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Todd A. Kahan

Professor of Psychology

Pettengill Hall, Room 367

tkahan@bates.edu | 207-786-6180

attention, cognitive psychology, human memory, psycholinguistics, psychological models of word reading, visual perception

Katherine M. Mathis

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

kmathis@bates.edu

automaticity of lexical and semantic processing, bilingual memory representation, cognitive psychology, effects of implicit processing on preferences, object and scene recognition, object perception

Nathan C. Faries

Associate Professor of Asian Studies

Roger Williams Hall, Room 204 | Roger Williams Hall, Room 204

nfaries@bates.edu | 207-755-5984

Trian Nguyen

Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Olin Arts Center, Room 314

tnguyen@bates.edu | 207-786-6338

Asian art history, Daoist ceremonial paintings, East Asian ceramic, Thich Quang Duc’s self-immolation and his impact, Vietnamese Buddhist sculpture

Megan R. Boomer

Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Olin Arts Center, Room 314

mboomer@bates.edu | 207-786-6258

Carolina González Valencia

Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Olin Arts Center, Room 318

cgonzale@bates.edu | 207-786-6453

Tom Jessen

Visiting Lecturer in Art and Visual Culture

Olin Arts Center, Room 315

tjessen@bates.edu | 207-786-6149

Cat Balco

Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Olin Arts Center, Room 313

cbalco@bates.edu | 207-786-6156

Michel Droge

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture

mdroge@bates.edu

Art & Science, art and culture, Art and Environment, Art and Science, Art and Social Justice, Conceptual Theory, Deep-sea Conservation, drawing, Environmental Justice, Environmentally safe and low toxic Printmaking techniques, Immersive Media, Ocean Conservation, painting, painting, printmaking, printmaking, Social Practice, Social Practice

Erica Rand

Professor of Art and Visual Culture and Gender and Sexuality Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 215 | Pettengill Hall, Room 215

erand@bates.edu | 207-753-6960

anti-racism, culture- and theory-making in unexalted contexts, feminist/queer/trans sports and movement studies, pleasures, politics and practices of teaching, queer and trans migration studies, resources, sexualities, trans and queer studies, visual and popular culture studies, writing

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