{"id":12,"date":"2010-07-12T15:52:17","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T15:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/african-american-studies\/faculty\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T12:54:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:54:29","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/africana\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bates-faculty-profiles-department-list \" style=\"--columnCount:3;--columnWidth:300px;\">\t<div class=\"faculty-profile profile-row\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Frances R. Bell\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2024\/08\/headshotsquare-1-301x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-6552\" \/>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/africana\/faculty-profile\/frances-r-bell\">Frances R. Bell<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t<h4 class=\"profile-title\">Visiting Assistant Professor of History<\/h4>\n\t\t<div class=\"departmental-associations department-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHistory, Africana\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"contact-meta\"><a class=\"_email\" href=\"mailto:fbell@bates.edu\">fbell@bates.edu<\/a> | <a class=\"_phone\" href=\"tel:2077866095\">207-786-6095<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"faculty-profile profile-row\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Dale E. Chapman\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2015\/08\/updated_chapman_faculty_profile_photo-225x300.png\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-3496\" \/>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/africana\/faculty-profile\/dale-e-chapman\">Dale E. Chapman<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t<h4 class=\"profile-title\">Professor of Music<\/h4>\n\t\t<div class=\"departmental-associations department-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMusic, Africana, American Studies\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"contact-meta\"><a class=\"_email\" href=\"mailto:dchapman@bates.edu\">dchapman@bates.edu<\/a> | <a class=\"_phone\" href=\"tel:2077555905\">207-755-5905<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"faculty-profile profile-row\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Ian Khara Ellasante\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2019\/07\/JGF_0438-400x267.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-5740\" \/>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/africana\/faculty-profile\/ian-khara-ellasante\">Ian Khara Ellasante<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t<h4 class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies<\/h4>\n\t\t<div class=\"departmental-associations department-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGender and Sexuality Studies, Africana\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"faculty-profile profile-row\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Baltasar Fra-Molinero\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2015\/08\/Perfil-foto-bfm-236x300.png\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-3347\" \/>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/africana\/faculty-profile\/baltasar-fra-molinero\">Baltasar Fra-Molinero<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t<h4 class=\"profile-title\">Professor of Hispanic Studies<\/h4>\n\t\t<div class=\"departmental-associations department-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHispanic Studies, Latin American and Latinx Studies <span class=\"chair-flag-inline\">Chair<\/span>, Africana\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"contact-meta\"><a class=\"_email\" href=\"mailto:bframoli@bates.edu\">bframoli@bates.edu<\/a> | <a class=\"_phone\" href=\"tel:2077866050\">207-786-6050<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"faculty-profile profile-row\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Myronn E. 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