Inclusive Excellence Leadership Team

April Horton Chair, Wagener Family Professor of Equity and Inclusion Professor of Biology	Learn more about April
Aleks Diamond-Stanic Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy	Learn more about Aleks
Carrie Diaz Eaton Associate Professor of Digital and Computational Studies	Learn more about Carrie
Jen Koviach-Côté Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry	Learn more about Jen
Tom McGuinness Director of Institutional Research, Analysis and Planning	Learn more about Tom
Katy Ott Associate Professor and Chair Department of Mathematics	Learn more about Katy
Paula Schlax HHMI Inclusive Excellence Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry	Learn more about Paula
Larissa Williams Associate Professor of Biology	Learn more about Larissa

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.

Her electric violin at the ready on her right shoulder, Mavy Ho-Le ’26 started to slowly tap her foot on the stage at Olin Arts Center. It was Saturday Oct. 25 and the first strains of Radiohead’s 2016 song “Daydreaming,” were beginning to emerge from Fitter Happier, a Radiohead tribute band based in Portland.

Inclusive Excellence Leadership Team

April Horton

Aleks Diamond-Stanic

Carrie Diaz Eaton

Jen Koviach-Côté

Tom McGuinness

Katy Ott

Paula Schlax

Larissa Williams