{"id":2660,"date":"2019-06-28T12:31:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=2660"},"modified":"2019-06-28T12:52:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:52:26","slug":"work-in-lewiston-auburn-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/psychology\/information-for-prospective-job-applicants\/work-in-lewiston-auburn-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"— Work In Lewiston\/Auburn, and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former milltown, Lewiston, Maine is the city that Bates calls home. Its neighbor across the Androscoggin River is Auburn, Maine. These \u201cTwin Cities\u201d have seen multiple waves of immigration, as well as periods of transition in the local economy. In the late 19th and early 20th century, a large number of immigrants were Franco-Americans (from Canada), many of whom worked in the shoe and textile mills while they were in operation. The closure of those mills posed a substantial challenge to economic development, but recent decades have seen a flowering of many new local businesses, including downtown restaurants and shops. Among those residents who have contributed to this resurgence are \u201cnew Mainers,\u201d particularly immigrants and refugees from African countries such as Somalia. There have of course been growing pains during such transitions, but many individuals, government entities, and non-governmental agencies have labored to meet challenges and capitalize on new opportunities. And in recent years, they have often done so in partnership with members of the Bates community. <\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, the college\u2019s <\/span>Harward Center for Community Partnerships<\/span><\/a> has helped connect Bates faculty, staff, and students with community partners doing mutually beneficial work. For example, Bates has a long-standing relationship with Blake Street Towers,\u00a0a low-income independent living facility for seniors and the differently-abled.\u00a0 A recent sociology class on Life Course and Aging was able to build on this partnership to address issues of food insecurity and tobacco use.\u00a0 Follow the link below for the full article on this partnership.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Students work on food insecurity and tobacco use at Blake Street Towers. (Photo: Kristen Cloutier)<\/p><\/div>\n

In another example, Bates psychology major Courtney Porfido ’18 and sociology major Matthew Glasgow ’19 teamed up with Central Maine Medical Center. The students’ project was to interview older alumni of the Maine College of Health Professions, which was founded in 1891. Follow the link below to learn more about this and other community-engaged projects that are part of the college’s Short Term Action\/Research Team (STA\/RT) program.<\/p>\n

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Matthew Glasgow \u201919 and Hannah Porfido \u201918 during an oral history session with nurse Patti Dyer. (Photo:\u00a0Phyllis Graber Jensen)<\/p><\/div>\n

Our departmental faculty and students have been very active in partnerships with others working to serve important needs in \u201cL\/A.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The following is just a sample of such partnerships:<\/p>\n