{"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=\"ebb5dabd74\" \/><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\/andy-e-ricci\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Andy E. Ricci\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/andy_july_2024-225x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-6293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/andy_july_2024-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/andy_july_2024-675x900.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/andy_july_2024-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/andy_july_2024-471x628.jpg 471w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/andy_july_2024-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/andy_july_2024-150x200.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/andy_july_2024.webp 1439w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Andy E. Ricci<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Assistant Professor of Digital and Computational Studies<\/p>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/leshui-he\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" alt=\"Photo of Leshui He\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005-400x267.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-4414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005.jpeg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Leshui He<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor of Economics<\/p>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/alison-melnick\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Alison Melnick\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB150818_Alison_Melnick_0004-LO-900x600-300x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB150818_Alison_Melnick_0004-LO-900x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB150818_Alison_Melnick_0004-LO-900x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB150818_Alison_Melnick_0004-LO-900x600-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB150818_Alison_Melnick_0004-LO-900x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Alison Melnick<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor of Religious 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>Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-0' name='spotlight' value='0'  checked='checked'>\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-0-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/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-1>Mara C. Tieken<\/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\/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-2>Myronn E. Hardy<\/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\/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\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-3>Jessica L. Anthony<\/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\/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-4>Jonathan J. Cavallero<\/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\/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<\/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=\"287\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Rafael Alexandre Mello\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-06-at-17.16.33-287x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-6221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-06-at-17.16.33-287x300.webp 287w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-06-at-17.16.33-861x900.webp 861w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-06-at-17.16.33-768x802.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-06-at-17.16.33-601x628.jpg 601w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-06-at-17.16.33-191x200.webp 191w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-06-at-17.16.33.webp 1158w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"ENVR228-LALS228-PLTC228\">Latin America Debates Dependency and Development<\/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\/rafael-alexandre-mello\/\">Rafael Alexandre Mello<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">The history of Latin American and Caribbean political development is also a history of how the region grappled with struggles for economic development and autonomy in relation to the more powerful Western states. This course surveys the progression of the dependency-development debate by contextualizing it within the Cold War context and beyond. The intellectual debate centers on elaborating a prognosis and solutions to the problem of dependency and underdevelopment. The course will cover (1) the roots of underdevelopment and its interconnectedness to the topics of reform\/revolution, socialism\/fascism\/capitalism, and democracy\/authoritarianism; (2) historical events that enabled and\/or inhibited different socio-political experiments; and (3) contemporary issues that touch on this debate, such as neo-extractivism, China\u2019s growing influence, and regional ecological degradation. Recommended background: Prior coursework focusing on Latin America, development, and\/or political\/social theo&hellip;<\/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=\"NRSC160-PSYC160\">Introduction to Neuroscience<\/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\">In this course, students learn how the structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous systems support mind and behavior. Topics include neuroanatomy, developmental neurobiology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and neuropsychiatry. The course is designed for prospective majors and nonmajors who are interested in exploring a field in which biology and psychology merge, and to which many other disciplines have contributed. Offered at least once every semester. Not open to students who have received credit for PSYC 215.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" alt=\"Photo of Jessica L. Anthony\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/51029311-400x266.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-7413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/51029311-400x266.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/51029311-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/51029311.webp 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"ENG391\">Advanced Fiction Writing<\/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\/jessica-l-anthony\/\">Jessica L. Anthony<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course offers advanced study in the art of fiction writing. Members of this workshop move beyond the fundamentals to interrogate more complex aspects of craft, including voice, irony, style, abstraction, subtext, and gesture. Students produce a portfolio of original fiction, with an emphasis on sustained revision, clarity, precision, and the development of an individual creative practice. Prerequisite(s): English 291.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<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\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"ANTH457\">Senior Thesis<\/h5>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-term\">Fall Semester 2026<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-faculty\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"_label\">Taught by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/joyce-n-bennett\/\">Joyce N. Bennett<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">Students participate in individual and group conferences in connection with the writing of the senior thesis. Majors writing an honors thesis register for ANTH 457 in the fall semester and 458 in the winter semester. Prerequisite(s): approval by the department of a thesis prospectus prior to registration.<\/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 Leshui He\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005-400x267.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-4414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/150825_Leshui_He_0005.jpeg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"ECON306\">Economics of Strategies in Firms and Markets<\/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\/leshui-he\/\">Leshui He<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course investigates the economics of strategies between and within firms. 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