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Click on a link to see the Bates Faculty Development Fund Awards from that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024-2025<\/h3>
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In AY 2024-25, the Bates Faculty Development Fund awarded $209,904 to 49 faculty working on 57 projects\/activities. The average grant to each faculty was $4,284, while the average for each project\/activity was $3,683 (both averaged to the nearest dollar).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christopher Agbonkhese, Digital and Computational Studies: Improving Health Data Usability Through Automation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Anthony, English: Carol Fost<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shreya Arora, Earth and Climate Sciences: Earthquake Risk Assessment of Sierras Pampeanas in Argentina through paleoseismic investigation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lauren Ashwell, Philosophy: Participation in Workshop on the History and Philosophy of the Olympic Games<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pavel Ba\u010dovsk\u00fd, Politics: Further exploration of the nexus of hobbies and politics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Balladur, French and Francophone Studies: Colonial Scars: Artists from the Rift in The Democratic Republic of Congo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frances Bell, History: In a State of Flight: Mobility, Freedom, and the Law in the Haitian Revolutionary Diaspora, 1791-1830<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raluca Cernahoschi, German and Russian Studies: Conference Presentation \u201cCinderella in the Mountains: Gender and Alpine Space in Stefan Zweig\u2019s Novel Fragment Rausch der
Verwandlung\u201d<\/em> and Technological Support for Long-Term Scholarly Project (Reading and Writing Tablet)<\/em> and The Carpathians in the Romanian Novel: A Distant Reading<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Dacey, Philosophy: Indexing for Seven Challenges for the Science of Animal Minds<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amy Douglass, Psychology: Testing the Impact of Delay on Multiple Tests of Eyewitness Memory<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michel Droge, Art and Visual Culture: Green Printmaking Refresher Course<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian-Khara Ellasante, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Material Support for “Home Places: Stories of Knowing and Finding Home”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glen Ernstrom, Biology: Genetic analysis of neurotransmitter release<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Evans, Theater and Dance: AAC&U Conference Presentation Support & Tuition Support for Gallaudet University’s ASL 101 & 102 Course<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baltasar Fra-Molinero, Hispanic Studies: El espacio negro de la alegr\u00eda en Sor Teresa Chicaba: Black Space of Joy in Sister Teresa Chicaba: Mystical Vision and Writing)
m\u00edstica y escritura<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yun Garrison, Psychology: Community-Engaged Research with Korean Transgender and Nonbinary Adults without College Degrees on Vocational Experiences<\/em> and Community-Engaged Research: Ka Bogso<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lisa Gilson, Politics: Toni Morrison on the Limits of Confrontation in Black Political Resistance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meredith Greer, Mathematics: Mathematical Epidemiology Textbook: Continued Promotion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Herzig, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Support for Travel to International Conference<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brett Huggett, Biology: Cavitation bubble manometry at Bates College<\/em> and Request for Research\/Teaching Equipment<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jakub Kazecki, German and Russian Studies: Participation in the 12th Biennial Summer Film Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, June 22-28, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephanie Kelley-Romano, Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies: Decoloniality\/Conspiracy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Callie Kimball, Theater and Dance: The Story of Perseverance Farm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keiko Konoeda, Asian Studies: Piloting and documenting the effects of a multilingual program \u201cTeaching Our Tongues\u201d<\/em> and Conference presentation at AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics) 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob Kraus, Biology: Influence of Body and Fur Properties on Habitat Suitability for Black-and-White Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Su Langdon, Psychology: It’s High Time: Substance Use in College Students<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zhenzhen Lu, Asian Studies: The Vernacular World of Pu Songling–proofing & indexing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nathan Lundblad, Physics: Next-generation laser system for ultracold atomic physics experiments<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christine Martinez, Environmental Studies: Teaching Critical Ecological Awareness in Hispanic and Iberian Studies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kalin McDannell, Earth and Climate Sciences: Uncovering the origin of an elevated continental passive margin (Baffin Island, Canada)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rafael Mello, Politics: The Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alison Melnick Dyer, Religious Studies: Talking Gender and Liberation: Buddhist Nuns in Conversation at Sakyadhita 