Faculty & Staff

Brigitte Bailey

Associate Professor of English

117 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1313
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: brigitte.bailey@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Virginia, 1977
A.M., Harvard University, 1980
Ph.D., ibid., 1985

Courses Taught:
ENGL 515: Survey of American Literature
ENGL 650: Studies in American Literature and Culture: Land/Text/Image in the Nineteenth Century
ENGL 741: Literature of Early America
ENGL 742: American Literature: 1815-1865
ENGL 787: Seminar/Urban Writing & American Cities
ENGL 897: Special Studies in Literature/Graduate Survey of American Literature to 1865
ENGL937: Seminar/Nineteenth Century American Literature

Fields of Research: 
nineteenth-century literature and American studies, visual culture

Pamela Barksdale

Murkland Lecturer

A15 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3590
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: pbarksdale@gmail.com

Education:
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1989
M.A., ibid., 1990
M.A., ibid., 1992

Courses Taught:
ENGL 401/401H: First-Year Writing
ENGL 501/501H: Introduction to Creative Nonfiction

Cristy Beemer

Assistant Professor of English

Coordinator of the Professional & Technical Writing Program

117 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-4398
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: c.beemer@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Hofstra University, 1993
B.A., State University of NY, New Paltz, 2002
M.A., ibid., 2002 
Ph.D., Miami University 2008

Courses Taught:
ENGL 401: First-Year Writing
ENGL 444: People Stories
ENGL 502: Professional & Technical Writing
ENGL 657: Shakespeare
ENGL 912: Historical and Theoretical Studies in Rhetoric
ENGL 914: Theory and Practice of Transactional Writing
 

Fields of Research: 
composition, women's rhetoric, Early Modern literature, writing across the curriculum, professional and technical writing

Mary Berguin

Lecturer in ESL

204 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0083
Fax: (603) 862-5109
E-mail:mary.berguin@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Southern Maine, 1971
M.A.T.E.S.O.L., St. Michael's College, 1982

Courses Taught:
ESL: English as a Second Language

Dennis Britton

Associate Professor of English 

122 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1206
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: dag37@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Southern California, 1998
M.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2000
Ph.D., ibid., 2007

Courses Taught:
ENGL 513: Survey of British Literature before 1800
ENGL 657: Shakespeare
ENGL 693: The Epic Tradition
ENGL 758: Advanced Shakespeare/Shakespearean Tragedy
ENGL 787: English Major Seminar/Shakespeare's Library
ENGL 925: Introduction to Graduate Studies
ENGL 958: Shakespeare and the Early Modern Mediterranean/Shakespeare, Genre, and the Romance Tradition

Fields of Research: 
Early modern English Literature (esp. Shakespeare and Spenser; epic and romance; Reformation theology; early modern European encounters with Muslims; race theory)

Molly Campbell

Lecturer

16 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3482
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: m.campbell@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 2006
M.A.T., ibid., 2007

Courses Taught:
ENGL 502: Professional and Technical Writing

Monica Chiu

Professor of English

Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0732
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: monica.chiu@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., College of St. Catherine, 1987
M.A., Binghamton University, State University of New York, 1992
Ph.D., Emory University, 1996

Courses Taught:
ENGL 419: Intro to Literary Analysis
ENGL 516: Survey of American Literature
ENGL 738: Topics in Asian American Studies
ENGL 745: Contemporary American Literature
ENGL 938: Seminar/Twentieth Century American Literature

Fields of Research: 
Asian American literature, criticism, film; twentieth-century American literature

Mary Clark

Professor of English

230 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3714
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: mary.clark@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1978
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1978

Courses Taught:
ENGL 605: Intermediate Linguistic Analysis
ENGL 715/815: Theory and Methods
ENGL 716: Curriculum and Assessment
ENGL 791/891: English Grammar
ENGL 793/893: Phonetics and Phonology

Fields of Research: 
linguist, expertise in phonology, grammar, English as a second language

Denise Desrosiers

Lecturer in ESL

G22 Nesmith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-5060
Fax: (603) 862-5109
E-mail: denise.derosiers@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Mount Hoyoke College, 2003
M.A., California State University, Los Angeles, 2009

Courses Taught:
ESL: English as a Second Language

Walter Eggers

Professor of English

220 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-4269
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: wfeggers@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Duke University, 1964
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1971

