David Gonthier

David Gonthier, Jr., M.F.A., joined the faculty at Keene State College in the fall of 1998.

Currently he teaches in three departments: First-year thinking & writing (ITW), Film and Communications.

He received his B.A. in Theatre Arts (Performance) with honors from the University of New Hampshire, his M.S. with high honors in Film from Boston University, and his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College in Vermont.

In addition to teaching at KSC, he is a full-time online academic coach and creative writing professor at Southern New Hampshire University.

He has published film criticism in the International Film Dictionary and has presented several papers for the Annual Philosopher's Conventions in Boston and New Hampshire on filmmaker Billy Wilder and existential cinema.

In 2006, his scholarly book on the history of American prison films was publsihed by the Edwin Mellen Press in Lewiston, New York.

In 2016, he and his former student, Timothy O'Brien wrote the definitive book on the films of British filmmaker, Alan Parker. It was published by the McFarland Press in Jefferson, North Carolina.

In 2022, his novel, a genre-bending horror ghost story, Little Town Blues, was published by the Atmosphere Press in Austin, Texas.

In addition to his academic and creative writing interests, Mr. Gonthier is a guitar player/singer-songwriter, a filmmaker and a theatre director -- all of which inform his teaching as well as his overall well-being.