Staff

	Director of the Center for International Education Dr. Claire Malarte-Feldman was born in France and received a B.A. in German and a Masters in English at the Université Paul Valéry in Montpellier, before moving to the USA in 1978. After receiving her Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis, she joined the faculty at the University of New Hampshire in 1984. She is Professor of French in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures. She supports international programs at UNH by offering courses and/or giving lectures in the Honors, the Discovery and the European Cultural Studies programs. Her research interests lie in the field of French children’s literature. Her long time memberships in the International Committee of the Children’s Literature Association and in the International Research Society of Children’s Literature have trained her, through travels and books, to keep looking abroad and outward, and to work at building bridges across borders and between citizens of the world.
	Assistant Director Sheila McCurdy came to the Center for International Education in 1983, and has served as assistant director since 1990. She holds an M.A. in Linguistics from the University of New Hampshire, and continues to study French informally. She assists the director with program direction and finance, oversees center operations, serves as campus advisor for the Student Fulbright and National Security Education Program scholarship competitions, publishes the CIE Newsletter, and manages Center alumni relations and information services.
	Administrative Director for Study Abroad Beth Rascoe Kilinc came to UNH from the Council on International Educational Exchange where she managed international faculty and experiential programs. Previously, she was the Associate Director of Study Abroad at Northeastern University in Boston and Manager of Programs & Education for Hostelling International. She has a B.A. in Liberal Arts from George Washington University, an M.A. in Education from New York University, and studied abroad in Italy and Israel. Beth’s CIE responsibilities include international agreements, risk management and budget.
	Coordinator of Student Programs Catherine D’Auteuil is originally from the United Kingdom and graduated from King Alfred’s College, Winchester, England with a B.A. in American Studies and English. She traveled to the University of Southern Maine in 1996 where she participated in an exchange program. She moved to the U.S. in 2000 to pursue a Masters degree in Higher Education (specializing in International Education) at the University of Maine and went on to work in the Office of International Programs as the Study Abroad Advisor. Most recently she was the Assistant Director of International Student Life at the University of Georgia.
	Assistant Coordinator for Study Abroad Jeff Sherman graduated from Lewis & Clark College with a B.A. in International Affairs focusing on Central/Eastern Europe and Security Studies. His semester abroad experience in Budapest, Hungary led Jeff to helping other students change their point of view through study abroad. Working for the Council on International Educational Exchange in New York, he had the opportunity to serve as the Program Coordinator for a study abroad program in Prague, the Czech Republic. He has traveled extensively in the Balkans, Turkey, Russia, and throughout Western, Central and Eastern Europe.
	Center and International Affairs Program Assistant Mindy McMahon works with students interested in the international affairs dual major and coordinates Center activities. Mindy has assisted abroad with UNH managed programs in Budapest, Hungary and Cambridge, England, and has lived and worked in Turkey and Austria. She has served as faculty for the Humanities Program. She has a Master of Arts from UNH in music history and a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Kansas with a choral major and harp minor. She is a professional mezzo-soprano and harpist and has her own web site at www.sirenssong.org.
	Information Support Assistant Wen Houle was born in Taiwan, and lived in Montreal, Canada before settling in New England. She has a B.S. in Mathematics and Biology from Boston College and an MBA from the University of New Hampshire. She has programming and analysis experience in private industry. Prior to coming to the CIE, she worked for the Elliott Alumni Center and the University Honors Program at UNH.
	Study Abroad Program Assistant Michelle Giguere graduated from UNH in 2006 with a B.A. in English/Journalism and International Affairs and minors in Spanish and Dance. She studied abroad with the UNH Granada, Spain program for two semesters during her junior year and had the opportunity to travel around Europe. Following graduation, Michelle spent two years as a reporter for The Granite State News in Wolfeboro, NH before she returned to campus in August of 2008 to join the CIE team.
	International Affairs Faculty/Hood House Lecturer Ben Cole harbors a long-time interest in international politics and democratic transition, stemming from his studies in Japan in 1997 and 2000, and his subsequent education at George Washington University in Asian history and politics. After transferring to UNH in 2004 he became a two-time UNH graduate, earning his BA (2005) and M.A. (2006) in Political Science before beginning doctoral work researching comparative democratic transition and political participation at George Mason University's School of Public Policy. Although continuing to work on his doctorate, he returned to UNH in Fall 2008, where he advises IA students and teaches IA core courses in his new role as an International Affairs faculty member and Hood House Lecturer.