Discovery Committee Charter
Schedule of Meetings
| All meetings held via Teams, 12:45pm - 2pm | |
|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | Spring 2027 *dates being updated |
| September 9 | |
| September 23 | |
| October 14 | |
| October 28 | |
| November 18 | |
| December 2 | |
2026-2027 Committee Members
| Nicoletta Gullace | Faculty Director, Discovery Program; Associate Professor, History | Chair, Ex Officio, non-voting * | nicoletta.gullace@unh.edu | |
| Qi Zhang | Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics | CEPS Rep. | 2025-28 | Qi.Zhang2@unh.edu |
| Forrest Schwartz | Lecturer, Recreation Management & Policy | CHHS Rep. | 2024-27 | forrest.schwartz@unh.edu |
| Susan Wager proxy for Sachiko Akiyama | Associate Professor, Art & Art History | COLA Rep. | 2026-29 | 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. | 2025-28 | timothy.montminy@unh.edu |
| Sarah Prescott (F26) proxy for Maeve Dion | Associate Professor, Security Studies | CPS Rep. | 2024-27 | maeve.dion@unh.edu |
| Kathrine Aydelott | Associate Professor, Arts Humanities Librarian | Library Rep. | 2024-27 | Kathrine.Aydelott@unh.edu |
| Ermira Zifla (F26) proxy for Roger Grinde | Associate Professor, Decision Sciences | Paul Rep. | 2025-28 | roger.grinde@unh.edu |
| Anna Wainwright | Associate Professor, Classics, Humanities, and Italian Studies | Faculty Senate | Anna.Wainwright@unh.edu | |
| Meaghan Dittrich | Director, University Writing Programs & Connors Writing Center Director | Writing Program Rep., Ex Officio, non-voting | meaghan.dittrich@unh.edu | |
| Alicia Magnifico | Associate Professor, English | Writing Program Rep | Alecia.Magnifico@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 | |
| Matt MacManes | Vice Provost for Academic Affairs | Ex Officio, non-voting | Matthew.Macmanes@unh.edu | |
| Grace Simmons | Student Senator | Non-voting |
*Discovery Program Faculty Director votes in the event of a tie
| Discovery Program Office | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main Office | discovery.program@unh.edu | (603) 862-0309 |
| Jess Chin | jessica.chin@unh.edu |
