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The faculty listed below are currently serving as academic unit or division chairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division Chairs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Humanities (H)<\/td>Alexandre Dauge-Roth – adaugero@bates.edu<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Interdisciplinary Studies (I)<\/td>Clarisa P\u00e9rez-Armend\u00e1riz –
cperezar@bates.edu<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Natural Sciences and Mathematics (N)<\/td>Meredith Greer – mgreer@bates.edu<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Social Sciences (S)<\/td>Francesco Duina – fduina@bates.edu<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Program Chairs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Academic Unit<\/strong><\/td>Chair<\/strong><\/td>Chair email<\/strong><\/td>Associate Dean<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Africana (I)<\/td>Charles Nero<\/td>cnero@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
American Studies (I)<\/td>Melinda Plastas<\/td>mplastas@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Asian Studies (I)<\/td>Alison Melnick-Dyer<\/td>amelnick@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Classical & Medieval Studies (I)<\/td>Lisa Maurizio<\/td>lmaurizi@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
Digital and Computational Studies (I)<\/td>Carrie Diaz Eaton<\/td>cdeaton@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
Environmental Studies (I)<\/td>Sonja Pieck<\/td>spieck@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
European Studies (I)<\/td>Raluca Cernahoschi<\/td>rcernaho@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
Gender and Sexuality Studies (I)<\/td>Rebecca Herzig<\/td>rherzig@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
Latin American and Latinx Studies (I)<\/td>Baltasar Fra-Molinero<\/td>bframoli@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
Neuroscience (I)<\/td>Justin Hulbert<\/td>jhulbert@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Department Chairs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Academic Unit<\/strong><\/td>Chair<\/strong><\/td>Chair Email<\/strong><\/td>Associate Dean<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Anthropology (S)<\/td>Joyce Bennett (Winter and short term 2026)<\/td>jbennett2@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Art and Visual Culture (H)<\/td>Cat Balco<\/td>cbalco@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Biology (N)<\/td>Brett Huggett<\/td>bhuggett@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
Chemistry and Biochemistry (N)<\/td>Geneva Laurita<\/td>chemchair@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Earth and Climate Sciences (N)<\/td>Beverly Johnson
<\/td>		bjohnso3@bates.edu<\/a>
<\/td>		Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Economics (S)<\/td>Leshui He
Austin Smith<\/td>		lhe@bates.edu<\/a>
asmith13@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>		Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Education (S)<\/td>Anita Charles
Bronwyn Sale
Mara Tieken<\/td>		acharles@bates.edu<\/a>
bsale@bates.edu<\/a>
mtieken@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>		Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
English (H)<\/td>Eden Osucha<\/td>eosucha@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
French and Francophone Studies (H)<\/td>Alexandre Dauge-Roth<\/td>adaugero@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
German & Russian Studies (H)<\/td>Jakub Kazecki<\/td>jkazecki@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
Hispanic Studies (H)<\/td>Stephanie Pridgeon<\/td>spridgeo@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
History (S)<\/td>Karen Melvin<\/td>kmelvin@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Mathematics (N)<\/td>Katharine Ott<\/td>kott@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Music (H)<\/td>Gina Fatone<\/td>gfatone@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
Philosophy (H)<\/td>Lauren Ashwell<\/td>lashwell@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
Physics & Astronomy (N)<\/td>Aleks Diamond-Stanic<\/td>adiamond@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Politics (S)<\/td>John Baughman
Stephen Engel (Associate Chair)<\/td>		jbaughma@bates.edu<\/a>
sengel@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>		Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Psychology (S)<\/td>Michael Sargent
Helen Boucher (Associate Chair)
Kathy Mathis
(Associate Chair)<\/td>		msargent@bates.edu<\/a>
hboucher@bates.edu<\/a>
kmathis@bates.edu<\/a>
<\/td>		Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Religious Studies (H)<\/td>Cynthia Baker<\/td>cbaker@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr>
Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies (H)<\/td>Stephanie Kelley-Romano<\/td>skelley@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Sociology (S)<\/td>Heidi Taylor<\/td>htaylor3@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Don Dearborn<\/td><\/tr>
Theater & Dance (H)<\/td>Tim Dugan<\/td>tdugan2@bates.edu<\/a><\/td>Krista Aronson<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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