{"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":"\t<form class=\"profile-search\" method=\"get\" id=\"fac-profile-searchform\" action=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/\">\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_fpsearch-nonce\" name=\"_fpsearch-nonce\" value=\"f6a5cb03d9\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4998\" \/>\n\t\t<h1>Faculty Search<\/h1>\n\t\t<label class=\"screen-reader-text\" for=\"fp-search-main-input\">Search for:<\/label>\n\t\t<input type=\"text\" placeholder=\"Enter name, field, or subject area\" name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\" id=\"fp-search-main-input\" \/> \n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"faculty-profile-search\" value=\"1\" \/> \n\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Search\">\n\t<\/form>\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 wp-block-paragraph\">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\/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\/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>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/mary-t-rice-defosse\/\">\n\t\t<figure><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\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Mary T. Rice-DeFosse<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor of French and Francophone Studies<\/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>Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia<\/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\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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-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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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>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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&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-89b4c9e9 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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=\"267\" alt=\"Photo of Jennifer L. Koviach-C\u00f4t\u00e9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/160914_Portrait_Session_086-400x267.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-4546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/160914_Portrait_Session_086-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/160914_Portrait_Session_086-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/160914_Portrait_Session_086-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/160914_Portrait_Session_086-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/160914_Portrait_Session_086-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/160914_Portrait_Session_086.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"CHEM217\">Organic Chemistry I\/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\/jennifer-l-koviach-cote\/\">Jennifer L. Koviach-C\u00f4t\u00e9<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">An introduction to organic chemistry. Topics include bonding, structure, stereochemistry, and nomenclature; reactions of alkyl halides; and spectroscopic methods. Laboratory: three hours per week.  Prerequisite(s): CHEM 108.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Gina A. Fatone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/IMG_7646-e1472740870617-278x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-1373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/IMG_7646-e1472740870617-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/IMG_7646-e1472740870617-185x200.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/IMG_7646-e1472740870617.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"MUS392\">Community-Engaged Music and Well-being<\/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\/gina-a-fatone\/\">Gina A. Fatone<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">Among a variety of functions, musical experiences contribute distinctively to well-being across our lifespan. This course introduces students to historical and contemporary ideas about relationships between music and well-being from scientific and humanistic perspectives, and provides a community-engaged research experience through which students assess such ideas in the lives of others with cultural and personal histories different from their own. Working with community partners, and engaging relevant methodologies from oral history and applied ethnomusicology, students co-construct life &#8220;soundtracks&#8221; with a cross-generational circle of Lewiston-Auburn residents, helping to understand the sociohistorical embeddedness and highly personalized semiotic density of selected musical tracks. Recommended background: MU\/PY 253; course work in music, health, or psychology; or community-engaged learning or research experience.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Mollie B. Woodworth\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/250708_headshot-300x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-7348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/250708_headshot-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/250708_headshot-900x900.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/250708_headshot-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/250708_headshot-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/250708_headshot-628x628.jpg 628w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/250708_headshot-1536x1536.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/250708_headshot-200x200.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/250708_headshot.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"CHEM457\">Senior Research and Seminar<\/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\/mollie-b-woodworth\/\">Mollie B. Woodworth<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">A laboratory or library research study in an area of interest under the supervision of a member of the department. Each senior major delivers one presentation on the research for each thesis credit. Students register for CHEM 457 in the fall semester. Majors writing an honors thesis register for both CHEM 457 and 458.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Marina Filipovic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/marina-1-e1762562611494-365x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-7704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/marina-1-e1762562611494-365x300.webp 365w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/marina-1-e1762562611494-900x739.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/marina-1-e1762562611494-768x631.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/marina-1-e1762562611494-765x628.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/marina-1-e1762562611494-200x164.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2021\/07\/marina-1-e1762562611494.webp 1203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"EUS247-RUSS247\">Contemporary Russia on Film<\/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\/marina-filipovic\/\">Marina Filipovic<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">The course engages students with contemporary Russia through cinema and discusses a European culture that is, at the same time, non-Western in its political make-up. Topics discussed include the colonial center and its contemporary political and cultural ambitions, imperial periphery and Russia\u2019s &#8220;quiet others,&#8221; the Russian Idea in New Auteurism, Putin\u2019s blockbusters, Russia\u2019s alterities (minorities, sexualities, taboo Russia), Global Russia (the United States, Europe, Russia, and Ukraine). Conducted in English.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Erica Rand\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/black-skates-cropped-small-169x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/black-skates-cropped-small-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/black-skates-cropped-small-506x900.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/black-skates-cropped-small-112x200.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/black-skates-cropped-small.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"AVC287-GSS287\">Picturing Gender<\/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\/erica-rand\/\">Erica Rand<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">So much about how we understand gender depends on how we picture it. Is evidence about gender inside or outside? What do we, and can we, see or envision? How are interconnected matters such as race and sexuality involved? This course considers the visual aspects of gender, using a wide range of objects and activities ranging from art and pop culture to the pleasures and politics of everyday life.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"239\" alt=\"Photo of Michael Sargent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEBmsargent.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEBmsargent.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEBmsargent-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEBmsargent-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"PSYC457C\">Senior Thesis\/Theoretical Review and Integration<\/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\/michael-sargent\/\">Michael Sargent<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This type of thesis involves a comprehensive and critical review of extant literature using resources available in Ladd Library and supplemented by individual conferences with an advisor. Students register for PSYC 457C in the fall semester. Majors writing a two-semester or honors thesis register for both PSYC 457C and 458C. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 261 or 262.<\/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\/grants\/2026\/06\/23\/tristan-koepke-receives-funding-from-the-maine-humanities-council-clone\/\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Jun 23, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Dylan Freas receives funding from the American Chemical Society<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Dylan J. Freas<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"_story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/2026\/06\/23\/tristan-koepke-receives-funding-from-the-maine-humanities-council\/\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Jun 23, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Tristan Koepke receives funding from the Maine Humanities Council<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Tristan E. Koepke<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"_story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/grants\/2026\/06\/23\/ifrah-shahi-receives-nih-maine-inbre-research-award\/\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Jun 23, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Ifrah Shahi receives NIH Maine INBRE Research Award<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Ifrah Shahi<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"_story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/18\/short-term-course-invites-batesies-to-exit-through-the-gift-shop\/\">\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\/06\/260519_The_Gift_Shop_00894-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/260519_The_Gift_Shop_00894-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/260519_The_Gift_Shop_00894-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/260519_The_Gift_Shop_00894-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/260519_The_Gift_Shop_00894-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/260519_The_Gift_Shop_00894-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/260519_The_Gift_Shop_00894.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Jun 18, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Exiting through the gift shop via Short Term course<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Erin H. 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Tieken<\/span> <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Jonathan J. Cavallero<\/span> <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Elena G. 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