Division, Program, & Department Chairs
The faculty listed below are currently serving as academic unit or division chairs.
Division Chairs
| Humanities (H) | Alexandre Dauge-Roth – adaugero@bates.edu |
| Interdisciplinary Studies (I) | Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz – cperezar@bates.edu |
| Natural Sciences and Mathematics (N) | Meredith Greer – mgreer@bates.edu |
| Social Sciences (S) | Francesco Duina – fduina@bates.edu |
Program Chairs
| Academic Unit | Chair | Chair email | Associate Dean |
| Africana (I) | Charles Nero | cnero@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| American Studies (I) | Melinda Plastas | mplastas@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Asian Studies (I) | Alison Melnick-Dyer | amelnick@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Classical & Medieval Studies (I) | Lisa Maurizio | lmaurizi@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| Digital and Computational Studies (I) | Carrie Diaz Eaton | cdeaton@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| Environmental Studies (I) | Sonja Pieck | spieck@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| European Studies (I) | Raluca Cernahoschi | rcernaho@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| Gender and Sexuality Studies (I) | Rebecca Herzig | rherzig@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| Latin American and Latinx Studies (I) | Baltasar Fra-Molinero | bframoli@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| Neuroscience (I) | Justin Hulbert | jhulbert@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
Department Chairs
| Academic Unit | Chair | Chair Email | Associate Dean |
| Anthropology (S) | Jennifer Hamilton (Fall 2025) | jhamilto@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Art and Visual Culture (H) | Cat Balco | cbalco@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Biology (N) | Brett Huggett | bhuggett@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry (N) | Geneva Laurita | chemchair@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Earth and Climate Sciences (N) | Beverly Johnson | bjohnso3@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Economics (S) | Leshui He Austin Smith | lhe@bates.edu asmith13@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Education (S) | Anita Charles Bronwyn Sale Mara Tieken | acharles@bates.edu bsale@bates.edu mtieken@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| English (H) | Eden Osucha | eosucha@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| French and Francophone Studies (H) | Alexandre Dauge-Roth | adaugero@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| German & Russian Studies (H) | Jakub Kazecki | jkazecki@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| Hispanic Studies (H) | David George | dgeorge@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| History (S) | Karen Melvin | kmelvin@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Mathematics (N) | Katharine Ott | kott@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Music (H) | Gina Fatone | gfatone@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| Philosophy (H) | Lauren Ashwell | lashwell@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| Physics & Astronomy (N) | Aleks Diamond-Stanic | adiamond@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Politics (S) | John Baughman | jbaughma@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Psychology (S) | Michael Sargent Helen Boucher (Associate Chair) Kathy Mathis (Associate Chair) | msargent@bates.edu hboucher@bates.edu kmathis@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Religious Studies (H) | Cynthia Baker | cbaker@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |
| Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies (H) | Stephanie Kelley-Romano | skelley@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Sociology (S) | Heidi Taylor | htaylor3@bates.edu | Don Dearborn |
| Theater & Dance (H) | Tim Dugan | tdugan2@bates.edu | Krista Aronson |