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cristina Morales Segura, Hispanic Studies: From New England to Spain: Women Travelers at the End of XIX Century: The diaries of Anna P. Dixwell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curtis Morrill, Economics: Mandatory Minimum Sentences and Plea Bargaining Outcomes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lillian Nayder, English: Dickensian Brotherhoos: Exploring Fraternal Social Networks<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Nero, Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies: The Commet\/Poppea<\/em> and Attend CLA and CAAR Conferences<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ozgur Ozkan, Politics: Explaining Persistent Kurdish Underrepresentation in Turkey’s Officer Corps (1848-2016)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephanie Pridgeon, Hispanic Studies: Aging as Rewriting: Liliana Heker’s Noticias sobre el iceberg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erica Rand, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Supplementary Funds for Fall 2024 Conference Travel<\/em> and Skating Away from the Binary: Action Research<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Riera-Crichton, Economics: Research in Public Policy and Economic Measurement<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Rocque, Sociology: Bring Maturity to the Finish Line<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Schofield, Philosophy: Homelessness After Grants Pass<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Slane, Biology: Comparison of stress-induced genomic changes in legume plants<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mara Tieken, Education: Indexing Educated Out<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benoit Vallee, Latin American and LatinX Studies: Book manuscript workshop at Global Dominicanidades II, and roundtable paper presentation at the Latin American Studies
Association (LASA) Congress<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justine Wiesinger, Asian Studies: Performing Disaster: the 3.11 Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Meltdown in Theater and Film book project<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Wong, Mathematics: Workshop in algebraic topology, Amargosa-Brazil<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sally Wood, Theater and Dance: Pushing Boundaries, Material Worlds, Devising with object puppetry<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liang Wu, Anthropology: The 4th Propulsion Revolution: Implications and Ramifications of Maritime Law, Marine Policy, and Industrial Relations in Shipping
Decarbonization<\/em> and The 4th Propulsion Revolution: Implications and Ramifications of Maritime Law, Marine Policy, and Industrial Relations in Shipping Decarbonization \u2013 Professional Website Development<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2023-2024<\/h3>
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In AY 2023-24, the Bates Faculty Development Fund awarded $230,239 to 48 faculty working on 56 projects\/activities. The average grant to each faculty was $4,797, while the average for each project\/activity was $4,111 (both averaged to the nearest dollar).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathryn Anderson, Biology: Marine Climate<\/em> Change Ecology: Impacts of Salinity and Thermal Variability on Trophic Interaactions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c1slaug \u00c1sgeirsd\u00f3ttir, Politics: Presenting at an annual conference<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senem Aslan, Politics: Emotional Motives of AKP Voters in Turkey<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myron Beasley, American Studies: Continuum: Live Art Performance<\/em> and EPI Conference, Accra, Ghana<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Cavallero, Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies: Second Responders and Television Directors, Race, and Gender <\/em>and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Cornelius, English: Contagious Animality: Species, Disease, and Metaphor in Early Modern English Literature and Culture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michel Droge, Art and Visual Culture: Raising Awareness of the Deep Sea- Conferences, Presentations, Exhibitions, and Public Engagement<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timothy Dugan, Theater: (Re) Immersion Into Craft-Part II: NAAT and Philly Fringe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francesco Duina, Sociology: The Social Acceptance of Inequality<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Evans, Dance: Busking for Reparations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gina Fatone, Music: NVivo Transcription<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baltasar Fra-Molinero, Hispanic Studies: New Perspectives on El valiente negro en Flandes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yun Garrison, Psychology: National Multicultural Conference and Summit <\/em> and The Development of 5R Posttraumatic Growth Model<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

