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1997-1998
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Bates Faculty, 1997/98

Faculty Tables


Faculty by Rank All Faculty % Teaching 97/98 %
Lecturer 36 18.8% 35 19.9%
Instructor 6 3.1% 6 3.4%
Asst. Professor 42 22.0% 38 21.6%
Assoc. Professor 54 28.3% 48 27.3%
Professor 53 27.7% 49 27.8%
Total 191 100.0% 176 100.0%

Faculty by Division All Faculty* % Teaching* 97/98 %
Humanities 80 41.4% 72 40.5%
Natural Sciences 42 21.8% 41 23.0%
Physical Education 11 5.7% 10 5.6%
Social Sciences 57 29.5% 52 29.2%
Interdisciplinary 3 1.6% 5 1.7%
Total 193 100.0% 178 100.0%

*Two persons have contracts for teaching in two divisions, and they have been reported here in both divisions (1 humanities/interdisciplinary and 1 social science/interdisciplinary.)

Faculty by primary teaching department Financial FTE Teaching FTE Headcount*
African Amer. Studies 0.50 0.50 (1*)
Anthropology 5.17 4.33 6
Art 7.00 5.83 9
Biology 9.50 8.75 12
Chemistry 6.00 5.50 6
Classical & Med. Studies 0.17 0.17 1
Classical & Romance Lang. & Literatures 12.00 11.00 15
Economics 9.17 7.83 10
Education 3.50 2.50 4
English 10.17 9.67 12
Environmental Studies Program 1.00 1.00 1
Geology 4.17 3.83 6
German, Russian, East Asian Lang. & Literatures 9.00 8.50 12
History 9.17 9.50 13
Mathematics 8.00 7.33 11
Music 4.83 5.00 (8*)
Philosophy & Religion 10.00 9.67 14
Phys. Ed. 11.00 9.50 10
Physics & Astronomy 7.00 6.50 7
Political Science 8.50 8.00 10
Psychology 9.00 8.50 9
Sociology 3.50 3.00 (4*)
Theater & Rhetoric 7.16 5.83 10
Women's Studies 0.50 0.50 (1*)
Total 156.00 142.74 191*
*Two persons teaching in four departments are counted once in the total headcount.

Faculty by Status All Faculty %
Tenured 92 48.2%
Tenured (Admin.) 2 1.0%
Tenure Track 27 14.1%
Medical 1 0.5%
Administrators 5 2.6%
Lecturer 33 17.3%
Physical Education 11 5.8%
Visiting one year 17 8.9%
Visiting two years 2 1.0%
Visiting three years 1 0.5%
Total 191 100.0%

rev. 10/24/97 JCF


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