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September 25, 2025

Bates launches new initiative for college access with Matricu…

Bates College is launching a new advising partnership with Matriculate, a national nonprofit that connects high-achieving, low-income high school students with near-peer mentors to support their path to college.

September 25, 2025

Museum’s director Carrie Cushman: The world needs museu…

Carrie Cushman joined the college as director of the Bates College Museum of Art in August. She came to Bates from the University of Hartford, where she had been the Edith Dale Monson Gallery director and curator at the university’s Hartford Art School.

September 25, 2025

Bates in the news: Sept. 25, 2025

A selection of recent mentions of Bates people in the news, including coverage of new poetry from a faculty member along with commentaries on the homelessness crisis, the Trump administration’s spending bill, and rural students in higher education.

Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies

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Lauren L. Buisker

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies and Director of Debate

Jonathan J. Cavallero

Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies

Stephanie Kelley-Romano

Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies

Charles I. Nero

Benjamin E. Mays ’20 Distinguished Prof of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies

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