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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

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

Stephen M. Engel

Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Pettengill Hall, Room 178

sengel@bates.edu | 207-786-8209

Sonja K. Pieck

Clark A. Griffith Professor of Environmental Studies

Hedge Hall, Room 113

spieck@bates.edu | 207-786-8206

biodiversity conservation, ecological restoration, environmental history, environmental justice, environmental movements, environmental politics, human geography, international development, political ecology

Joyce N. Bennett

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Pettengill Hall, Room 157

jbennett2@bates.edu | 207-786-8207

Central America, Ethnicity and identity performance, gender and sexuality, language revitalization, migration, social movements

Eric G. LeFlore

Assistant Professor of Biology

Carnegie Science Hall, Room 315

eleflore@bates.edu | 207-786-6114

conservation biology, endangered species conservation, human dimensions of wildlife management, human-wildlife conflict and coexistence, large mammal conservation

Mark L. Tizzoni

Assistant Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 202

mtizzoni@bates.edu

cultural and intellectual history, Early Middle Ages, ethnicity, history, history of identity, late antiquity, Late Latin, Latin language, Latin poetry, medieval studies, post-Roman world, premodern African history, premodern Iberia, premodern North Africa, race and ethnicity

Shreya Arora

Assistant Professor of Earth and Climate Science

sarora@bates.edu

Seulgie Lim

Assistant Professor of Politics

Pettengill Hall, Room 176

slim@bates.edu | 207-786-6131

African feminisms, Gender and politics, Gender in Africa, Gender quotas, Human Rights, International politics, International relations, Islam and Politics, Senegal, Sub-Saharan African politics, Women's rights

Michael Sargent

Associate Professor of Psychology

Pettengill Hall, Room 373

msargent@bates.edu | 207-786-6277

implicit social cognition, intergroup cognition, political psychology, political psychology, social cognition, social psychology

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