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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

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

Mayumi Fukushima

Assistant Professor of Politics

Pettengill Hall, Room 169

mfukushima@bates.edu | 207-786-6311

asymmetric security alliances, extended nuclear deterrence, international politics of East Asia, international relations, international security, international security alliances, nuclear deterrence, technology and conflicts

Lisa Landoe Hedrick

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Hedge Hall, Room 211

lhedrick@bates.edu | 207-786-6479

Rafael Alexandre Mello

Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics

Pettengill Hall, Room 171

rmello2@bates.edu | 207-786-6153

international development, international political economy, international relations, international theory, Latin American Politics, Latin American social theory, politics of the Global South

Liang Wu

Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Pettengill Hall, Room 159

lwu@bates.edu | 207-786-6082

Anthropocene Studies, Anthropology of Labor, Asia-Pacific Studies, blue humanities, globalization, marine anthropology, maritime anthropology, Mobility Studies, oceanic anthropology, political ecology, political economy, Science and Technology Studies (STS), Social Oceanography, Transatlantic Studies, Urban Studies

B. Christine McDowell

Associate Professor of Theater

Pettigrew Hall, Room 206

bmcdowel@bates.edu | 207-786-6189

architectural drafting, costume design, costume history, figure drawing, historical clothing reconstruction, material culture studies, pattern drafting and draping, scenic painting, Set Design

Yunkyoung Garrison

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Pettengill Hall, Room 365

ygarriso@bates.edu | 207-786-6195

Asian American psychology, Clinical Supervision, community engagement, Counseling Psychology, immigrant and refugee mental health, Immigrant Career and Mental Health, Race and Racism, Social Class and Classism, Sociopolitical Deveolpment, the myth of meritocracy, The Myth of Meritocracy, Women of Color

David R. Cummiskey

Professor of Philosophy

Hedge Hall, Room 306

dcummisk@bates.edu | 207-786-6286

biomedical ethics, Buddhist moral and political philosophy, clinical medical ethics, intercultural bioethics, intercultural ethics, Kantian ethics and consequentialism, moral philosophy, political philosophy, rawls and political liberalism

Stephanie M. Pridgeon

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies

Roger Williams Hall, Room 309

spridgeo@bates.edu | 207-786-8352

20th and 21st century Latin American literature and film, cultural studies, documentary, feminist theory, gender and sexuality, Jewish studies, Latin America, literary theory, Marxist theory, memory studies, political culture, race and ethnicity, testimony