David George, Hispanic Studies: Tracing the Influence of Japonisme in Benito P\u00e9rez Gald\u00f3s’s Literature: A Study of Japanese Export Ceramics in British Collections<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia, Art and Visual Culture: El High School (working title) Script<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meredith Greer, Mathematics: Mathematical Epidemiology Textbook, Version 1: Completion and Promotion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leshui He, Economics: Incorporating Generative AI into a First-Year Seminar Course<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Herzig, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Editorial Support for Fourth Book<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sue Houchins, Africana: African Literature Association <\/em>and College Language Association<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindsey Houck, Neuroscience: Beyond Boundaries:<\/em> Examining the Boundary Extension in Immersive Virtual Reality<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brett Huggett, Biology: Archival Preservation of a Life’s Work: Digitization of the Monumental Work of Zimmermann and Tomlinson’s Optical Shuttle Method<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jen Hughes, Anthropology: Viking Futures Book and Film Editing Project<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyla Pasha, Religious Studies: Unexpected Jamaats: Uncentering Cisgendering Masculinity in Congregational Muslim Prayer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ther\u00ed Pickens, English: 2 Poetry Projects<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melinda Plastas, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Torn Apart: Loss, Grief, and Resilience in the Age of Commercialized Tobacco<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephanie Pridgeon, Hispanic Studies: Absorption Narratives: Jewishness, Blackness, and Indigeneity in the Cultural Imaginary of the Americas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erica Rand, Art and Visual Culture and Gender and Sexuality Studies: American Studies Association Conference attendance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Rice-DeFosse, French and Francophone Studies: Travel to the 24th International George Sand Colloquium<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Riera-Crichton, Economics: Measuring Economic Activity with Satellite Data and Income Tax in LAC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley Schilling, Philosophy: UCLA Workshop on Law, Ethics, and Political Theory <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Schofield, Philosophy: Philosophy and Homelessness<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caroline Shaw, History: Beyond Sticks and Stones: The Strange History of Reputation and its Defense in Modern Britain c. 1750-2015<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senia Sheydvasser, Mathematics: Research in Additive Number Theory<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anelise Shrout, Digital and Computational Studies: Aiding Ireland: The Great Famine and the Rise of Transnational Philanthropy <\/em>and Pathologizing Immigration<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Slane, Biology: Influence of Stress and the Plant Hormone <\/em>Strigolactone on Plant Genome Structure <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Williams, Politics: Public Opinion, Offender Race, and Support for Problem-Solving Courts <\/em>and Building the US Court of Claims Database<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sally Wood, Theater: Richer, safer stage combat experience <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2022-2023<\/h3>
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In AY 2022-23, the Bates Faculty Development Fund awarded $174,095 to 40 faculty working on 44 projects\/activities. The average grant to each faculty was $4,246 with the average for each project\/activity being $4,048 (both averages rounded to the nearest dollar).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myron Beasley, American Studies: Remembering Malaga: Oral History + Handmade Books<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Cavallero, Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies: Intersecting Identities in Who’s the Boss?: Italian-American Ethnicity, Working-Class Identity, and Hypermasculine Performance <\/em>and Disney 100 and Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raluca Cernahoschi, German and Russian Studies: Participation in Summer Institute “Hidden Figures: Blackness and Black Experiences in DEFA and East Germany”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sara Chari, Mathematics: Joint Mathematics Meeting Conference<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Dacey, Philosophy: Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association Meeting, Madrid<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raquel de Castro Portes, Earth and Climate Sciences: Evolution of Soil Erosion Rates in a Deforested Watershed in the Northern Hardwood Forest, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest<\/em> and Assessing the Magnitude of Erosion Processes on Sloping Organic Soils across Lithologies in Southeast Alaska<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amy Douglass, Psychology: Support for Fulbright Research Grant<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michel Droge, Art and Visual Culture: Octomess-Octopuss and Microbial Ecosystem Services at Seamounts <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Engel, Politics: The Thirteenth Amendments’ Emancipatory Responsibilities: Implications for LGBTQ Equality<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yun Garrison, Psychology: The Conceptualization and Measurement of Psychotherapist Noonchi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wesley Gillis and Nathan Lundblad, Physics: Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy Lab for Physics Teaching and Research <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez-Valencia, Art and Visual Culture: How to Clean a House in Ten Easy Steps<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leshui He, Economics: Outsourced Legal Advice and Sponsorship of Employment Visas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindsay Houck, Neuroscience: The Influence of Emotion on Spatial Boundary Distortions<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brett Huggett, Biology : Archival Preservation of a Life’s Work: Digitization of the Monumental Work of Zimmermann and