Program Director
Monica Chiu teaches American literature by day and, at night, reads kids’ books to her two children. This keeps her balanced for the most part, but she still likes to investigate the so called undesirable in literature. Her book, Filthy Fictions: Asian American Literature by Women, examines how culture naturalizes metaphors of dirt and filth in discussions about racial construction and sexual difference. She is editing a collection on Asian Americans in New England, while also working on a monograph investigating Asian American literature and detection. She will borrow tropes from the genre of detective fiction and tenets from visual culture to question how characters in contemporary Asian American novels construct meaning from what they perceive. She enjoys using popular culture in her courses, including music, graphic novels, and clips from movies and television shows. She has published in a variety of journals, serves on the editorial board of the journal MELUS, and has recently taken up skiing with her family.
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Assistant Director, Advising & Outreach
In 1984 Chris Sohl became the academic advisor for the brand new University Honors Program. She had a background in high school guidance counseling in Maryland, as well as a short stint in the UNH Admissions Office. For the past several years, Chris has been the Assistant Director of the Honors Program, in charge of advising and outreach. She lives in Durham with her husband Jeff and they have a son who is in college in Maryland.
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Office Manager
Lee Calderone has been office manager of the Program since 1994. She works with the Director on the budget, scheduling, scholarships, and coordinates the daily activities within the department. Lee earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from UNH.
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