{"id":4998,"date":"2022-09-02T13:25:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T17:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/?page_id=4998"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:55:08","slug":"home-page-2022-09","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>\n\tvar fp_searchform = {\n\t\taction: 1,\n\t\tplacement: 'top',\n\t};\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Meet Our Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Explore a daily rotation of Bates faculty. Three professors are featured at a time, with a new selection every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"featured-faculty faculty-grid\">\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/zen-t-kuriyama\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Zen T. Kuriyama\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/IMG_8837ab6x6-300x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-6176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/IMG_8837ab6x6-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/IMG_8837ab6x6-900x900.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/IMG_8837ab6x6-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/IMG_8837ab6x6-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/IMG_8837ab6x6-628x628.jpg 628w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/IMG_8837ab6x6-1536x1536.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/IMG_8837ab6x6-200x200.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/IMG_8837ab6x6.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Zen T. Kuriyama<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Assistant Professor of Music<\/p>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/carolina-gonzalez-valencia\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9789-Edit-e1684512296430-279x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-5400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9789-Edit-e1684512296430-279x300.webp 279w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9789-Edit-e1684512296430-836x900.webp 836w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9789-Edit-e1684512296430-768x827.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9789-Edit-e1684512296430-186x200.webp 186w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9789-Edit-e1684512296430-583x628.jpg 583w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9789-Edit-e1684512296430.webp 1252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture<\/p>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/stephen-m-engel\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Stephen M. Engel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/180406_Stephen_Engel_Classroom_0261-900x600-1-245x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-3988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/180406_Stephen_Engel_Classroom_0261-900x600-1-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/180406_Stephen_Engel_Classroom_0261-900x600-1-163x200.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/180406_Stephen_Engel_Classroom_0261-900x600-1.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Stephen M. Engel<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor of Politics<\/p>\n\t<\/a><\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty in the News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"faculty-spotlights-container\">\n\t<div class=\"faculty-spotlights\" data-autochange=\"4\">\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-0>Joyce N. Bennett<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-0' name='spotlight' value='0'  checked='checked'>\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-0-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/250605_Portraits_1045-1-1.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Winter <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Joyce Bennett featured in EL PA\u00cdS<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p>Associate Professor of Anthropology <strong>Joyce Bennett<\/strong> was quoted extensively in <a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/planeta-futuro\/2025-12-22\/las-bordadoras-mayas-reclaman-derechos-para-sus-huipiles-apropiados-por-grandes-marcas.html\">an <em>EL PA\u00cdS<\/em> story<\/a> Dec. 22 about Maya weavers fighting back against the appropriation of their ancestral designs by global manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne woman told me she could still feel her mother\u2019s hands over hers when she wove,\u201d Bennett told <em>EL PA\u00cdS<\/em> reporter Ana Rodr\u00edguez \u00c1lvarez. \u201cThat is the spirituality behind the textile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bennett, who chairs the Anthropology department, has done extensive research on Maya women in Guatemala, tracking their attempts to protect their traditional weavings through intellectual property rights. The National Women\u2019s Weaving Movement of Guatemala has been pushing back on the way national and international manufacturers, often fast fashion brands, have reproduced traditional designs without recognizing their creators or paying them for their designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGlobal fashion wants inspiration,\u201d Bennett told <em>EL PA\u00cdS<\/em>.&nbsp; \u201cBut what it often does is extraction. They take designs that have been collectively protected for centuries and register them as their own. It is a silent but devastating violence.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-1>Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-1' name='spotlight' value='1' >\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-1-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-24-at-11.06.02-AM.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Fall <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia\u2019s film funding success highlighted in &#8216;Deadline&#8217;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p>News of Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture&nbsp;<strong>Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia<\/strong>\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundance.org\/blogs\/2025-sundance-institute-documentary-fund-grantees-revealed\/\">Sundance Documentary Fund<\/a>&nbsp;grant of $50,000 to finish her film&nbsp;<em>How to Clean a House in Ten Easy Steps&nbsp;<\/em>was covered in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/09\/sundance-documentary-fund-grantees-2025-unveiled-1236552337\/\"><em>Deadline<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em>The Sundance Institute funded 32 projects this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August,&nbsp;<em>Deadline<\/em>&nbsp;covered Gonzalez Valencia\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/points-north-institute-2025-artists-programs-1236499818\/\">Points North Fellowship<\/a>, which supports filmmakers in developing their pitches, and invites them to present their works in progress to a panel of funders and distributors at Camden International Film Festival. The film, which is being shot in the U.S., Colombia, and Mexico, is a \u201chybrid documentary\u201d in which a domestic worker and her filmmaker daughter co-create the fictional character of a writer to uncover the slippage between truth and fantasy. It tells a story about immigration, labor, dreams, and the power of fiction to spark emancipation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-2>Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-2' name='spotlight' value='2' >\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-2-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/Aleks-Diamond-Stanic-900x600.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Winter <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic talks &#8220;Winter light&#8221; with Maine Calling<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p>Associate Professor of Physics and Chair of Physics and Astronomy, Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic was a guest\u00a0 on <em>Maine Calling<\/em> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainepublic.org\/show\/maine-calling\/2025-12-19\/winter-light\">a show on \u201cWinter Light\u201d<\/a> on Dec. 19, 2025 in advance of the winter solstice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diamond-Stanic, whose research focuses on the evolution of galaxies and the growth of supermassive black holes through cosmic time, was joined on panel by Sarah Tuttle, host and producer of Maine Public Classical and Jessica Miller, host of Weekend Edition and radio operations announcer for Maine Public.\u00a0His job? Explaining the science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he also spoke on the way the approaching solstice is celebrated in his native Serbian culture. He described Slava as a way to celebrate something that we are all experiencing but do not have control over. \u201cComing together in moments of otherwise darkness to bring light is really human [tendency],\u201d Diamond-Stanic says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-3>Francesco G. Duina<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-3' name='spotlight' value='3' >\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-3-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/12\/251104_Francesco_Duina_Class_1216-900x600.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Fall <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Francesco Duina, professor of sociology, was featured on\u00a0Maine Calling\u00a0on December 2.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p><strong>Francesco Duina<\/strong>, professor of sociology, was featured on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainepublic.org\/show\/maine-calling\/2025-12-02\/economic-inequality\">Maine Calling<\/a>\u00a0on December 2. Duina\u2019s new book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/13\/the-logics-of-acceptance-francesco-duina-in-conversation-about-his-new-book-and-the-sociology-of-economic-inequality\/\">The Social Acceptance of Inequality: On the Logics of a More Unequal World<\/a>\u00a0analyzes the ways in which people think about economic inequality\u2014and the reasoning that leads many to accept the disparities around us. Co-edited with Luca Storti, an associate professor of economic sociology at the University of Turin, Italy, Duina\u2019s collection includes voices from across the globe contributing their perspectives on why we justify and accept economic inequality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-4>Stephanie Kelley-Romano<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-4' name='spotlight' value='4' >\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-4-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB_kelley-romano-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Fall <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Stephanie Kelley-Romano talks teaching conspiracy rhetoric on Chronicle of Higher Education podcast<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p>Stephanie Kelley-Romano, professor of rhetoric, film and screen studies, was featured on <em>The<\/em> <em>Chronicle of Higher Education\u2019s <\/em>podcast <em>College Matters, <\/em>a<em> <\/em>series that examines \u201chow higher education pushes students to wrestle with big ideas.\u201d Kelley-Romano\u2019s popular course, \u201cConspiracy Rhetoric: Power, Politics and Popular Culture,\u201d was highlighted in the podcast episode \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/podcast\/college-matters-from-the-chronicle\/course-catalog-decoding-and-fighting-conspiracy-theories\">Course Catalog: Decoding \u2014 and Fighting \u2014 Conspiracy Theories<\/a>\u201d as one of\u00a0 \u201cthe most intriguing and popular courses on the nation\u2019s college campuses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cConspiracy Rhetoric,\u201d which Kelley-Romano is teaching again this fall, focuses on the ways that rhetoric \u2014 the art of effective (and often persuasive) communication \u2014&nbsp; shapes conspiracy theories. Kelley-Romano explains that \u201cwhen students understand how things function rhetorically, then they can see and create rhetorical campaigns.\u201d She told the <em>Chronicle<\/em> that the course often helps students understand that \u201cwhen more people have more rights and more support, the entire society does better.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/category\/faculty-in-the-news\/\">More Headlines<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inside the Classroom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore six randomly selected courses from this academic year \u2014 refreshed with every page reload.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"course-teaser-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"course-teasers _columns-3\" style=\"--displayColumns:3;\">\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"92\" height=\"109\" alt=\"Photo of Sylvia A. Federico\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2019\/09\/Sylvia-cropped2.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-3175\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"ENG121L\">Modern Short Stories<\/h5>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-term\">Winter Semester 2026<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-faculty\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"_label\">Taught by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/sylvia-a-federico\/\">Sylvia A. Federico<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">A study of the short story and novella as characteristic twentieth-century genres, with a brief introduction to works in the nineteenth century. The course focuses on both &#8220;classic&#8221; and contemporary texts by writers selected from among Anton Chekhov, Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, D. H. Lawrence, David Leavitt, W. S. Maugham, Katherine Mansfield,  Susan Minot, Shani Mootoo, Susan Sontag, Guy Vanderhaeghe, and Virginia Woolf. Students experiment with writing a short story.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Emma Ianni\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/04\/Ianni_Headshot-267x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-7925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/04\/Ianni_Headshot-267x300.webp 267w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/04\/Ianni_Headshot-768x862.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/04\/Ianni_Headshot-559x628.jpg 559w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/04\/Ianni_Headshot-178x200.webp 178w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/04\/Ianni_Headshot.webp 775w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"GRK303\">Violence, Gender, and the Social Contract in Ancient Greece<\/h5>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-term\">Fall Semester 2026<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-faculty\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"_label\">Taught by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/emma-ianni\/\">Emma Ianni<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course covers the same material as GRK 203 but is designed for students who have completed two or more years of college-level Greek. May be repeated with permission of the instructor.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" alt=\"Photo of Jonathan J. Cavallero\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/web_jcavallero2web-224x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/web_jcavallero2web-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/web_jcavallero2web-224x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/web_jcavallero2web-224x300-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"RFSS457\">Senior Thesis<\/h5>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-term\">Fall Semester 2026<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-faculty\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"_label\">Taught by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/jonathan-j-cavallero\/\">Jonathan J. Cavallero<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">A substantial academic or artistic project. Students register for RFSS 457 in the fall semester. Majors writing an honors thesis register for both RFSS 457 and 458.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Mara C. Tieken\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/mtieken_headshot2-200x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-2295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/mtieken_headshot2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/mtieken_headshot2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/mtieken_headshot2-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/mtieken_headshot2-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/mtieken_headshot2.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"EDUC380-SOC380\">Education, Reform, and Politics<\/h5>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-term\">Fall Semester 2026<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-faculty\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"_label\">Taught by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/mara-c-tieken\/\">Mara C. Tieken<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">The United States has experienced more than three centuries of growth and change in the organization of public education. This course examines 1) contemporary reform issues and political processes in relation to school, research, legal, policymaking, and student\/family constituencies and 2) how educational policy is formulated and implemented. The study of these areas emphasizes public K-12 education but includes postsecondary education. Examples of specific educational policy arenas include school choice (e.g., charter schools, magnet schools, and vouchers), school funding, standards and accountability, and college access. A thirty-hour field experience is required. Prerequisite(s): EDUC 231.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Mary T. Rice-DeFosse\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/IMG_1589-257x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-3576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/IMG_1589-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/IMG_1589-770x900.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/IMG_1589-768x897.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/IMG_1589-1315x1536.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/IMG_1589-1753x2048.jpg 1753w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/IMG_1589-171x200.jpg 171w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/IMG_1589.jpg 1846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"FRE102\">Migrations Francophones: Elementary French II<\/h5>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-term\">Winter Semester 2026<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-faculty\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"_label\">Taught by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/mary-t-rice-defosse\/\">Mary T. Rice-DeFosse<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">A direct continuation of FRE 101 and also intended for students with no more than three years of French in high school or the equivalent. In this second semester introductory course, students concentrate on further developing vocabulary, grammar, writing skills, and comprehension of French and Francophone cultures with short readings, films, and other cultural media. 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Working independently, students carry out advanced experiments designed to introduce important techniques in modern organic and inorganic chemistry. Concepts covered include advanced preparation methods (such as multi-step synthesis, purification, and crystallization) and characterization techniques (such as spectroscopy, scattering, and microscopy). In addition, students gain hands-on experience with a variety of instrumentation. Emphasis is placed on proper techniques in laboratory work, safety, waste handling, and communicating experimental approaches and results. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 218.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><\/aside>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"in-the-news\">Scholarship in Action<\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"faculty-aggregator-container\">\n\t<div class=\"is-style-default faculty-aggregator\" style=\"--story-count:6\">\t<a class=\"_story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/21\/explore-the-breadth-of-student-research-at-mount-david-summit\/\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260410_Mount_David_Summit_0941-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260410_Mount_David_Summit_0941-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260410_Mount_David_Summit_0941-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260410_Mount_David_Summit_0941-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260410_Mount_David_Summit_0941-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260410_Mount_David_Summit_0941-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260410_Mount_David_Summit_0941.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Apr 21, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Explore the breadth of student research at Mount David Summit<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Stephanie Kelley-Romano<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"_story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/21\/shankar-vedantam-offers-fireside-chat-on-dialogue-across-differences\/\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260402_BOND_Shankar_Vedantam_8231-e1776788584477-400x135.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260402_BOND_Shankar_Vedantam_8231-e1776788584477-400x135.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260402_BOND_Shankar_Vedantam_8231-e1776788584477-900x305.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260402_BOND_Shankar_Vedantam_8231-e1776788584477-1200x406.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260402_BOND_Shankar_Vedantam_8231-e1776788584477-1536x520.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260402_BOND_Shankar_Vedantam_8231-e1776788584477-200x68.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/260402_BOND_Shankar_Vedantam_8231-e1776788584477.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Apr 21, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Shankar Vedantam offers fireside chat on dialogue across differences<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Elena G. 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Nero<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"_story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/2026\/04\/16\/geneva-laurita-receives-dreyfus-foundation-teacher-scholar-award\/\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/187\/files\/2021\/12\/Carrie-Diaz-Eaton-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Associate Professor Carrie Diaz Eaton teaches in front of a chalkboard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/187\/files\/2021\/12\/Carrie-Diaz-Eaton-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/187\/files\/2021\/12\/Carrie-Diaz-Eaton-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/187\/files\/2021\/12\/Carrie-Diaz-Eaton-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/187\/files\/2021\/12\/Carrie-Diaz-Eaton.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 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