English Faculty

Jessica L. Anthony

Senior Lecturer in English

English

janthony@bates.edu | 207-786-6314

Gabriel Z. Bloomfield

Visiting Assistant Professor of English

English

gbloomfield@bates.edu | 207-786-8277

Sylvia A. Federico

Professor of English

English

sfederic@bates.edu | 207-786-6317

Sanford A. Freedman

Associate Professor of English

English

sfreedma@bates.edu | 207-786-6408

Myronn E. Hardy

Associate Professor of English

English, Africana

mhardy@bates.edu | 207-786-6256

Eden K. Osucha

Associate Professor of English

English Chair

eosucha@bates.edu | 207-786-6326

Everyone is a star in ‘Everybody’

Bates Theater’s production of 'Everybody' sold out every performance at Gannett Theater last week — waitlists at the door, eager audience members finding out they’d gotten seats five minutes before curtain — and the room earned that anticipatory urgency.

March 26, 2026

Yun Garrison wins Lee Young Leadership Award from YWCA

Yun Garrison, associate professor of psychology, was honored on March 8 with the Lee Young Leadership Award from the YWCA of Central Maine in recognition for her community-engaged work.

March 26, 2026

‘Equally at home everywhere’: Brett Karpf ’26 wins Watson Fel…

Brett Karpf walks to make sense of the world and because he has to, for reasons he’s still trying to understand. Beginning in August, fully funded by a fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation, Karpf will spend a full year walking — and thinking about walking.

English

English Faculty

Jessica L. Anthony

Senior Lecturer in English

Gabriel Z. Bloomfield

Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Steven C. Dillon

Professor of English

Sylvia A. Federico

Professor of English

Sanford A. Freedman

Associate Professor of English

Myronn E. Hardy

Associate Professor of English

Lillian R. Nayder

Charles A. Dana Professor of English

Eden K. Osucha

Associate Professor of English

Therí Pickens

Charles A. Dana Professor of English and Africana

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