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Laura C. Balladur

Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies

Roger Williams Hall, Room 409

lballadu@bates.edu | 207-786-8318

18th century French literature and science, cultural theory, dance practice and philosophy, Democratic Republic of Congo, ecology of bodies in movement, French Cinema, representations of imagination, science and critical theory, semiotics of dance, Translation Studies

Benoit Y. Vallee

Visiting Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latinx Studies

Roger Williams Hall, Room 304

bvallee@bates.edu | 207-786-6322

(trans)nationalism, Afro-Latin America, Blackness, Caribbean studies, Dominican Republic, Dominicans in Hip-Hop, Immigrant and Diaspora studies, Latin American Cultural Studies, Latinx Studies, New York Afro-Latina/o/x and Latina/o/x, New York Hip-Hop history, Quisqueya-Hispaniola, race and ethnicity, urban anthropology

Lisa R. Gilson

Assistant Professor of Politics

Pettengill Hall, Room 173

lgilson@bates.edu | 207-786-8215

American political thought, contemporary political theory, democratic theory, history of political thought, literature and politics, political theory, Social Movements

Katalin Vecsey

Senior Lecturer in Theater

Schaeffer Theatre, Room 303

kvecsey@bates.edu | 207-786-6378

contemporary theater and productions in Hungary; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia, post-1989 central European drama and productions, vocal health and pedagogy, voice abuse prevention, voice and speech training for actors, voice and speech training for professional voice users

Hiroya Miura

Associate Professor of Music

Olin Arts Center, Room 254

hmiura@bates.edu | 207-786-6136

composition and music theory, contemporary and 20th century music theory, contemporary performance practice, Japanese court music

Pavel Bacovsky

Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics

Pettengill Hall, Room 171

pbacovsky@bates.edu | 207-755-5964

American politics, comparative politics, Leisure activities and politics, New technologies in politics, political psychology, Youth political behavior

Kirk D. Read

Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Roger Williams Hall, Room 405

kread@bates.edu | 207-786-6280

early modern French literature (1500-1700), early modern medicine and midwifery, femininity, French renaissance poetry, gender, intersexuality, literary analysis, masculinity, medical and anthropological readings of literature, sex and sexuality, women writers

Stephen M. Engel

Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Pettengill Hall, Room 178

sengel@bates.edu | 207-786-8209

American political development, archival research, citizenship theory, civil rights, civil rights, civil rights law, gender, institutional development, interview-based studies, judicial development, judicial politics, LGBT politics, political sociology, post-war civil rights mobilization, progressive era politics, qualitative methods, race, sexuality, social movements, U.S. constitutional law, U.S. politics

Jakub J. Kazecki

Associate Professor of German

Roger Williams Hall, Room 231 | Roger Williams Hall, Room 231

jkazecki@bates.edu | 207-753-6984

20th century German literature and film, discourses of masculinity in German literature, film studies, German film after 1945, German studies, humor, images of German-Polish relationships in literature film and visual arts, laughter and comedy in literature film and visual arts, laughter and comedy's relation to violence, literature in the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), media

Lisa Landoe Hedrick

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Hedge Hall, Room 211

lhedrick@bates.edu | 207-786-6479