{"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":"2026-07-24T15:25:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:25:37","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=\"243f404044\" \/><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\/susan-a-stark\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Susan A. Stark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Stark-headshot-April-2026-324x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-7994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Stark-headshot-April-2026-324x300.webp 324w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Stark-headshot-April-2026-900x834.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Stark-headshot-April-2026-768x712.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Stark-headshot-April-2026-677x628.jpg 677w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Stark-headshot-April-2026-1536x1424.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Stark-headshot-April-2026-200x185.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Stark-headshot-April-2026.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Susan A. Stark<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor of Philosophy<\/p>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/aleksandar-m-diamond-stanic\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/FDiamondStanicA-200x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-5079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/FDiamondStanicA-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/FDiamondStanicA-600x900.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/FDiamondStanicA-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/FDiamondStanicA-1024x1536.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/FDiamondStanicA-133x200.webp 133w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/FDiamondStanicA-419x628.jpg 419w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/FDiamondStanicA.webp 1279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor of Physics<\/p>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/patricia-s-buck\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Patricia S. Buck\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Pbuck-e1442840435202-241x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Pbuck-e1442840435202-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Pbuck-e1442840435202-161x200.jpg 161w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Pbuck-e1442840435202.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Patricia S. Buck<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor of Education<\/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>Mara C. Tieken<\/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\/07\/250116_Mara_Tieken_Classroom_1557-900x600.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Summer <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Mara Tieken featured in\u00a0Inside Higher Education, Education Week<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For an opinion piece, headlined \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/opinion\/columns\/editors-note\/2026\/05\/28\/rural-students-made-it-campus-now-what\">Rural Students Made It to Campus. Now What?<\/a>,\u201d<em> Inside Higher Education <\/em>Editor-in-Chief Sara Custer drew inspiration from Professor of Education Mara Tieken\u2019s work&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tieken advocates for colleges to rethink how they support rural students once they arrive on campuses far from their homes, not just in terms of miles, but in cultural markers. \u201cWe don\u2019t have that vocabulary for how geography matters,\u201d Tieken told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/podcasts\/key-podcast\/2026\/05\/13\/ep-198-hidden-challenges-rural-students-face-mara-tieken\">&nbsp;IHE in its podcast <em>The Key<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a June 11 <em>Education Week<\/em> story headlined \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/closing-a-school-dont-expect-to-save-money-a-new-study-warns\/2026\/06\">Closing a School? Don\u2019t Expect to Save Money, a New Study Warns<\/a>,\u201d Tieken said, \u201cThe assumption is just so baked into the logic of closure decisions that it\u2019s assumed closures will save money, so it can be really hard for leaders to combat that thinking. This is a really important piece of evidence as districts navigate these conversations and decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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>Jessica L. Anthony<\/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\/2015\/08\/51029311.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Summer <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Jessica Anthony &#8217;96 Guggenheim Fellowship featured in Portland Press Herald<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/04\/15\/3-mainers-win-guggenheim-fellowships\/?copylink=true\">\u00a0Portland Press Herald<\/a> reported that Jessica Anthony &#8217;96, senior lecturer in English, was one of three Mainers to win the Guggenheim Fellowship for 2026. Fellowships were awarded to 223 people working across 55 fields, according to a release from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Nearly 5,000 people had applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jess Anthony is the author of four novels, including\u00a0<em>The Most,<\/em>\u00a0which was longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction in 2024.\u00a0\u00a0Her 2020 novel \u201cEnter the Aardvark\u201d was a finalist for the New England Book Award in fiction. Anthony teaches introductory and advanced fiction and nonfiction workshops and advises students writing creative theses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read more about Bates\u2019 two faculty winners\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/30\/two-english-faculty-awarded-guggenheim-fellowship\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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>Jonathan J. Cavallero<\/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\/07\/260325_FilmFestivalStudies_Cavallero_0065-1-900x600.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Summer <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Jon Cavallero appears on News Center Maine for the Bates Film Festival\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>News Center Maine<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscentermaine.com\/article\/news\/local\/207\/the-2026-bates-film-festival-opens-this-week-in-maine\/97-7b48f27c-9678-48c5-802b-578d07f2ec76\">interviewed Bates Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Jon Cavallero<\/a>, along with students Shelter Gimbel-Sherr \u201927 of Seattle and Nate Shore \u201927 of Kennebunkport, Maine, about the 2026 Bates Film Festival. The festival ran from May 12 to 17 and was organized by Bates students in Cavallero\u2019s Short Term course.\u00a0\u201cThe basic idea is to have students involved in every aspect of the festival\u2019s planning and execution,\u201d Cavallero told <em>News Center Maine<\/em>, \u201cand to create an event that\u2019s free and open to the public.