Courses Taught:
ENGL 419: Intro to Literary Analysis
ENGL 513: Survey of British Literature
ENGL 631: Drama
ENGL 657: Shakespeare

Fields of Research: 
the history of drama, genre theory and teaching, academic administration

Burt Feintuch

Professor of English and Director of the UNH Center for the Humanities

323 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-4356
Fax: (603) 862-0110
E-mail: burt.feintuch@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1971
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1972
Ph.D., ibid., 1975

Courses Taught:
ENGL 798: Studies/Ethnography of Music
ENGL 932: Seminar/Folklore and Folklife

Fields of Research: 
folklorist, specializing in music, ethnography, cultural revivals, public culture

Michael Ferber

Professor of English

51A Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3973
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: mferber@cisunix.unh.edu

Website

Education:
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1966
M.A., Harvard University, 1969
Ph.D., ibid., 1975

Courses Taught:
ENGL 651: Comparative Literature
ENGL 698: Seminar/Joyce's Ulysses
ENGL 718: English Linguistics and Literature
ENGL 769: English Romantic Period
ENGL 970: Seminar/Study in Romantic Period

Fields of Research:
Romantic poetry, western literature from the Greeks forward, war and peace studies

Diane P. Freedman

Professor of English

208 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0257
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: diane.freedman@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

Shelley Girdner

Senior Lecturer

317 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1209
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: sgirdner@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Virginia, 1997
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 2000

Robin Hackett

Associate Professor of English and Graduate Program Director

52A 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

Dawn Haines

Senior Lecturer

51C Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0725
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: dhaines@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.M., Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, 1984
M.A., University of Arizona, 1998
M.F.A., Vermont College, 2006

Courses Taught:
ENGL 501: Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
ENGL 444: Write Your Voice

Tom Haines

Assistant Professor of English

209 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-4311
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: tom.haines@unh.edu

@twhaines

Education:
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1990
M.J., University of California at Berkeley, 1994

Courses Taught:
ENGL 534: 21st Century Journalism: How the News Works
ENGL 621: Writing & Reporting the News I
ENGL 622: Writing & Reporting the News II
ENGL 631: Introduction to Digital News
ENGL 711: Editing
ENGL 721: Advanced Reporting/Multimedia
ENGL 804: Advanced Nonfiction Writing

Fields of Research: 
journalism, multimedia

Meredith Hall

Emeritus Lecturer/Adjunct Faculty

212B Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1208
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: meredith.hall@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Website

Education:
B.A., Bowdoin College, 1993
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 1995

Courses Taught:
ENGL 903: Advanced Memoir Writing
ENGL 923: Advanced Essay Writing

Stephanie Harzewski

Lecturer

227 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1313
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: stephanie.harzewski@unh.edu  

Education:
B.A., Vassar College, 1996
M.A., Rutgers University, 1998
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2006

Courses Taught:
ENGL 401: First-Year Writing
ENGL 419: Introduction to Literary Analysis
ENGL 514: Survey of British Literature/1800 to Present
ENGL 520: Literature and the History of Ideas: Masterworks of Short Fiction
ENGL 575: Sex & Sensibility: The Rise of Chick Lit from Jane Austen to Bridget Jones
ENGL 745: Contemporary American Literature

Sue Hertz

Associate Professor of English

108 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3966
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: smhertz@cisunix.unh.edu

curriculum vitae

Education:
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1978

Courses Taught:
English 621: Newswriting
English 622: Advanced Newswriting
English 722: Feature Writing
English 704/804: Advanced Nonfiction Writing
English 708/808: Form and Technique of Nonfiction
English 806: Researching the Literature of Fact
English 812: Writing the Creative Nonfiction Book

Fields of Research: 
journalist, expertise in feature writing and creative nonfiction

Dave Howland

Lecturer

225B Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-4241
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: dave.howland@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1991
M.S., University of New Hampshire, 2001
Ph.D., ibid., 2006

Courses Taught:
ENGL 502: Technical Writing
ENGL 621: Newswriting
ENGL 622: Advanced Newswriting

Carolyn J. Hutton

Lecturer in ESL

G25 Nesmith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-5061
Fax: (603) 862-5109
E-mail: carolyn.hutton@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 1990

