ziemer@unh.edu

*Discovery Program Faculty Director votes in the event of a tie

Discovery Program Office    
Main Office discovery.program@unh.edu (603) 862-0309
Lara Demarest, Administrative Manager lara.demarest@unh.edu (603) 862-0130