\u201d This year\u2019s festival featured over 45 films as well as panels of filmmakers, professors, and students, and included a focus on the work of Maine-based filmmakers and actors.\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>Myronn E. Hardy<\/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\/2026\/07\/221117_Myronn_Hardy_Portrait_3620-900x600.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Summer <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Myronn E. Hardy Guggenheim highlighted in Portland Press Herald<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Myronn Hardy, associate professor of English, was one of three Mainers to win the Guggenheim Fellowship for 2026 recently reported in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/04\/15\/3-mainers-win-guggenheim-fellowships\/?copylink=true\"> Portland Press Herald<\/a>.  Fellowships were awarded to 223 people working across 55 fields, according to a release from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Nearly 5,000 people had applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hardy\u2019s Guggenheim is a career prize, celebrating his body of work while supporting future endeavors. Hardy has published six volumes of poetry, most recently,\u00a0<em>Aurora Americana<\/em>.\u00a0His books have received numerous accolades including the PEN\/Oakland Josephine Miles Award, the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award, and the Griot-Stadler Prize for Poetry.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read more about Bates&#8217; two faculty winners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/30\/two-english-faculty-awarded-guggenheim-fellowship\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Anderson Moss-Weaver\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/1745521543548-300x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-8209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/1745521543548-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/1745521543548-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/1745521543548-200x200.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/1745521543548.webp 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"AFR279-MUS279-REL279\">Saints &#038; Gangsters: Hip-Hop, Black Religion, and Realness<\/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\/anderson-moss-weaver\/\">Anderson Moss-Weaver<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">What does it mean to embody the role of the saint and the gangster? Or what does it mean to hold ultimate commitments to conflicting senses of reality? This seminar is dedicated to the history, analysis, and interpretation of these conflicts in secular and sacred music in the context of African American religious life, with a focus on hip-hop\/rap. This course is, in part, a history of this conflict. Engaging with primary and secondary sources, students will become conversant in historical debates on the relationship between Black identity, African American religion, and sacred &#038; secular music. Students will also engage in philosophical explorations of Black existentialism and Black poetics, learning how to interpret rap lyrics as sources for Black theology and religious thought. This class then takes seriously the \u201creal\u201d in the hip-hop expression \u201crealness&#8221; and argues that rappers from Lauryn Hill to Kendrick Lamar have genuine epistemological claims to that very Black real.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Ashley E. Smith\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/profile-299x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-7897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/profile-299x300.webp 299w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/profile-898x900.webp 898w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/profile-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/profile-768x770.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/profile-627x628.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/profile-200x200.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/profile.webp 1437w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"AMST349-ANTH349\">Indigenous Lands and Sovereignties<\/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\/ashley-e-smith\/\">Ashley E. Smith<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course introduces students to the critical study of settler colonialism in the United States and Canada by focusing on the historic and continuing expansion of colonial and federal power into Indigenous territories. We begin in the eighteenth century in the Northeastern part of the continent, looking at early treaties in the larger context of Indian-settler relations. We then trace westward expansion in the 19th and early 20th centuries to provide a context for understanding contemporary conflicts over land, resources, and sovereignty and self-determination. This course is geared towards students with preparation in Native American Indigenous Studies (NAIS), law and\/or legal studies, and\/or U.S. empire studies. Topics include law, colonialism, and nation-building; land and memory; law, science, and the emergence of Indigenous legal identities; and environmental justice. Recommended background: ANTH 101.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Kelsey L. Kramer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/bates-faculty-profiles\/public-assets\/noimage.png\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-0\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"SOC211\">Crime, Justice, and Society<\/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\/kelsey-l-kramer\/\">Kelsey L. Kramer<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course provides a broad overview of crime and justice from a sociological perspective. Topics include why certain behaviors are deemed criminal and others are not, how and why criminal laws are developed, why some individuals break those laws, and the role of the criminal justice system in society. The course also considers theories of crime and justice, approaches to the measurement of crime, the social factors associated with crime, and media representations and public perceptions of crime and justice. Recommended background: one course in sociology.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Baltasar Fra-Molinero\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Perfil-foto-bfm-236x300.png\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-3347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Perfil-foto-bfm-236x300.png 236w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Perfil-foto-bfm-157x200.png 157w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Perfil-foto-bfm.png 355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"HISP224\">Protest and Justice<\/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\/baltasar-fra-molinero\/\">Baltasar Fra-Molinero<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">At different times and in different countries, many writers, filmmakers, and other artists from the Spanish-speaking world have felt compelled to create works that confront various types of social injustice. These range from the effects of imperialism to political repression, and often address issues of race, sexuality, gender, and class. In this course students analyze these &#8220;texts&#8221; within their respective social, political, and historical contexts. Not open to seniors. Prerequisites(s): HISP 210.