New Hampshire

What Is New Hampshire?

What is New Hampshire? is a set of facts and simple descriptive text describing where New Hampshire is, where we have been, and what challenges we may face based on our analysis. What is New Hampshire? was originally an annual publication of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies. When CPPS, unfortunately, ceased operations in 2018, it handed off this publication to the Carsey School.

Discover New Hampshire

Civic health refers to ways that community members engage in activities to solve public issues. The 2020 New Hampshire Civic Health Index (NHCHI) takes stock of the civic well-being of the state of New Hampshire in light of the changes the state has faced in the recent years.

Discover the NH Civic Health Index

If we understand the civic health of a community, we can reduce polarization and ecourage trust, resiliency, and connect. We have created a guide that gives communities different tools and resources to help assess local civic health and strengthen it.

Discover the CHG

The New Hampshire Preschool Development Grant (PDG) is a federally funded $26.8 million collaboration between the College of Health and Human Services at UNH, the NH DHHS, and the NH DOE. The Carsey School served as the needs assessment contractor for the annual needs assessment.

Explore the PDG

The Carsey School partnered with the Commission to Study School Funding to support research, engagement, communications, and logistics, to recommend actionable policy initiatives.

Learn About the School Funding Study

Working with the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, the Carsey School conducted three research projects designed to examine the attitudes and experiences of Coös County residents as the region was challenged following the closing of the paper mills.

Explore Changes in the North Country

This ten-year research project explored young people's decisions about their educational and job opportunities in Coös County and their plans to stay in Coös or move away.

Learn About the Coös Youth Study

Research Experts

Kristine Bundschuh

Carsey Author
2018 Nordblom Fellow

Email: kristine.bundschuh@unh.edu
Jess Carson

Director, Center for Social Policy in Practice
Research Assistant Professor

Email: Jessica.Carson@unh.edu

Phone: (603) 862-3215
Simone Chapman

Carsey Author

Email: Simone.Chapman@unh.edu
Lawrence Hamilton

Professor, College of Liberal Arts
Carsey School Program Faculty
Carsey Senior Faculty Fellow
Carsey Author

Email: Lawrence.Hamilton@unh.edu

Phone: (603) 862-1859
E Michele Holt-Shannon

Director and Co-Founder, NH Listens

Email: Michele.Holt-Shannon@unh.edu

Phone: (603) 862-0692
Kenneth Johnson

Professor of Sociology
Senior Demographer
Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Researcher

Email: Ken.Johnson@unh.edu

Phone: (603) 862-1958

Research Interests
David Moore

Carsey Senior Fellow

Email: d.moore@unh.edu

Phone: (603) 862-2224
Cesar Rebellon

Affiliate Professor, UNH College of Liberal Arts
Carsey School Program Faculty
Carsey Faculty Fellow
Dante Scala

Professor, UNH College of Liberal Arts
Carsey School Program Faculty
Carsey Faculty Fellow

Email: Dante.Scala@unh.edu

Phone: (603) 862-1519
Erin Sharp

Associate Professor, UNH Human Development and Family Studies
Carsey School Program Faculty
Carsey Faculty Fellow

Email: Erin.Sharp@unh.edu

Phone: (603) 862-2151
Michael Swack

Director, Center for Impact Finance
Carsey School Program Faculty
Karen Van Gundy

Professor, UNH College of Liberal Arts
Carsey Faculty Fellow

Email: Karen.VanGundy@unh.edu

Phone: (603) 862-2500
Cameron Wake

Research Professor, UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
Carsey Faculty Fellow

Email: Cameron.Wake@unh.edu

Phone: (603) 862-2329
Sally Ward

Carsey Senior Faculty Fellow

Email: sally.ward@unh.edu