{"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\/halla-a-attallah\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"314\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Halla A. Attallah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Attallah-Photo-e1759851191524-314x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-7616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Attallah-Photo-e1759851191524-314x300.webp 314w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Attallah-Photo-e1759851191524-900x859.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Attallah-Photo-e1759851191524-768x733.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Attallah-Photo-e1759851191524-658x628.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Attallah-Photo-e1759851191524-200x191.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Attallah-Photo-e1759851191524.webp 1230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Halla A. Attallah<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Assistant Professor of Religious Studies<\/p>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/stephanie-m-pridgeon\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Stephanie M. Pridgeon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/190911_Portraits_1145-e1612733878290-315x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-3318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/190911_Portraits_1145-e1612733878290-315x300.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/190911_Portraits_1145-e1612733878290-768x732.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/190911_Portraits_1145-e1612733878290-900x857.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/190911_Portraits_1145-e1612733878290-200x191.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2016\/10\/190911_Portraits_1145-e1612733878290.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Stephanie M. Pridgeon<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies<\/p>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/erica-rand\/\">\n\t\t<figure><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\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Erica Rand<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor of Art and Visual Culture and Gender and Sexuality 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>Joyce N. Bennett<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-0' name='spotlight' value='0'  checked='checked'>\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-0-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/250605_Portraits_1045-1-1.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Winter <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Joyce Bennett featured in EL PA\u00cdS<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p>Associate Professor of Anthropology <strong>Joyce Bennett<\/strong> was quoted extensively in <a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/planeta-futuro\/2025-12-22\/las-bordadoras-mayas-reclaman-derechos-para-sus-huipiles-apropiados-por-grandes-marcas.html\">an <em>EL PA\u00cdS<\/em> story<\/a> Dec. 22 about Maya weavers fighting back against the appropriation of their ancestral designs by global manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne woman told me she could still feel her mother\u2019s hands over hers when she wove,\u201d Bennett told <em>EL PA\u00cdS<\/em> reporter Ana Rodr\u00edguez \u00c1lvarez. \u201cThat is the spirituality behind the textile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bennett, who chairs the Anthropology department, has done extensive research on Maya women in Guatemala, tracking their attempts to protect their traditional weavings through intellectual property rights. The National Women\u2019s Weaving Movement of Guatemala has been pushing back on the way national and international manufacturers, often fast fashion brands, have reproduced traditional designs without recognizing their creators or paying them for their designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGlobal fashion wants inspiration,\u201d Bennett told <em>EL PA\u00cdS<\/em>.&nbsp; \u201cBut what it often does is extraction. They take designs that have been collectively protected for centuries and register them as their own. It is a silent but devastating violence.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-1>Stephanie Kelley-Romano<\/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\/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-2>Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia<\/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\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-24-at-11.06.02-AM.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Fall <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia\u2019s film funding success highlighted in &#8216;Deadline&#8217;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p>News of Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture&nbsp;<strong>Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia<\/strong>\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundance.org\/blogs\/2025-sundance-institute-documentary-fund-grantees-revealed\/\">Sundance Documentary Fund<\/a>&nbsp;grant of $50,000 to finish her film&nbsp;<em>How to Clean a House in Ten Easy Steps&nbsp;<\/em>was covered in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/09\/sundance-documentary-fund-grantees-2025-unveiled-1236552337\/\"><em>Deadline<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em>The Sundance Institute funded 32 projects this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August,&nbsp;<em>Deadline<\/em>&nbsp;covered Gonzalez Valencia\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/points-north-institute-2025-artists-programs-1236499818\/\">Points North Fellowship<\/a>, which supports filmmakers in developing their pitches, and invites them to present their works in progress to a panel of funders and distributors at Camden International Film Festival. The film, which is being shot in the U.S., Colombia, and Mexico, is a \u201chybrid documentary\u201d in which a domestic worker and her filmmaker daughter co-create the fictional character of a writer to uncover the slippage between truth and fantasy. It tells a story about immigration, labor, dreams, and the power of fiction to spark emancipation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-3>Francesco G. Duina<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-3' name='spotlight' value='3' >\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-3-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/12\/251104_Francesco_Duina_Class_1216-900x600.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Fall <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Francesco Duina, professor of sociology, was featured on\u00a0Maine Calling\u00a0on December 2.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p><strong>Francesco Duina<\/strong>, professor of sociology, was featured on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainepublic.org\/show\/maine-calling\/2025-12-02\/economic-inequality\">Maine Calling<\/a>\u00a0on December 2. Duina\u2019s new book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/13\/the-logics-of-acceptance-francesco-duina-in-conversation-about-his-new-book-and-the-sociology-of-economic-inequality\/\">The Social Acceptance of Inequality: On the Logics of a More Unequal World<\/a>\u00a0analyzes the ways in which people think about economic inequality\u2014and the reasoning that leads many to accept the disparities around us. Co-edited with Luca Storti, an associate professor of economic sociology at the University of Turin, Italy, Duina\u2019s collection includes voices from across the globe contributing their perspectives on why we justify and accept economic inequality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-4>Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic<\/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\/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<\/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=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Justine K. Wiesinger\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8757-300x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-4882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8757-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8757-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8757-200x200.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8757.webp 569w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"ASIA457\">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\/justine-k-wiesinger\/\">Justine K. Wiesinger<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">An extended research project on a topic relevant to East Asian society and culture that adopts one or more of the disciplinary approaches represented in the Asian studies curriculum. Students register for 457 in the fall semester or for 458 in the winter semester unless the Asian studies program committee gives approval for a two-semester project.  