Courses Taught:
ESL: English as a Second Language

Krista Jackman

Lecturer

319 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1211
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: krista.jackman@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1991
M.A.T., Rivier College, 1993

Courses Taught:
ENGL 401/401H: First-Year Writing
ENGL 501: Creative Nonfiction

Sarah Jusseaume

Lecturer in ESL

204 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0083
Fax: (603) 862-5109
E-mail:sarah.jusseaume@unh.edu

Education:
B.S., University of New Hampshire, 2001
M.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2012

Courses Taught:
ESL: English as a Second Language

Jeong-eun "Katie" Kim

Lecturer

40 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1313
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: jcl87@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Korea University, 2007
M.S., Georgetown University, 2009
Ph.D., ibid, 2012

Courses Taught:
ENGL 405/LING 405: Introduction to Linguistics
ENGL 715/815: Teaching English as a Second Language: Theory & Methods
ENGL 716/816: Teaching English as a Second Language: Curriculum & Assessment
ENGL 790/890: Special Topics in Linguistics: How We Learn Language

Clark Knowles

Senior Lecturer

33 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3961
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: clarkknowles@gmail.com

Education:
B.A., George Mason University, 1988
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 1998
M.F.A., Bennington College, 2005

Courses Taught:
ENGL 401: First-Year Writing
ENGL 625/626: Writing Fiction

Delia Konzett

Associate Professor of English

221 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0259
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: delia.konzett@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Georgia State University, 1989
M.A., University of Chicago, 1991
Ph.D., ibid., 1997

Courses Taught:
ENGL 533: Introduction of Film Studies
ENGL 616A: Studies in Film/Genre
ENGL 616B: Studies in Film/Authorship
ENGL 618: Film Theory
ENGL 938: Seminar/Twentieth Century American Literature

Fields of Research: 
American literature and cinema studies, modernism, ethnic writing, race theory

Matthias Konzett

Lecturer

211 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0261
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: matt.konzett@unh.edu

Education:
Ph.D., Emory University, 1991
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1995

Courses Taught:
ENG 619: Critical Approaches to Literature and Culture
ENG 733: Special Studies in Film/Traditions in World Cinema
ENG 781: Modern Drama in Film

James Krasner

Professor of English 

51B Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1877
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: jkrasner@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Hampshire College, England, 1983
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1985
Ph.D., ibid., 1989

Courses Taught:
ENGL 514: Survey of British Literature
ENGL 518: Bible as Literature
ENGL 784: English Novel of the Nineteenth Century
ENGL 792: Teaching Secondary School English
ENGL 971: Seminar/Studies in Victorian Period

Fields of Research: 
British Victorian literature, interdisciplinary studies, aesthetics, science and nature

Rachel Lachance

Lecturer in ESL

204 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-0083
Fax: (603) 862-5109
E-mail: rachel.lachance@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Boston University, 2004
M.A.T., ibid., 2006

Courses Taught:
ESL: English as a Second Language

Douglas Lanier

Professor of English 

12A Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3796
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: doug.lanier@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Stetson University, 1977
M.A., Duke University, 1980
Ph.D., ibid., 1988

Courses Taught:
ENGL 533: Intro to Film Studies
ENGL 680: Early British Drama
ENGL 758: Shakespeare
ENGL 925: Graduate Study of Literature
ENGL 960: Seminar/Studies in English Drama

Fields of Research: 
Early Modern British literature, theater history, film, cultural studies, literary theory

Robin Lent

Lecturer

B15 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1193
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail:rslent@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Washington University, 1968
M.S., Columbia University, 1970
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 1988

Courses Taught:
ENGL 401/401H: First-Year Writing
ENGL 501/501H: Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
ENGL 419: Introduction to Literary Analysis

Rochelle Lieber

Professor of English

107 Hamilton Smith Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3964
Fax: (603) 862-3563
E-mail: rochelle.lieber@unh.edu

Education:
A.B., Vassar College, 1976
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980

Courses Taught:
ENGL 405: Introduction to Linguistics
ENGL 444B: Secret Lives of Words
ENGL 605: Intermediate Linguistic Analysis
ENGL 752: History of English Language
ENGL 794/894: Syntax and Semantic Theory

Fields of Research: 
linguist, expertise in linguistic theory, structure of the English language