Catalog
The Faculty
Below is the faculty roster for academic year 2019–2020. For up-to-date information, please consult the College Directory or the Office of the Dean of the Faculty.
Ava Clayton Spencer (2012), President
B.A., Williams; B.A., Oxon.; M.A., Harvard; J.D., Yale
Malcolm S. Hill (2018), Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
B.S., Colby; Ph.D., Houston
- Emeriti
- Administrative Officers
- Professors
- Associate Professors
- Assistant Professors
- Instructors
- Senior Lecturers
- Lecturers
- Applied Music and Dance Faculty
Emeriti
Elaine Tuttle Hansen, President Emerita
B.A., Mount Holyoke; M.A., Minnesota; Ph.D., University of Washington; D.Litt.
Donald West Harward, President Emeritus
B.A., Maryville; M.A., American University; Ph.D., Maryland (College Park); LL.D.; L.H.D.
Lee Huber Abrahamsen, Professor Emerita of Biology
B.S., Franklin and Marshall; Ph.D., Medical College of Pennsylvania
Robert William Allison, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Classical and Medieval Studies
B.A., Brown; Ph.D., Chicago
William Gerald Ambrose Jr., Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.A., Princeton; Ph.D., North Carolina
Marion Reddick Anderson, Professor Emeritus of Music
B.Mus., Stetson; M.M.A., D.M.A., Yale
Pamela Jean Baker, Helen A. Papaioanou Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences
B.Sc., University of Wales (Swansea); B.S., Bates; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York (Buffalo)
Terry Jo Beckmann, Treasurer Emerita
B.A., Mount Holyoke; M.B.A., Pace
Bruce Joseph Bourque, Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Anthropology
B.A., Massachusetts; M.A., Colorado; Ph.D., Harvard
James Glenn Boyles, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
B.S., Pennsylvania State; Ph.D., Rutgers
Drake Richard Bradley, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Psychology
B.S., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social Research
Robin Bruce Stirling Brooks, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
B.A., Columbia; M.A., Yale; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Charles Valentine Carnegie, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
B.A., Cornelll; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Bernard Ridlon Carpenter, Treasurer Emeritus
B.S., Nasson
Robert Maurice Chute, Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.A., Maine; D.Sc., Johns Hopkins
Gene Alan Clough, Lecturer Emeritus in Geology and Physics
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
John Richard Cole, Thomas Hedley Reynolds Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., Haverford; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard
John Harry Corrie, Lecturer Emeritus in Music
B.Mus., Oberlin Conservatory; M.M., Northwestern School of Music; M.M.A., Yale
Rebecca Wells Corrie, Phillips Professor Emerita of Art and Visual Culture
B.A., M.A., Oberlin; Ph.D., Harvard
Carolyn Ann Court, Professor Emerita of Physical Education
B.S., Southern Connecticut State; M.S., Pennsylvania State
Margaret Scott Creighton, Professor Emerita of History
B.A., Indiana; Ph.D., Boston University
Sherry Abbott Deschaine, Professor Emerita of Physical Education
B.S., Aroostook State; M.Ed., Maine
Anne Wescott Dodd, Senior Lecturer Emerita in Education
B.A., Maine; M.A., California State (Los Angeles); Ed.D., Maine
Barry Michael Farber, Lecturer Emeritus in Economics
B.S., Purdue; M.B.A., California (Los Angeles)
Robert Lambton Farnsworth, Senior Lecturer Emeritus in English
B.A., Brown; M.F.A., Columbia
Robert Alan Feintuch, Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Art and Visual Culture
B.F.A., Cooper Union; M.F.A., Yale
Dennis Grafflin, Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., Oberlin; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard
David Clark Haines, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
B.A., Wooster; M.Sc., Ph.D., Ohio State
Melinda Hungerford Harder, Lecturer Emerita in Mathematics
B.A., Dartmouth; M.S., Chicago; Ph.D., Rochester
Thomas Ames Hayward, Lecturer Emeritus in Classical and Medieval Studies
B.A., Harvard; M.A., Maine; M.L.S., Rutgers
Paul Richard Heroux, Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Art and Visual Culture
Fourth-Year Diploma, Masters of the Studio, School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
Douglas Irving Hodgkin, Professor Emeritus of Political Science
B.A., Yale; M.A., Ph.D., Duke
Hilmar Ludvig Jensen III, Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., Goddard; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell
Michael Eugene Jones, Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., Texas (Austin); M.A., University College of Wales (Aberystwyth); Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
John Elwood Kelsey, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
B.A., Grinnell; Ph.D., Chicago
Steven Edwin George Kemper, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
B.A., Dartmouth; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
Sharon Kinsman, Professor Emerita of Biology
B.A., Iowa; Ph.D., Cornell
Nancy Way Kleckner, Professor Emerita of Biology
B.S., Illinois; M.S., Maine; Ph.D., North Carolina
David Alan Kolb, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., Fordham; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