Tomlinson’s Optical Shuttle Method<\/em> and Developing a New Method for Measuring Plant Hydraulics <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erin Hyde Nolan, Art and Visual Culture: Portrait Atlas: The Migration of Photographs Across the Ottoman-Atlantic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todd Kahan, Psychology: Target-Mask Similarity Affects Both Object Substitution Masking and Object Recovery <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Callie Kimball, Theater: New Play Development<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tristan Koepke, Theater: Choreographing Queer Hauntologies <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Koviach-C\u00f4t\u00e9, Chemistry\/Biochemistry: Synthesis, Anti-Oxidant, and Anti-Bacterial Studies of Phenylpropanoid Glycosides <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Rocque, Sociology: Code of the Seas: Pilot Study A Proposal for the Bates Faculty Development Fund<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Sargent, Psychology: Race, Self-Investment, and Free Speech<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Shea, Economics: Lethality and Deterrence in Affairs of Honor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate Snyder, Psychology: Teaching for Closure in Psychology Courses: Taking the Long View<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asha Tamirisa, Music: ROCK MUSIC: An All-Ages Friendly Electronic Sound Installation for Make Music Portland<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heidi Taylor, Sociology: Mapping Grief through Art: A Sociological Analysis of “Grief Landscapes”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mara Tieken, Education: Educated Out: The Hidden Geography of College Opportunity <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justine Wiesinger, Asian Studies: Dragging a Wide Net: Contemporary Expansive Drag in the Tokyo Area<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Wong, Mathematics: Undergraduate Conference in Algebraic Topology at UFRB-Armagosa, Brazil and Research Collaboration at the Chennai Mathematical Institute, India <\/em>and Nielsen Theory and Related Topics Conference <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2021-2022<\/h3>
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In AY 2021-22, the Bates Faculty Development Fund awarded $177,951 to 40 faculty working on 43 projects\/activities. The average grant to each faculty was $4,449 with the average for each project\/activity being $4,138 (both averages rounded to the nearest dollar).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ali Akhtar, Religious Studies: Asian-American Women in Tech and the Rise of a New Asian Feminism in America<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krista Aronson, Psychology: The Diverse BookFinder: Supporting Bates Student Research Experiences<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shreya Arora, Earth and Climate Sciences: Paleoseismic and Geomorphic Investigation along Northwest Himalaya, India<\/em> and Investigating the Source of Landslides in Maine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laurie Baker, Digital and Computational Studies: Factors Influencing Catch Intention in the Chilean Industrial Longline Fishery <\/em>and Increasing Accessibility and Inclusive Knowledge Exchange in the R Programming Community<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Balladur, French and Francophone Studies: Colonial Scars<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lori Banks, Biology: Preclinical Development of a Novel Anti-Viral Target<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lori Banks and Colleen O’Loughlin, Biology and Chemistry\/Biochemistry: Isothermal Titration Calorimeter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myron Beasley, American Studies: Digital Humanities Summer Institute <\/em>and SIT Faculty Conference Africa Rising: Hip-Hop, Politics, and Religion in Senegal<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patti Buck, Education: Supporting Restorative Practice Implementation at Lewiston Middle School<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Cavallero, Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies: Scouting Films for the Bates Film Festival and the Representation of Italian-American Ethnicity in <\/em>The Godfather Video Games<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew C\u00f4t\u00e9, Chemistry and Biochemistry: Optical Harmonic Generation Microscope and Spectrometer: Completing and Expanding the Re-Design<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raquel de Castro Portes, Earth and Climate Sciences: Evolution of Soil Erosion Rates and Chemical Weathering on Recent Post-Glacial Landscapes in Southeast Alaska <\/em>and Soils and Landscape Evolution of SE Alaska and New England<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie Diaz Eaton, Digital and Computational Studies: Social Justice and Computational Modeling<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amy Douglass, Psychology: The Impact of Eyewitness Evidence on Plea Decisions<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gina Fatone, Music: Vocality in Instrumental Music Transmission <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leshui He, Economics: Featured in the News: From the Attention Aura to Competing Complements<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Herzig, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Archival Research: Geneaologies of “Academic Freedom”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jen Hughes, Anthropology: Viking Futures Data Management<\/em> and Transcription Project <\/em>and Viking Futures: Iceland and Outer Spaces Ethnographic and Video Documentary Project <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maho Ishiguro, Music: Decolonizing Ethnomusicology: Amplifying the Voices of Art Practitioners<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todd Kahan, Psychology: Is the Alerting-Congruency Interaction<\/em> That is Seen in Experiments with Stimulus-Response Motor Associations Moderated by a Concurrent Working-Memory Load?