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Henry J. Walker

Senior Lecturer in Classical and Medieval Studies

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

Stephanie Kelley-Romano

Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies

skelley@bates.edu

feminist approaches to politics and television, genre studies, genre studies of conspiracy and captivity, myth and narrative in popular and political culture, mythic and narrative construction of alternative belief systems, rhetorical theory and criticism, television genres

Lisa Maurizio

Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies

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

Liana J. Brent

Assistant Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies

lbrent@bates.edu | 207-753-6922

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

Laurie O'Higgins

Euterpe B. Dukakis Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies

dohiggin@bates.edu

18th century Irish history, classical reception, Greek literature, Greek religion, Greek religion, Homer, women in classical antiquity

Yunkyoung Garrison

Assistant Professor of Psychology

ygarriso@bates.edu | 207-786-6195

Asian American psychology, Clinical Supervision, community engagement, Counseling Psychology, immigrant and refugee mental health, Posttraumatic growth, Race and Racism, Refugee work and well-being, Social Class and Classism, the myth of meritocracy, The Myth of Meritocracy

Beverly J. Johnson

Charles A. Dana Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences

bjohnso3@bates.edu | 207-786-6062

archives of sea level rise, biogeochemical cycling in Maine lakes and nearshore environments over a variety of time scales, carbon storage and sequestration in salt marshes, environmental and stable isotope geochemistry, mechanisms of salt marsh formation

Cynthia M. Baker

Professor of Religious Studies

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

Trian Nguyen

Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture

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

Ida D. Piedmonte

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

ipiedmonte@bates.edu | 207-755-5965

analytical chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, x-ray absorption spectroscopy