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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

Halla A. Attallah

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

hattallah@bates.edu | 207-786-6372

disability and religion, early Islamic history, feminist and queer theory, feminist and womanist interpretations of the Bible., Feminist readers of the Qur'an, gender and religion, Qur'anic Studies, stories of the Hebrew Bible

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

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

Gabriel Z. Bloomfield

Visiting Assistant Professor of English

gbloomfield@bates.edu | 207-786-8277

16th- and 17th- century English poetry, early modern British literature and culture, gender and sexuality, history of religion, poetry and poetics, protestant reformation, Shakespeare

Seulgie Lim

Assistant Professor of Politics

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

Rebecca Herzig

Charles A Dana Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies

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

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

Mayumi Fukushima

Assistant Professor of Politics

mfukushima@bates.edu | 207-786-6311

asymmetric security alliances, extended nuclear deterrence, international politics of East Asia, international relations, international security, international security alliances, nuclear deterrence, technology and conflicts

James W. Hughes

Thomas Sowell Professor Emeritus of Economics

jhughes@bates.edu

applied microeconomics, labor economics, migration and human trafficking, racial and sexual discrimination