Don Dearborn is the Associate Dean of Faculty for the Natural Sciences and
Mathematics Division and the Social Sciences Division. In these divisions and
across the college, he works in service of equity and inclusion initiatives such
as Foundational Dialogues. He supports scholarship across the college,
including administering the Bates Faculty Development Fund, serving as
Research Integrity Officer, acting as liaison to the Institutional Research Board
and the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance, and
supervising work at the coast at Shortridge and the Bates-Morse Mountain
Conservation Area. He also serves as a Deputy Coordinator for Title IX and
sits on Bates’ Behavioral Intervention Team. Other regular tasks include hiring
temporary faculty, guiding departmental and program reviews, responding to
curricular or course-related concerns (e.g., over-or under-enrollment,
canceled courses, leaves), and meeting with students or parents who have
concerns.

Dr. Dearborn is an evolutionary biologist, working in the lab and on remote
islands to explore how evolution shapes host-parasite interactions and animal
behavior.  

Don Dearborn’s lab webpage