Paul Thomas Kuritz, Professor Emeritus of Theater
B.A., Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana
James Shenstone Leamon, Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., Bates; Ph.D., Brown
David Boyd Ledlie, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
B.A., Middlebury; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Donald Raymond Lent, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Art
B.A., California (Santa Barbara); B.F.A., M.F.A., Yale
Cristina Malcolmson, Professor Emerita of English
B.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
William Roberts Matthews, Alice Swanson Esty Professor Emeritus of Music
B.A., Oberlin; M.A., Iowa; M.M.A., D.M.A., Yale
Eli Cooperman Minkoff, Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.A., Columbia; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard
Wylie Lee Mitchell, Dean Emeritus of Admission
B.A., Williams
Robert Stephen Moyer, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
B.A., Bucknell; Ph.D., Stanford
Dana Melvin Mulholland, Professor Emeritus of Physical Education
B.S., Maine; M.S., State University of New York (Cortland)
Gerda Neu-Sokol, Lecturer Emerita in German
University of Freiburg
Joseph L. Nicoletti, Lecturer Emeritus in Art and Visual Culture
B.A., Queens; M.F.A., Yale
Keiko Ofuji, Lecturer Emerita in Japanese Language
B.A., Metropolitan State College; M.A., Kansas
James Paul Parakilas, Professor Emeritus of Music and James L. Moody Jr.
Family Professor Emeritus of Performing Arts
B.A., Amherst; M.A., Yale; M.A., Connecticut; Ph.D., Cornell
Joseph Gerard Pelliccia, Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.S., Cornell; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
John Karl Pribram, Professor Emeritus of Physics
B.A., Middlebury; M.A., Wesleyan; Ph.D., Massachusetts
George Scott Purgavie, Professor Emeritus of Physical Education
B.S., West Chester; M.S., South Carolina
Jill N. Reich, Dean Emerita of the Faculty and Professor Emerita of Psychology
B.A., Regis; Ph.D., Dartmouth
George Antony Ruff, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Physics
B.S., LeMoyne; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton
Carl Robert Schwinn, Professor Emeritus of Economics
B.A., Wisconsin (Madison); M.A., Ph.D., Cornell
Ann Besser Scott, Charles A. Dana Professor Emerita of Music
B.A., Radcliffe; M.F.A., Brandeis; Ph.D., Chicago
Joyce Seligman, Lecturer Emerita in Writing
B.A., City College of New York; M.A., Maine
Mark David Semon, Professor Emeritus of Physics
B.A., Colgate; M.S., Ph.D., Colorado
Bonnie Jean Shulman, Professor Emerita of Mathematics
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Colorado
Carl Benton Straub, Dean Emeritus of the Faculty, Professor Emeritus of Religion, and Clark A. Griffith Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies
B.A., Colgate; S.T.B., Ph.D., Harvard; L.H.D.
John Stiven Strong, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
B.A., Oberlin; M.A., Hartford Seminary Foundation; Ph.D., Chicago
Sarah Mehlhop Strong, Professor Emerita of Japanese Language and Literature
B.A., Oberlin; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
Denis Marshall Sweet, Professor Emeritus of German
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Stanford
Sawyer Frederick Sylvester Jr., Professor Emeritus of Sociology
B.A., J.D., M.A., Ph.D., Boston University
Robert James Thomas, Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.A., Michigan; Ph.D., California (Santa Cruz)
Anne Booth Thompson, Professor Emerita of English and Euterpe B. Dukakis Professor Emerita of Classical and Medieval Studies
B.A., Radcliffe; M.A., Cantab.; Ph.D., Harvard
Thomas Frederick Tracy, Phillips Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religious Studies
B.A., St. Olaf; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
Lewis Afton Turlish, Professor Emeritus of English
B.A., Geneva; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan
Richard Vansant Wagner, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
B.A., Haverford; M.S., Ph.D., Michigan
Eugene Lee Wiemers, Librarian Emeritus
B.A., Macalester; M.S., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
George Lindbergh Wigton, Professor Emeritus of Physical Education
B.S., Ohio State
Anne Douglas Williams, Professor Emerita of Economics
B.A., Smith; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
Eric Robert Wollman, Professor Emeritus of Physics
B.A., Oberlin; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Administrative Officers
Joshua Grant McIntosh (2014), Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
B.S., Elon; M.A., Appalachian State; Ph.D., Syracuse
Mary K. Meserve (1993), Registrar
B.A., Smith
Patricia A. Schoknecht (2018), Vice President for Information and Library Services and College Librarian
B.S., George Washington; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., Cornell
Geoffrey Saxton Swift (2014), Vice President for Finance and Administration and Treasurer
B.A., Amherst; M.B.A., Harvard
Leigh A. Weisenburger (2012), Dean of Admission and Financial Aid
B.A., Smith
Note: For information on faculty members who are currently on leave, please consult the website of the Office of the Dean of the Faculty (bates.edu/dof).
