Faculty

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Mark L. Tizzoni

Assistant Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 202

mtizzoni@bates.edu

cultural and intellectual history, Early Middle Ages, ethnicity, history, history of identity, late antiquity, Late Latin, Latin language, Latin poetry, medieval studies, post-Roman world, premodern African history, premodern Iberia, premodern North Africa, race and ethnicity

Karen Melvin

Thomas Hedley Reynolds Professor of History

Pettengill Hall, Room 123 | Pettengill Hall, Room 123

kmelvin@bates.edu | 207-786-8208

charity and religion, colonial Mexico, early modern Catholic world, early modern history, history, history of religion, Latin American history, urban history

Frances R. Bell

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Pettengill Hall, Room 115

fbell@bates.edu | 207-786-6095

Africana Studies, Age of Revolutions, Atlantic History, History and the Archive, Migration Studies, Slavery Studies

Joyce N. Bennett

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Pettengill Hall, Room 157

jbennett2@bates.edu | 207-786-8207

Central America, Ethnicity and identity performance, gender and sexuality, language revitalization, migration, social movements

Peter H. Casares

Lecturer in Physical Education

Merrill Gymnasium,

pcasares@bates.edu | 207-786-8264

Mara C. Tieken

Professor of Education

Pettengill Hall, Room 304

mtieken@bates.edu | 207-786-6064

college access and persistence, community and parent engagement, community organizing, education organizing, education reform, educational equity, higher education, portraiture, race and class in rural communities, rural communities and schools, rural education

Liana J. Brent

Assistant Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 208

lbrent@bates.edu | 207-753-6922

Funerary Archaeology, Latin Inscriptions, Roman Burial Practices, Roman Slavery, Roman Society and Culture

Charles I. Nero

Benjamin E. Mays '20 Distinguished Prof of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies

Pettigrew Hall, Room 303 | Pettigrew Hall, Room 303

cnero@bates.edu | 207-786-6415

African American literary studies, African-American studies, American studies, critical race theory, cultural studies, film studies, LGBTQ issues in film and literature, literary and rhetorical criticism, popular culture studies, queer theory and studies, race and Hollywood film

Erin H. Nolan

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Olin Arts Center, Room 317

enolan@bates.edu | 207-777-6702

Archives, Digital Art History, Global Art Histories, Histories of Photography, Islamic Art, Middle Eastern studies, migration, Modernism, Nineteenth Century, Photographic theory, portraiture, Survey Practices, trans-Mediterranean studies, Transnational Studies

Myronn E. Hardy

Associate Professor of English

Hathorn Hall, Room 308

mhardy@bates.edu | 207-786-6256

Contemporary American Poetry, creative writing, Lyric Essay, North Africa, poetry, Poetry in Translation, visual culture