The mission of the Research Administration Advisory Council (RAC) is to actively foster a USNH community culture that supports all forms of scholarship. The RAC will also serve as an advisory and consultative body to provide guidance, input, and advice to the Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach (REEO) on a variety of topics including strategic planning, new initiatives, mentoring students involved with research, and policies and procedures pertaining to research.
The goals of the UNH Research Administration Advisory Council are to:
- Increase communication regarding research and scholarly activities across all the USNH campuses.
- Nurture a community culture of scholarship to promote collaboration and support.
- Serve as a centralized council anyone can come to with general research-related questions or concerns.
- Ensure that research policies and procedures support and encourage diversity and inclusion.
Procedures: The Council meets every other month during the academic year.
Membership
- Chair: Associate Vice President and Chief Research Administration Officer.
- A faculty representative from each UNH College.
- A faculty representative from each of the Schools.
- A faculty representative from Keene State College.
- A faculty representative from Plymouth State University.
- A faculty representative from EOS.
- A faculty representative from the Research Faculty Council.
- A representative from the Post-Doc Association.
- A representative from the Graduate Student Senate.
- A faculty representative from the Faculty Senate.
- A faculty representative from the Library.
- A representative from the Graduate School.
- A representative from the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research.
- A representative from the University’s Academic Administration.
- One or two at-large representatives.
Current members of the Research Council
| Representatives | Name | Title |
| Chair | Louise Griffin | Associate Vice President and Chief Research Administration Officer |
| Members | ||
| College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) | Sajay Arthanat | Professor Occupational Therapy |
| Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space | Brian Calder | Research Professor Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping |
| Carsey School of Public Policy | Jess Carson | Research Assistant Professor Carsey School of Public Policy |
| Graduate School | William Clyde | Associate Dean Graduate School |
| UNH Postdoctoral Association | Deirdre Colburn | Post Doctoral Research Associate UNH COLA Psychology |
| UNH Library | Patti Condon | Research Data Services Librarian Scholarly Communication |
| College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS) | Eshan Dave | Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| College of Liberal Arts (COLA) |
Molly Dorsey | Professor History |
| Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research | Molly Doyle and Paul Robertson | Administrative Director, Hamel Center Director of the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research |
| College of Life Sciences & Agriculture (COLSA) |
Sherine Elsawa | Associate Professor Molecular, Cellular, & Biomedical Sciences |
| At-large Representative | Andy Glode | Director UNH Environmental Health & Safety |
| Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics | Bradley Herring | Professor UNH Paul College |
| Keene State College | Lisa Hix | Professor Sustainable Product Design and Architecture |
| Plymouth State University | Eric Hoffman | Professor Exploration & Discovery |
| Faculty Senate | Gregg Moore | Associate Professor Biological Sciences |
| At-large Representative | Vacant | |
| UNH Graduate Student Senate | Josh Trombley | President UNH Graduate Student Senate |
| Research Faculty Council | Alison Watts | Research Assistant Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering | Vacant | |
| UNH Manchester | Kyle MacLea |
Associate Professor |
| Staff | ||
| REEO Office | Trish Ernisse | Sr. Administrative Assistant |
| REEO Office | Amanda Morin | Executive Assistant |