Professors
Martin Edward Andrucki (1974), Charles A. Dana Professor of Theater
B.A., Columbia; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard
Krista Maywalt Aronson (2003), Professor of Psychology
B.A., Ithaca; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan
Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir (2001), Professor of Politics; Associate Dean of the Faculty
B.J., Missouri; Ph.D., Washington University
Cynthia May Baker (2008), Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Wesleyan; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D., Duke
Ryan William Bavis (2003), Helen A. Papaioanou Professor of Biological Sciences
B.A., St. Mary's (Maryland); Ph.D., Montana
Helen Catherine Boucher (2005), Professor of Psychology
B.A., Illinois (Chicago); M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Marcus Coleman Bruce (1987), Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Bates; M.Div., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
William Southard Corlett Jr. (1981), Professor of Politics
B.A., Allegheny; M.A., Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Jane Tussey Costlow (1986), Clark A. Griffith Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Duke; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
David Ross Cummiskey (1986), Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Washington College; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan
Loring Mandell Danforth (1978), Charles A. Dana Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Amherst; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton
Alexandre Erik Dauge-Roth (2005), Professor of French and Francophone Studies
M.A., Université de Lausanne; Ph.D., Michigan
Donald C. Dearborn (2010), Professor of Biology
B.S., North Carolina; Ph.D., Missouri
Carol Jane Dilley (2003), Professor of Dance
B.A., Delaware; M.F.A., University of Washington
Steven Charles Dillon (1988), Professor of English
B.A., Colorado; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
Amy Bradfield Douglass (2001), Professor of Psychology; Chair, Division of the Social Sciences
B.A., Williams; M.S., Ph.D., Iowa State
Francesco Giovanni Duina (2000), Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard
Stephen M. Engel (2011), Professor of Politics
B.A., Wesleyan; M.A., New York University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
John Dykstra Eusden Jr. (1988), Whitehouse Professor of Geology
B.S., Bates; M.S., New Hampshire; Ph.D., Dartmouth
Holly Annette Ewing (2004), Professor of Environmental Studies and Christian A. Johnson Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies;
Chair, Interdisciplinary Programs
B.A., Carleton; Ph.D., Minnesota
Sylvia Anne Federico (2005), Professor of English
B.A., State University of New York (Purchase); M.A., Ph.D., Indiana
Baltasar Fra-Molinero (1994), Professor of Spanish
Licenciado, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela; M.A., Indiana; Doctor en Filología, Universidad de Sevilla; Ph.D., Indiana
Rebecca Margaret Herzig (1998), Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies
B.A., California (Santa Cruz); Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
April Ladawn Hill (2018), Professor of Biology and Wagener Family Professor of Equity and Inclusion in STEM
B.S., North Texas; Ph.D., Houston
Malcolm S. Hill (2018), Professor of Biology; Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
B.S., Colby; Ph.D., Houston
James Wesley Hughes (1992), Thomas Sowell Professor of Economics
B.A., M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., Michigan
Beverly Jane Johnson (2000), Professor of Geology
B.Sc., M.Sc., Delaware; Ph.D., Colorado
Todd Aaron Kahan (2002), Professor of Psychology
B.S., Syracuse; Ph.D., State University of New York (Albany)
Emily Wright Kane (1996), Professor of Sociology
B.A., Oberlin; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan
Nancy Susan Koven (2006), John E. Kelsey Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., Swarthmore; M.A., Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Thomas Glen Lawson (1989), Charles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
B.A., Anderson; Ph.D., Purdue
Lynne Y. Lewis (2000), Elmer W. Campbell Professor of Economics
B.A., Ph.D., Colorado (Boulder)
Hong Lin (1991), Professor of Physics
B.S., M.S., Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr
Francisca López (1990), Professor of Spanish
B.A., Universidad de Córdoba; Ph.D., Connecticut
Kathryn Graff Low (1990), Professor of Psychology
B.A., Bowdoin; Ed.M., Harvard; Ph.D., Stanford
Margaret Maurer-Fazio (1994), Betty Doran Stangle Professor of Applied Economics
B.A., M.A., Western Ontario; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Lisa Maurizio (1999), Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies
B.A., Wellesley; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton
Karen Melvin (2005), Professor of History
B.A., Boston University; M.B.A., Phoenix; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Michael Peter Murray (1986), Charles Franklin Phillips Professor of Economics; Mace Bearer
B.A., Santa Clara; M.S., Ph.D., Iowa State
Lillian Rose Nayder (1989), Professor of English; Chair, Division of the Humanities
B.A., Johns Hopkins; M.A., Ph.D., Virginia
Charles Isidore Nero (1991), Benjamin E. Mays Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies
B.A., Xavier; M.A., Wake Forest; Ph.D., Indiana
