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Patrick W. Otim

Associate Professor of History

Pettengill Hall, Room 111

potim@bates.edu | 207-786-8377

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

Caroline E. Shaw

Associate Professor of History

Pettengill Hall, Room 119 | Pettengill Hall, Room 119

cshaw@bates.edu | 207-753-6938

Britain and the British Empire, defamation: slander & libel law, histories of free speech & censorship, imperial Britain, Law and Society, Modern European History, Refugees & Asylum

Sarah B. Lynch

Assistant Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 102

slynch2@bates.edu | 207-786-6312

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

Rebecca Herzig

Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 209

rherzig@bates.edu | 207-786-6335

digital cultures, gender and sexuality in STEM, higher education, interdisciplinary research methods, material culture, race and racism in STEM, science and technology studies, social studies of medicine, transnational feminisms, US social and cultural 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

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

Melinda A. Plastas

Senior Lecturer in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 213 | Pettengill Hall, Room 213

mplastas@bates.edu | 207-786-8313

20th century U.S. social movements, African American history, American studies, black feminism, critical race theory, cultural studies, gender studies, health justice, history of commodities, peace studies, Social Movements, tobacco in history and culture, women and gender studies