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Alison Melnick

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Hedge Hall, Room 207

amelnick@bates.edu | 207-786-6318

18th Century Tibetan History, Asian religious history, Chinese borderland religions, Gender and Authority in Tibet, gender and religion, Hagiography in Asian contexts, Privilege studies, Religion and Gender in Asia, Religions of China, Religions of South Asia, Tibetan religion, Tibetan religion and history

Nathan C. Faries

Associate Professor of Asian Studies

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

nfaries@bates.edu | 207-755-5984

Cynthia M. Baker

Professor of Religious Studies

Hedge Hall, Room 203 | Hedge Hall, Room 203

cbaker@bates.edu | 207-786-6308

early Christian studies, early Rabbinic Judaism, feminist and queer theory, gender and religion, gender and religion in the late ancient Mediterranean and Middle East, historiography of religion, Jewish studies, material culture and historiography of Jews and Judaism, New Testament, The Bible

Kyla P. Pasha

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Hedge Hall, Room 212

kpasha@bates.edu | 207-786-6372

Lisa Maurizio

Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 206

lmaurizi@bates.edu | 207-786-8391

Archaic and classical Greek religion, Greek and Roman history and religion, Greek and Roman mythology and literature, mythology, oral poetry, oral studies and gender studies, women’s history

Henry J. Walker

Senior Lecturer in Classical and Medieval Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 204

hwalker@bates.edu | 207-786-8320

ancient languages and literatures, ancient myth and society, how literature and myth reflect social and religious institutions in ancient Greece and India

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

Janice R. Levi

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Pettengill Hall, Room 111

jlevi@bates.edu | 207-753-6985

African History, Africana Studies, Ethnicity and Race Studies, Historical Transmission, Jewish History, memory studies, Migration Studies, Religious Studies

Christopher F. Petrella Ph.D.

Visiting Lecturer

cpetrell@bates.edu

African Diaspora Studies, African-American studies, American cultural studies, American studies, Black Panther Party, black power, blackness, critical theory, cultural studies, race, race and science, racism, radical pedagogy, white nationalism, white supremacy, whiteness

Dale E. Chapman

Professor of Music

Olin Arts Center, Room 252 | Olin Arts Center, Room 252 | Olin Arts Center, Room 252

dchapman@bates.edu | 207-755-5905

20th century American music, African American music, American studies, critical race theory, cultural studies, historical musicology, jazz studies, popular music studies

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