{"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":"2026-08-27T10:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:32:28","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dean of Faculty\u2019s 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 colleagues, academic units, faculty committees, staff partners, parents, alumni, the Board of Trustees, and the administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-garnet-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\"><strong>Who we Are and What we Do<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/dean-of-the-faculty-office-staff-2\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/dean-of-the-faculty-office-staff-2\/\">The Dean of Faculty&#8217;s Office Staff &amp; Responsibilities <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/aaa\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/aaa\/\">Academic Administrative Assistants<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/org-chart\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/org-chart\/\">Organizational Chart for Academic Affairs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof-2\/files\/2026\/08\/Lane-September-900x629.webp\" alt=\"Lane Hall photo\" class=\"wp-image-98 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5\"><strong>Administrative Procedures<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/budgetary-approvals-payments-and-reimbursements\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/budgetary-approvals-payments-and-reimbursements\/\">Budgetary Approvals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/chairs\/decadal-review-of-academic-units\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/chairs\/decadal-review-of-academic-units\/\">Decadal Review of Academic Units<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/about\/policy-for-moderated-content\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/about\/policy-for-moderated-content\/\">Communication &#8211; Moderated Email Listservs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof-2\/files\/2026\/07\/250108_Winter_Semester_5252-900x600.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-garnet-bright-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9\"><strong>Policies<\/strong><br><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/dean-of-the-faculty-policies\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/dean-of-the-faculty-policies\/\">Dean of the Faculty Policies<\/a><br><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof-2\/files\/2026\/07\/241014Admission_Fall_Open_House_5180-900x600.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11\"><strong>Calendars<\/strong><br><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/academic-calendar\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/academic-calendar\/\">Academic Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/about\/calendar\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/about\/calendar\/\">Consolidated Faculty and Chairs Calendar Deadlines &amp; Meeting Schedules<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof-2\/files\/2026\/07\/Calendar-screenshot-edit-e1785525964241.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick links:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default has-dark-color has-text-color is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/new-faculty-resources\/\">For New Faculty<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/\">Faculty Profiles<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/\">Academics<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Academic Events<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof-2\/academic-administrative-assistants\/\">AAAs<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Center for Student Success<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dean of Faculty\u2019s office serves the faculty and academic staff to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-9701","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9701"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20638,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9701\/revisions\/20638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}