Positions

Overview

  • Barbara J. Jago is Social Science Division Chair and Associate Professor of Communication Arts. After receiving an M.A. in Cinema Studies from New York University, an M.A. in Secondary Science Social Science Education from the University of South Florida, and a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of South Florida, Dr. Jago joined the UNH Manchester faculty in 1998 where she teaches courses and conducts research in relational communication. She teaches a variety of courses in relational communication including Gender, Language and Interaction, Communicating in Families, Theories of Relational Communication, and Narrative. In 2004, she was honored with the UNH-Manchester Teaching Excellence award.

    Her research seeks to understand how we make sense of our selves and our relationships through storytelling, and how we can use that understanding to improve our individual and collective lives. In particular, her work focuses on identity and emotion within the contexts of the family and the academy. She has been published in a variety of academic journals including Qualitative Inquiry, Journal of Loss and Trauma, and Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. Currently, she is working on a manuscript about the role of emotion in learning.

    For more information on Dr. Jago's teaching and research, please visit her website.
  • Teaching Activities

  • Gender Taught course
  • Intrnshp/Comn Urban Community Taught course
  • Intrnshp/Comn Urban Community Taught course
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2023
  • Narrative Taught course 2023
  • Communicating in Families Taught course 2022
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2022
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2022
  • Narrative Taught course 2022
  • Intrnshp/Comn Urban Community Taught course 2021
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2021
  • Internship Taught course 2021
  • Intrnshp/Comn Urban Community Taught course 2021
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2021
  • Narrative Taught course 2021
  • Communicating in Families Taught course 2020
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2020
  • Intrnshp/Comn Urban Community Taught course 2020
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2020
  • Narrative Taught course 2020
  • Gender Taught course 2019
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2019
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2019
  • Narrative Taught course 2019
  • Communicating in Families Taught course 2018
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2018
  • Intrnshp/Comn Urban Community Taught course 2018
  • Narrative Taught course 2018
  • Gender Taught course 2017
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2017
  • Narrative Taught course 2017
  • Exploring Relationships Taught course 2016
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2016
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2016
  • Narrative Taught course 2016
  • Gender Taught course 2014
  • Sem/Images of Class in Media Taught course 2014
  • Intro Lang & Soc Interaction Taught course 2014
  • Narrative Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.A. Anthropology, Smith College
  • M.A. Cinematography&Film/Video Prod, New York University
  • M.A. Social Sciences, University of South Florida
  • Ph.D. Communications, University of South Florida
  • Full Name

  • Barbara Jago