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Meet new faculty in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric
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.

Bates Faculty in the News: Therí Pickens’ debut poetry collection gains media attention and sparks a busy spring, on and off campus
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.

Joanne Roberts to join Bates as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty
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.