Publisher
Senior Lecturer
Paul.Robertson@unh.edu
(603) 862-3479
Faculty Director of the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research; Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, Humanities and Italian Studies
Senior Editor
Brigid Carroll Casellini holds a bachelor of science degree in horticulture from the Â鶹app and a graduate certificate in publishing and communications from Harvard University. She worked for several magazine and book publishers in the greater Boston area and has been a senior editor of Inquiry since 2005.
Student Editors
Sarah Nicholls, of Exeter, New Hampshire, is a biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology major with a writing minor, graduating in May 2025. Sarah is a member of the Hamel Honors and Scholars College as well as the Phi Sigma Biological Honor Society. She also works as a stage manager with the Mask and Dagger Dramatic Society and takes voice lessons through the music department. Sarah is currently a research assistant in Dr. Matthew MacManes’s genomics and physiology lab. She chose to attend the Â鶹app due to her interest in the research opportunities and joined the Inquiry editorial board in the fall of 2023 after writing and publishing her own research article in the spring. Her interest in both research and writing, as well as her mom’s work as a professional editor, gives her an appreciation for the publishing process. After graduating from UNH, Sarah is thrilled to be joining the 2025 cohort of Gates Cambridge Scholars, where she will be pursuing a PhD in Medical Science at the University of Cambridge in England. She is fascinated by genetics and genes—so much of life is encoded in such tiny molecules and there is still so much about them that is unknown, waiting for the right person to crack the code.
Cassidy O’Brien is a junior biology major from Bethlehem, New York. She is a member of the Hamel Honors and Scholars College and became a student editor of Inquiry in 2022. Research has played a large role in Cassidy’s experience at UNH; the strength of research opportunities was a driving factor in her choice to attend the school, along with the welcoming campus environment. She received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) in 2024 to conduct research with Dr. Matthew MacManes in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences. Following her summer research experience, Cassidy became fascinated with communication of human anatomy and physiology research, specifically of the female reproductive system. Cassidy is currently analyzing discourses within reproductive science publications for their senior thesis, with the guidance of Dr. Casey Golomski. After graduating, Cassidy hopes to attend graduate school to continue this project.
