{"id":9701,"date":"2019-07-22T09:21:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T13:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/?page_id=9701"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:15:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Dean of Faculty&#8217;s office serves the faculty and academic staff to help ensure the effectiveness of the academic program. Our office manages the academic affairs of over 30 departments and programs, and interacts with more than 200 faculty to facilitate their ability to deliver a powerful education to Bates students. The office is a responsive team dedicated to advancing the work of the college. We work closely with individual faculty, academic units, faculty committees, staff members, parents, alumni, the Board of Trustees, and the administration. Information about our responsibilities and structures is included in these web pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-3-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2025\/07\/250411_Bates_Beginnings_2055.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2025\/07\/250411_Bates_Beginnings_2055-900x600.webp\" alt=\"Mollie Woodworth\" class=\"wp-image-18989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2025\/07\/250411_Bates_Beginnings_2055-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2025\/07\/250411_Bates_Beginnings_2055-400x267.webp 400w, 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width=\"1919\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2025\/07\/250402_Studio_Art_Elizabeth_Barrow_0325.webp\" alt=\"Student painting\" class=\"wp-image-18992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2025\/07\/250402_Studio_Art_Elizabeth_Barrow_0325.webp 1919w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2025\/07\/250402_Studio_Art_Elizabeth_Barrow_0325-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2025\/07\/250402_Studio_Art_Elizabeth_Barrow_0325-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2025\/07\/250402_Studio_Art_Elizabeth_Barrow_0325-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2025\/07\/250402_Studio_Art_Elizabeth_Barrow_0325-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2025\/07\/250402_Studio_Art_Elizabeth_Barrow_0325-1536x1024.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1919px) 100vw, 1919px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/dean-of-the-faculty-office-staff-2\/\">The Dean of the Faculty Office staff<\/a>: Who works in the dean&#8217;s office, what are their titles, what are their areas of responsibility?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/aaa\/\">Academic Administrative Assistants<\/a>: Those staff who support faculty in their academic buildings. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/org-chart\/\">Organization Chart for Academic Affairs<\/a>: The deans, the staff, and the direct reports.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/dean-of-the-faculty-policies\/\">Dean of the Faculty Policies<\/a>: A page listing miscellaneous policies used by the Office of the Dean of the Faculty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/calendar\/\">Calendars<\/a>: This page give links to calendars with important dates for academic 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