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily Kane, Sociology: Maximum Feasible Participation and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex: A Content Analysis of Community Action Agency Mission Statements<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer LaCosse-Bannon, Psychology: Psychological Experiences of ESL Students in Higher Education <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan Mangan, Psychology: Best Practices in Boosting Well-Being in a Diverse Emerging Adult Population <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christine McDowell, Theater and Dance: Digital Drawing for Theater and Dance Pedagogy and Design<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alison Melnick, Religious Studies: The Tibetan Nun Mingyur Peldron: A Woman of Power and Privilege, and Book Publication Costs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meryleen Mena, Anthropology: Laboring for Black Lives: Black Brazilian Women Activism in Sao Paolo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiroya Miura, Music: Two Concerts of Composition and Residency<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lillian Nayder, English: Corporeal Dickens: An Embodied Life<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hailey Otis, Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies: Travel to RSA Biennial Conference<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erica Rand, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Skating for Social Justice On and Off the Ice<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Rice-DeFosse, French and Francophone Studies: Leadership at the 23rd International George Sand Conference<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Riera-Crichton, Economics: Fiscal Policy in Emerging Markets<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Rocque, Sociology: Index for Fitting the Facts of Crime: An Invitation to Biosocial Criminology <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Rubin, Anthropology: Virtual Book Symposium for Possibility Spaces and Possible Things: User Research and Playtesting at the Cutting Edge of Video Games<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subhshri Sahu, Biology: Deciphering the Role of Dilp8 in Nutrient Sensitive Stage of Oogenesis in Adult Drosophila Melanogaster <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eshita Samajpati, Earth and Climate Sciences: Late Oligene Magma Evolution of Izu Bonin Marina Arc from Volcanic Minerals and Lava Flows at DSDP Site 448<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anelise Shrout, Digital and Computational Studies: Aiding Ireland, Saving Ourselves<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nivedhitha Subramanian, Economics: Marriage, Households, Women’s Labor Supply in Developing Countries <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2020-2021<\/h3>
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In AY 2020-21, the Bates Faculty Development Fund awarded $84,381.50 to 19 faculty working on 20 projects\/activities. The average grant to each faculty was $4,441, with the average for each project\/activity being $4,219 (both averages were rounded to the nearest dollar).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Bavis, Biology: Monitoring Body Temperature in Unrestrained Animals with Microchip Transponders<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myron Beasley, American Studies: Remixing and Remembering Malaga<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patti Buck, Education: Restorative Practice Youth Leadership in Lewiston<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todd Carmody, English: Work Requirements: Race, Disability, and the Print Culture of Social Welfare<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katie Dobkowski, Biology: Foundation Species and Their Interactions in a Changing Ocean<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Dugan, Theater and Dance: (Re)Immersion Into Craft<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Khara Ellasante, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Open Access Publishing Fee for “Radical Sovereignty, Rhetorical Borders, and the Everyday Decolonial Praxis of Indigenous Peoplehood and Two-Spirit Reclamation”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carla Essenberg, Biology: Publication Fees<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brett Huggett, Biology: Training Course in Dendrochronology at the University of Arizona<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily Kane, Sociology: Maximum Feasible Participation and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex: A Content Analysis of Community Action Agency Mission Statements<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephanie Kelley-Romano, Rhetoric, Film and Screen Studies: Women and Addiction<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jiyoung Ko, Politics: Nationalism and Shared Democratic Identity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiroya Miura, Music: Virtual Orchestra for Orchestration and Soundtrack Composition<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lillian Nayder, English: Letters of Frederick and Augustus Dickens<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clarisa P\u00e9rez-Armend\u00e1riz, Politics: Return-Migrants, Mayoral Elections, and Criminal Violence<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erica Rand, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Publication of the co-edited volume entitled Leisure, Racism, and National Populist Politics <\/em>and Travel Funding for Up Against the Cis\/Trans Binary<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Retelle, Earth and Climate Sciences: Marine Climate Reconstruction from annually resolved Early Holocene Arctica islandica, Svalbard, Norwegian High Arctic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Rubin, Anthropology: Indexing “Animated by Uncertainty” Manuscript<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Sargent, Psychology: Race, Politics, and Sports: Replications and Extensions<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2019-2020<\/h3>