<\/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 Jason B. Castro\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/jcastro-225x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-3272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/jcastro-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/jcastro-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/jcastro.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"DCS306-NRSC306-PSYC305\">Animal Learning<\/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\/jason-b-castro\/\">Jason B. Castro<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">The course examines historical and recent trends in animal learning. Topics include classical and operant conditioning, biological constraints on learning, and cognitive processes. Prerequisite(s): one of the following: NRSC\/PSYC 160 or 200, PSYC 222, 230, or 250.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" alt=\"Photo of B. Christine McDowell\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/BCMcdowell0001-300x199.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/BCMcdowell0001-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/BCMcdowell0001-300x199-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"THEA130\">Introduction to Design<\/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\/b-christine-mcdowell\/\">B. Christine McDowell<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">The creation of theater is a synthesis of text, performance, and visual imagery. This course explores how the visual aspect of theatrical design affects the way an audience perceives, feels, and responds to text and action. Students learn to use line, mass, color, and texture to communicate metaphoric and thematic ideas as they relate to the overall theatrical experience. They examine how forms of art, architecture, and music use these tools to influence and transform the audience, and build on this foundation to create a design vocabulary for theater. Students discuss how clothing, adornment, and body language influence the way individuals perceive others and present themselves. As a culminating project, students learn the fundamentals of collaborative creation, and design scenery and costumes for a  work of dramatic literature. Required of all majors. No previous art or theater training is required.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><\/aside>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"in-the-news\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">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\/08\/07\/tristan-koepke-receives-library-for-the-performing-arts-2026-dance-research-fellowship\/\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Aug 7, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Tristan Koepke receives Library for the Performing Arts 2026 Dance Research Fellowship<\/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\/news\/2026\/06\/25\/bates-faculty-win-grants-and-fellowships\/\">\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\/260531_Commencement_2532-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/260531_Commencement_2532-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/260531_Commencement_2532-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/260531_Commencement_2532-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/260531_Commencement_2532-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/260531_Commencement_2532-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/260531_Commencement_2532.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Jun 25, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Faculty and staff excellence recognized\u00a0<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Carrie Diaz Eaton<\/span> <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Emily W. Kane<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"_story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/25\/slideshow-this-month-at-bates-71\/\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/BatesReunion2026_0008-1-e1782331357393-400x187.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/BatesReunion2026_0008-1-e1782331357393-400x187.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/BatesReunion2026_0008-1-e1782331357393-900x420.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/BatesReunion2026_0008-1-e1782331357393-1200x560.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/BatesReunion2026_0008-1-e1782331357393-1536x717.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/BatesReunion2026_0008-1-e1782331357393-200x93.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/BatesReunion2026_0008-1-e1782331357393.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Jun 25, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Slideshow: This Month at Bates<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Erin H. Nolan<\/span> <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Stephanie Kelley-Romano<\/span> <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Garry W. Jenkins<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"_story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/24\/so-sweet-2026-green-grant-awardees-tap-funds-for-bates-made-maple-syrup\/\">\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\/220422_Campus_0027-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/220422_Campus_0027-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/220422_Campus_0027-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/220422_Campus_0027-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/220422_Campus_0027-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/220422_Campus_0027-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/06\/220422_Campus_0027.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Jun 24, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">So sweet: 2026 Green Grant awardees tap funds for Bates-made maple syrup<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Michael Rocque<\/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-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><\/div><\/section>\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\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Our Faculty Explore a daily rotation of Bates faculty. Three professors&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":428,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":true,"_header_override":"expanded","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"none","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-4998","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/428"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4998"}],"version-history":[{"count":133,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8126,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4998\/revisions\/8126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}