Majors invited to pursue honors register for 457 and 458, contingent on the approval of the program committee.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Photo of Bruno F. Salazar-Perea\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/Bruno-Salazar-Perea.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-3712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/Bruno-Salazar-Perea.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/Bruno-Salazar-Perea-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"BIO301\">Pathophysiology<\/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\/bruno-f-salazar-perea\/\">Bruno F. Salazar-Perea<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course introduces the students to the understanding of human diseases that most commonly affect us. Students learn about the most common pathological conditions by organ systems, examining the abnormal function of cells and body systems, clinical manifestations, diagnostic testing, and adaptations used by the organism to restore homeostasis. Students apply critical thinking skills to integrate how the malfunction of one organ affects other organ systems and the individual as whole, with the goal of expanding students&#8217; knowledge of the human body. Prerequisite(s): one of the following: BIO 114, 217, 218, 311, 337, or NRSC\/PSYC 160.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"228\" alt=\"Photo of Joseph M. Hall Jr.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Joe-BoldCoastdetail-2-copy.png\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Joe-BoldCoastdetail-2-copy.png 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Joe-BoldCoastdetail-2-copy-175x200.png 175w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"HIST140\">New Peoples of North America, 1500-1820<\/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\/joseph-m-hall-jr\/\">Joseph M. Hall Jr.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">In the three centuries after Europeans&#8217; and Africans&#8217; first arrival among Indigenous Americans, a variety of peoples from America, Africa, and Europe constructed new societies in North America. Some of these new peoples, like the Iroquois, Kongolese, and British, reorganized themselves as a result of colonization. Others, like the United States, were entirely new nation-states. Whatever their origins, these new nations were shaped by a number of factors, including the contests of empires and the definitions of &#8220;family.&#8221; They struggled over ideas like  liberty and enslavement, sovereignty and subjection. All of them were collective efforts to manage new dynamics of confrontation and cooperation. By examining a variety of sources, students learn how a host of peoples created a new world that has strong ties to our own.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Elena G. Maker Castro\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/headshot-311x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-5757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/headshot-311x300.webp 311w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/headshot-900x869.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/headshot-768x741.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/headshot-651x628.jpg 651w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/headshot-1536x1482.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/headshot-200x193.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2023\/08\/headshot.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"PSYC240\">Developmental Psychology<\/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\/elena-g-maker-castro\/\">Elena G. Maker Castro<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">A comprehensive introduction to current thinking and research in developmental psychology, including theoretical, empirical, and applied issues. This course covers prenatal development through old age and death, and considers the physical, cognitive, and socioemotional dimensions of development. Topics include attachment, language acquisition, gender, play, development across cultures, and interactions between dimensions of development. This course emphasizes critical thinking, research, and applications to everyday life. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 101 or EDUC 231.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Jason Scheideman\" 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=\"PLTC336\">Explaining Wartime Violence<\/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-scheideman\/\">Jason Scheideman<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">Genocide, torture, civilian killing, mass rape: Why do people do such terrible things to each other? Are these acts senseless, or do they have their own chilling logic? Are they the work of crazed ideologues or ordinary people? Each topic contains more puzzles: Why have democracies developed a particular style of torture? Why are civilians targeted in some wars but not others? Finally, how optimistic should we be? Should we despair, or are there sound reasons to believe that wartime conduct has improved?  Can such behavior be prevented, and if so, how? Recommended background: one social science course.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<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\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"AVC350\">Visual Meaning: Process, Material, Format<\/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\/carolina-gonzalez-valencia\/\">Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course investigates conceptual approaches to art making through a range of  topics represented in the contemporary and historic art world. These topics reflect pertinent contemporary social, ecological, and political issues reflected upon aesthetically by artists. Working in various media of their choice-students address overarching themes and approach making meaning through material exploration of ideas. Topics include the potential of format and material to explore meaning, with emphasis on a process that balances critical thinking with creative generation. Topics are introduced  with examples of Divers, contemporary artists aligned within the same conceptual context. Prerequisite(s): two or more previous studio art courses. May be repeated once for credit.<\/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\/29\/qa-senior-speaker-sebenele-lukhele-embraces-bates-promise-of-celebrating-differences\/\">\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\/260520_Puddle_Jump_0092-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/260520_Puddle_Jump_0092-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/260520_Puddle_Jump_0092-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/260520_Puddle_Jump_0092-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/260520_Puddle_Jump_0092-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/260520_Puddle_Jump_0092-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/260520_Puddle_Jump_0092.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">May 29, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Q&amp;A: Senior speaker Sebenele Lukhele embraces Bates\u2019 promise of celebrating differences<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Scotty Farley<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"_story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/29\/two-bates-faculty-named-fulbright-fellows\/\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/E_120722_Campus_0139-e1780088014972-400x181.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/E_120722_Campus_0139-e1780088014972-400x181.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/E_120722_Campus_0139-e1780088014972-900x406.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/E_120722_Campus_0139-e1780088014972-1200x542.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/E_120722_Campus_0139-e1780088014972-1536x693.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/E_120722_Campus_0139-e1780088014972-200x90.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/174\/files\/2026\/05\/E_120722_Campus_0139-e1780088014972.webp 1850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"_text-section\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">May 29, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"_story-title\">Two Bates Faculty named Fulbright Fellows<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"_faculty-link-list\">Featuring: <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Michel Droge<\/span> <span class=\"_faculty-tag\">Elena G. 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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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