Georgia Nell Nigro (1983), Professor of Psychology; Faculty Marshal
B.A., Brown; M.S., Yale; Ph.D., Cornell
Dolores Mary O'Higgins (1990), Euterpe B. Dukakis Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies
B.A., Trinity College Dublin; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell
Mark Benjamin Okrent (1972), Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Reed; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
Erica Rand (1990), Professor of Art and Visual Culture and Gender and Sexuality Studies
B.A., Princeton; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
Darby Kathleen Ray (2012), Director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships and Donald W. and Ann M. Harward Professor of Civic Engagement
B.A., Sewanee; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt
Kirk Dorrance Read (1990), Professor of French and Francophone Studies
B.A., Dartmouth; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton
Michael James Retelle (1987), Professor of Geology
B.S., Salem State; M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts
Mary Theresa Rice-DeFosse (1984), Professor of French and Francophone Studies
B.A., Boston College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
James Gerard Richter (1987), Professor of Politics
B.A., Cornell; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Brian D. Ruppert (2017), Kazushige Hirasawa Professor of Japanese Studies and
Professor of Asian Studies
B.A., Wright State; M.A., Iowa; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton
Paula Jean Schlax (1998), Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
B.S., Clarkson; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
John Edward Smedley (1987), Professor of Physics
B.A., Colby; Ph.D., Colorado
Thomas James Wenzel (1981), Charles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
B.S., Northeastern; Ph.D., Colorado
Peter Ngai-Sing Wong (1988), Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Shuhui Yang (1991), Professor of Chinese
B.A., Fudan University; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University
Associate Professors
Claudia Aburto Guzmán (1997), Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., Florida State; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona
Ali Humayun Akhtar (2012), Associate Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Cornell; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Lauren Mary Ashwell (2009), Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., University of Auckland; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Senem Aslan (2010), Associate Professor of Politics
B.A., Bogazici University; Ph.D., University of Washington
John Russell Baughman (2000), Associate Professor of Politics
B.A., Harvard; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
Myron M. Beasley (2007), Associate Professor of American Studies
M.A., Regent; Ph.D., Ohio
Gerald Frederick Bigelow (2010), Visiting Associate Professor of History
B.A., Columbia; Ph.D., Cantab.
Dennis Ralph Browne (1986), Associate Professor of Russian
B.A., Southern Illinois; B.A., Tennessee; M.A., Ph.D., Virginia
Patricia Susan Buck (2002), Associate Professor of Education
B.A., Hampshire; M.A., M.S.Ed., Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Jason Brian Castro (2012), Associate Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., B.S., Rochester; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Jonathan James Cavallero (2013), Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies
B.A., Georgetown; M.A., Pennsylvania State; Ph.D., Indiana
Raluca Cernahoschi (2009), Associate Professor of German
B.A., Mount Holyoke; M.A., Ph.D., British Columbia
Dale Edward Chapman (2004), Associate Professor of Music
B.A., M.A., Toronto; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Matthew John Côté (1991), Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
B.S., Syracuse; Ph.D., Illinois
Carrie Elizabeth Diaz Eaton (2018), Associate Professor of Digital and Computational Studies
B.A., Carleton; M.S., Ph.D., Arizona
Elizabeth Anne Eames (1988), Associate Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Bryn Mawr; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard
Gina Andrea Fatone (2003), Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Connecticut; M.M., New England Conservatory; M.A., California (Santa Cruz);
Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Sanford Alan Freedman (1978), Associate Professor of English
B.A., Columbia; M.A., Cantab.; Ph.D., Harvard
Travis John Gould (2013), Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Maine
Meredith Lynn Greer (2002), Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Delaware; M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt
Joseph McLean Hall (2002), Associate Professor of History
B.A., Amherst; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Edward Smith Harwood (1981), Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture
B.A., M.F.A., Ph.D., Princeton
Leslie Irene Hill (1988), Associate Professor of Politics
B.A., Barnard; M.A., Atlanta; Ph.D., Union Institute
Sue Edna Marie Catherine Houchins (2003), Associate Professor of Africana
B.A., California (Los Angeles); Ph.D., Union Institute
Margaret Anne Imber (1997), Associate Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies; Associate Dean of the Faculty
B.A., Chicago; J.D., Michigan; Ph.D., