{"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\/courtney-p-smith\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Courtney P. Smith\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Headshot_2024-240x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-6185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Headshot_2024-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Headshot_2024-502x628.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Headshot_2024-160x200.webp 160w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Headshot_2024.webp 614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Courtney P. Smith<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor of Theater<\/p>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/liana-brent\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Liana Brent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/240822_Classical_Medieval_Studies_Hat_0078-e1756225190708-311x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-7475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/240822_Classical_Medieval_Studies_Hat_0078-e1756225190708-311x300.webp 311w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/240822_Classical_Medieval_Studies_Hat_0078-e1756225190708-900x867.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/240822_Classical_Medieval_Studies_Hat_0078-e1756225190708-768x740.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/240822_Classical_Medieval_Studies_Hat_0078-e1756225190708-652x628.jpg 652w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/240822_Classical_Medieval_Studies_Hat_0078-e1756225190708-200x193.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/240822_Classical_Medieval_Studies_Hat_0078-e1756225190708.webp 1228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Liana Brent<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Assistant Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies<\/p>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/joyce-n-bennett\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"270\" alt=\"Photo of Joyce N. Bennett\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/S8A0466-400x270.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-6572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/S8A0466-400x270.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/S8A0466-900x607.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/S8A0466-768x518.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/S8A0466-931x628.jpg 931w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/S8A0466-1536x1037.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/S8A0466-200x135.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/S8A0466.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Joyce N. Bennett<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor of Anthropology<\/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>Stephanie Kelley-Romano<\/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\/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\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-1>Joyce N. Bennett<\/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\/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-2>Francesco G. Duina<\/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\/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-3>Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic<\/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\/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-4>Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia<\/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\/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<\/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=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Anamika Sen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/Headshot-small-400x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-7368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/Headshot-small-400x300.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/Headshot-small-900x675.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/Headshot-small-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/Headshot-small-837x628.jpg 837w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/Headshot-small-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/Headshot-small-200x150.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/Headshot-small.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"ECON270\">Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory<\/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\/anamika-sen\/\">Anamika Sen<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This study of national income determination includes movements involving consumption, saving, investment, demand for money, supply of money, interest rates, price levels, wage rates, and unemployment. Monetary policy, fiscal policy, inflation, and growth models are considered. Recommended background: any introductory economics course from ECON 150-199. Prerequisite(s): MATH 105, 106, 205, or 206.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Cheryl A. Stephenson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/Photo-on-5-6-25-at-3.08\u202fPM-2-2-329x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-7268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/Photo-on-5-6-25-at-3.08\u202fPM-2-2-329x300.webp 329w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/Photo-on-5-6-25-at-3.08\u202fPM-2-2-900x821.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/Photo-on-5-6-25-at-3.08\u202fPM-2-2-768x700.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/Photo-on-5-6-25-at-3.08\u202fPM-2-2-689x628.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/Photo-on-5-6-25-at-3.08\u202fPM-2-2-200x182.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/Photo-on-5-6-25-at-3.08\u202fPM-2-2.webp 1533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"FYS597\">Pioneers, Punks, and Protestors: East European Youth Culture<\/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\/cheryl-a-stephenson\/\">Cheryl A. Stephenson<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">What did life look like for young people in communist Eastern Europe? How did their lives change when communist regimes collapsed? What kinds of hopes and fears were young people expressing through all of these changes? This course explores youth culture in Eastern Europe from the early twentieth century to the present. Working with primary documents, students examine the ways youth use their voices to engage with political and social pressures and changes through revolutions, dictatorships, wars, and regime changes. Students build their understanding of how writing and other forms of expression serve as tools to understand, navigate, and disrupt challenging political and social environments. In response, students develop skills in using their own voices to critically engage with sources ranging from state-sponsored ideology to personal narratives.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Sarah B. Lynch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2022\/08\/Selfie-225x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-7708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2022\/08\/Selfie-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2022\/08\/Selfie-675x900.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2022\/08\/Selfie-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2022\/08\/Selfie-471x628.jpg 471w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2022\/08\/Selfie-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2022\/08\/Selfie-150x200.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2022\/08\/Selfie.webp 1439w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"FYS588\">Medieval Disasters<\/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\/sarah-b-lynch\/\">Sarah B. Lynch<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">The Middle Ages (c. 400\u2013c. 1500) is often associated with disasters and the idea that famine, flood, plague, and other natural calamities stalked through the period. While such events were, in truth, the exception rather than the norm, this seminar introduces students to a range of natural disasters, from localized tornadoes to pandemics that devastated continents. We explore different types of written and visual sources that record natural disasters, focusing on close reading and analysis. Most importantly, we consider how medieval individuals and communities responded to forces beyond their control. Some turned to religious and supernatural relief, others visited their fear and anxieties on vulnerable groups, while others were inspired to create great works of art or institute effective disaster management policies. Throughout, students will experiment with writing in a variety of historical and contemporary genres.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" alt=\"Photo of Asha K. Tamirisa\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2019\/07\/unnamed-400x267.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-5223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2019\/07\/unnamed-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2019\/07\/unnamed-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2019\/07\/unnamed-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2019\/07\/unnamed-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2019\/07\/unnamed-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2019\/07\/unnamed-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2019\/07\/unnamed.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"MUS218\">Soundscapes: Recording and Designing Sound<\/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\/asha-k-tamirisa\/\">Asha K. Tamirisa<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course focuses on the creative acts of recording and sound design. Technical topics covered include recording (both studio and experimental techniques), microphone placement, editing and mixing in REAPER (an open source software), effects and digital processing, and sound design for stereo and multitrack speaker arrays. Creative assignments improve listening skills, foreground aural experience, increase awareness of sonic environments, and sharpen skills related to the use of sound as a sensory and communication medium. Listening and reading assignments support creative and technical concepts covered. Students generate three to four new, original sound-based works during the course of the semester, one of which is refined for a final public listening session. Recommended background: interest in or experience with music, sound, or digital media.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Emily W. Kane\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/EWK-picture-from-2018-Mt-David-e1581434462335-329x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-3356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/EWK-picture-from-2018-Mt-David-e1581434462335-329x300.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/EWK-picture-from-2018-Mt-David-e1581434462335-900x820.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/EWK-picture-from-2018-Mt-David-e1581434462335-768x700.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/EWK-picture-from-2018-Mt-David-e1581434462335-200x182.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/EWK-picture-from-2018-Mt-David-e1581434462335.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"SOC104\">Contemporary Social Problems: Sociological Perspectives<\/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\/emily-w-kane\/\">Emily W. Kane<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">An introduction to sociology through the study of contemporary social problems. Topics include inequalities of income, wealth, housing, education, and health as well as related social problems such as systemic racism, crime, poverty, homelessness, and climate change. With a particular focus on how sociologists study the process through which social conditions become defined as problems, the way various stakeholders frame those problems, and their potential solutions, students explore sociology in general and the social construction of social problems in particular. This exploration includes readings, class discussions, and community-engaged learning with local organizations addressing social problems.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"166\" alt=\"Photo of Andrew M. Mountcastle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/Mountcastle-mug-2016-small-200x166-1.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-3706\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"BIO472\">Collaborative Thesis in Physiology\/Lab<\/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\/andrew-m-mountcastle\/\">Andrew M. Mountcastle<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">Laboratory or library study of a current research topic in physiology. A topic is selected with reference to the research interests of the instructor. Prerequisite(s): BIO 206.<\/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\/05\/01\/a-short-term-full-of-big-ideas-explore-courses-in-cooking-business-test-prep-and-more\/\">\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\/05\/250521_Short_Term_Showcase_0587-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/250521_Short_Term_Showcase_0587-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/250521_Short_Term_Showcase_0587-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/250521_Short_Term_Showcase_0587-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/250521_Short_Term_Showcase_0587-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/250521_Short_Term_Showcase_0587-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/250521_Short_Term_Showcase_0587.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">May 1, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">A Short Term long on learning: Explore wide-ranging course offerings<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Brecia A. Despard<\/span> <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Mary T. Rice-DeFosse<\/span> <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Shreya Arora<\/span> <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Lucy C. Britt<\/span> <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Frances R. Bell<\/span> <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Amanda R. Lindsay<\/span> <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Susan A. Dewsnap<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"_story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/30\/two-english-faculty-awarded-guggenheim-fellowship\/\">\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\/140507_Politics_0081-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/140507_Politics_0081-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/140507_Politics_0081-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/04\/140507_Politics_0081.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Apr 30, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Two English faculty awarded Guggenheim Fellowships<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Jessica L. 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Hardy<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\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\/2026\/04\/240516_Chemistry_The_Arts_0011_WP-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/187\/files\/2026\/04\/240516_Chemistry_The_Arts_0011_WP-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/187\/files\/2026\/04\/240516_Chemistry_The_Arts_0011_WP-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/187\/files\/2026\/04\/240516_Chemistry_The_Arts_0011_WP-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/187\/files\/2026\/04\/240516_Chemistry_The_Arts_0011_WP-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/187\/files\/2026\/04\/240516_Chemistry_The_Arts_0011_WP-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/187\/files\/2026\/04\/240516_Chemistry_The_Arts_0011_WP-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/187\/files\/2026\/04\/240516_Chemistry_The_Arts_0011_WP.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Apr 16, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Geneva Laurita receives Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Geneva Laurita<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"_story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/2026\/04\/16\/carrie-diaz-eaton-receives-continued-funding-from-hewlett-foundation\/\">\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) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Apr 16, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Carrie Diaz Eaton receives continued funding from Hewlett Foundation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Carrie Diaz Eaton<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a><\/div><\/section>\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\/scholarship-in-action\/\">More Scholarship in Action<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<style data-is=\"custom-styles\" class=\"wp-block-bates-page-specific-css-css\">.wp-block-group.is-style-blue-bg {\n  .wp-block-group__inner-container {\n    .wp-block-buttons {\n      .wp-block-button.is-style-white-button {\n        a {\n          color: var(--colorGarnet_bright);\n        }\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n\/* ._story-date {display:none !important; } *\/<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Our Faculty Explore a daily rotation of Bates faculty. 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