Effective August 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Effective August 2021<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Awarded tenure as an associate professor:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Effective August 2021:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Promoted from associate professor to full professor<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Effective August 2022:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Effective August 2021:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Below are profiles of these 13 newly promoted faculty members, including their areas of scholarly expertise, an example of a Bates course they teach, and, in their words, what being a Bates professor means to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doctoral institution<\/strong>: University of Arizona<\/p>\n\n\n\n Areas of research<\/strong>: Evolution of galaxies and the growth of supermassive black holes through cosmic time, using data from ground- and space-based telescopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses taught include<\/strong>: \u201cGalaxies and Cosmology,\u201d an introduction to the astrophysics of galaxies and cosmology with an emphasis on the physical principles required to understand and interpret astronomical observations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What it means to me to be a Bates professor<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat I value the most about Bates is the community and the connections with students. Developing supportive relationships with one another is at the core of what we do, and I see myself as a guide and a coach for students as they navigate their own growth and development. At the same time, this allows me to grow as a teacher, as a scholar, and as a human being, and to identify connections and opportunities, both within my own discipline and across many disciplines, in terms of how we can continuously improve at what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doctoral institution: University of Tennessee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Areas of research<\/strong>: Interdisciplinary and inclusive undergraduate STEM education using mixed methods including computational, data science, and digital narrative approaches grounded in a complex adaptive and ecological systems perspective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses taught include<\/strong>: \u201cCalling Bull,\u201d focusing on data literacy and information science to help students hone their digital citizenship skills by spotting, dissecting, and publicly refuting false claims and inferences based on quantitative, statistical, and computational analysis of data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What it means to me to be a Bates professor<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI value Bates because of the intellectual freedom it offers someone like me, an interdisciplinarian. I love being able to teach and research from both mathematical and computational perspectives alongside critical perspectives, qualitative approaches, and community justice and activism. I don\u2019t have to leave a part of myself at the door to be successful, and I endeavor to provide an environment where my students can say the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doctoral institution<\/strong>: Penn State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n Areas of research<\/strong>: Examining religious identity and freedom in Chinese literature, including portrayals of Buddhism in adaptations of 16th-century Chinese literature and exploring Chinese spiritual practice as it contrasts with Western Christian spirituality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses taught include<\/strong>: \u201cCommunism, Capitalism, and Cannibalism,\u201d a survey of literature since 1911 from mainland China and texts from the Chinese diaspora, including three periods: the May Fourth shift from traditional language and forms to vernacular literature; Socialist Realism and the Marxist theory of the first three decades of the People’s Republic; and China’s Reform Era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What it means to me to be a Bates professor<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am very grateful to be teaching at Bates and teaching material that still fascinates me. I get to spend a good portion of each work day interacting with intelligent young people from all over the world. This job allows me to keep growing; I receive new insights about Chinese language and culture every day thanks to my students and colleagues. Being a Bates professor offers me the gift of hope for the next generation, for the future of China\u2013U.S. relations. This position gives me the assurance of continuity, a vision for this work being carried on by others long after I have retired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doctoral institution<\/strong>: University of Connecticut<\/p>\n\n\n\n Areas of research:<\/strong> Microeconomics, including dwindling offline retail on the prices at online retailers and effect of news media on sensationalistic consumer products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses taught include<\/strong>: \u201cEconomics of Strategies in Firms and Markets,\u201d investigating the economics of strategies between and within firms, including applications of game theory in the realm of business practices and empirical realities of business organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What it means to me to be a Bates professor<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBeing a Bates professor is an exciting adventure that energizes me every next moment. The talented, curious, generous, and hardworking people around campus constantly inspire me. In the classrooms, offices, and dining hall, I receive more thought-provoking questions, stories, and wisdom than I can ever give back. Above all, my wonderful colleagues and students made me kinder, smarter, and happier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doctoral institution<\/strong>: University of Kansas<\/p>\n\n\n\n Areas of research<\/strong>: Her research and teaching interests include gender and media, myth and narrative, conspiracy, political rhetoric, and substance (mis)use disorder\/addiction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses taught include<\/strong>: \u201cTelevision Criticism,\u201d examining the representational strategies employed by television to convey social messages, including how representations of race, class, sexuality, ability, and other categories of analysis are articulated in science fiction and fantasy on television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What it means to me to be a Bates professor<\/strong>: Doctoral institution<\/strong>: University of Virginia<\/p>\n\n\n\n Areas of research<\/strong>: Understanding the chemical mechanisms that encode and maintain long-term memory and learning imprints information onto the epigenome of participating neurons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses taught include<\/strong>: \u201cMechanisms of Memory,\u201d a study of how our experiences are encoded chemically into the mind as memories, and how they can be manipulated, enhanced, erased, or edited genetically and molecularly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nAssociate Professor of Physics Aleksandar Diamond-Stanic <\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nAssociate Professor of Digital and Computational Studies Carrie Diaz Eaton<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nAssociate Professor of Asian Studies Nathan Faries<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nAssociate Professor of Economics Leshui He<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cBeing a Bates professor to me means I get to engage the world with a bunch of intellectually curious \u2014 and brave \u2014 people. I get to talk about television, politics, and conspiracies, and then, with my students, critique the way the topics and forms distribute, or replicate, power. Then, I get to watch them come up with creative and critical solutions to move the bar for civic discourse higher. Ridiculously cool.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nAssociate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Andrew Kennedy<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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