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In AY 2019-20 the Bates Faculty Development Fund awarded $102,034.51 to 32 faculty working on 37 projects\/activities. The average grant to each faculty was $3,189, with the average for each project\/activity being $2,758 (both averages were rounded to the nearest dollar). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Anthony, English: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Travel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krista Aronson, Psychology: The Diverse Bookfinder:<\/em> Supporting Bates student research experiences<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myron Beasley, American Studies: Fishing in Cayes-Jacmel: Negotiating Global Warming, Markets, and Identity among a Fishing Cooperative<\/em>; and Performance, Art, and Politics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen Boucher, Psychology: \u201cOther affirmation\u201d as an alternative to self-affirmation: Spending money and meaning<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Cavallero, Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies: 1990s American Cinema and John Fante<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane Costlow, Environmental Studies: Subvention funds to support the publishing <\/em>Heart-Pine Russia: Walking and Writing the Nineteenth-Century Forest in Russian <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan Dewsnap, Art and Visual Culture: International Ceramic Residency, Medalta, Alberta, Canada<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alice Doughty, Geology: INQUA conference<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen Engel, Politics: Dignity\u2019s Limits<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia, Art and Visual Culture: The Cleaning Writer-UnionDocs Early Production Labs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua Goodman, Psychology: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Community-Based Peer to Peer Support Program to Promote Supportive Parenting for Parents of Transgender Youth<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meredith Greer, Mathematics: Open Access publishing fee for \u201cEmergence of oscillations in a simple epidemic model with demographic data\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Herzig, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Archival Research for an article on Norman O. Brown<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beverly Johnson, Geology: The Bates Initiative on Climate Adaptation and Resilience <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Koviach-C\u00f4t\u00e9, Chemistry and Biochemistry: Travel associated with serving on the Executive Committee of the Carbohydrates Division of the  National American Chemical Society<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lynne Lewis, Economics: Travel associated with serving as a board member for the Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob Longaker, Politics: Positionality, Intersectionality, and Policy Implementation <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calvin Mako, Geology: Quantifying the geologic record of strain localization in the Norumbega fault zone, central Maine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christine MacDowell, Theater and Dance: Autocad training<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trian Nguyen, Art and Visual Culture: Yao Ritual Masks: Meaning and Significance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ther\u00ed Pickens, English: Conference attendance <\/em>and Subvention costs to support copy editing for an issue of the <\/em>College Language Association Journal, where she served as guest editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephanie Pridgeon, Spanish: Revolutionary Visions and Syncretic Spaces <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erica Rand, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Hip Checks: Support for Travel and Writing <\/em>and Indexing for The Small Book of Hip Checks: On Queer Gender, Race, and Writing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Rubin, Anthropology: Deep Clues: The Politics of Video Game Player Research <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adriana Salerno, Mathematics: Joint Mathematics Meetings<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Sapsford, Classical and Medieval Studies: The Chorus Ancient and Modern, Curriculum Development Trip<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Sargent, Psychology: Race, Politics, and Sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caroline Shaw, Politics: Beyond Sticks and Stones: The Strange History of Reputation and its Defense in Modern Britain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asha Tamarisa, Music: ARTIFACT<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nathan Tefft, Economics: Informing Government Policies that Affect Risky Behaviors and Population Health<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kati Vecsey, Theater and Dance: The Post-Communist Condition: 30 Years After the Wall<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Wong, Mathematics: Research at the Chennai Mathematical Institute<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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