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Charles I. Nero

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

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

Patrick W. Otim

Associate Professor of History

potim@bates.edu | 207-786-8377

Karen Melvin

Thomas Hedley Reynolds Professor of History

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