December 4, 2025
In the News: December 2025
A selection of recent mentions of Bates people in the news, including coverage of a mother-daughter basketball record, an alumna winning big on reality television, alumni new and faculty updates.
Spotlight Series
- Charles teaches an innovative, interdisciplinary Education course in India through the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)
In mid-April, Anita Charles, Senior Lecturer and Director of Teacher Education, traveled to Pune, India, in order to participate in… - In her latest work, McGaughey examines the history and meaning of the Japanese aesthetic, Yūgen 幽玄
Assistant Professor of Asian Studies, Hanna McGaughey’s research interests include gender history, intellectual history, performing arts, and digital humanities. For… - LeFlore studies lion movements in Botswana to understand the keys to their survival
Human activities have caused the global decline of large carnivore populations, as habitat loss and land conversion reduce the space…
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November 13, 2025
The logics of acceptance: Francesco Duina in conversation abo…
In Francesco Duina’s latest collection, The Social Acceptance of Inequality: On the Logics of a More Unequal World (Oxford 2025), co-edited with Luca Storti, contributors ask why people across the world accept economic inequalities.
October 30, 2025
Meet new faculty in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetori…
New faculty join Bates in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric. Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year. Bates News is introducing them in groups over this semester. Part 1 ran in our newsletter of September 25, part 2 went out in our October 3 newsletter and Part 3 appeared in our October 10 newsletter.
October 30, 2025
As director of first-generation programs, Misa Beltran-Guzman…
When he was still in high school, Misa Beltran-Guzman, director of first-generation programs at Bates, had a preview of many of the culture shocks experienced by first-gen college students.
October 10, 2025
Meet new faculty in psychology, environmental studies, and an…
Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year.
June 25, 2025
At Bates, a ginkgo seedling carries survival from 1945 Hirosh…
The child of a tree that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a ginkgo tree seedling growing at Bates brings a message of survival to campus.
May 13, 2025
Bates announces faculty promotions, including tenure awards, …
“Each of these faculty members advances the mission of Bates with great distinction,” said Malcolm Hill, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty.
May 9, 2025
Bates Faculty in the News: Therí Pickens’ debut poetry …
Dana Professor of English and Africana Therí Pickens’ debut poetry collection earns praise in publications like Down East and The Adroit Journal as she shares her work through readings, panels, and an recent campus celebration in Commons.
April 23, 2025
Joanne Roberts to join Bates as vice president for academic a…
Roberts comes to Bates from Yale-NUS College in Singapore, where she has served as president since 2022 and prior to that held multiple leadership roles at the liberal arts college, including executive vice president for academic affairs from 2018 to 2022 and dean of faculty.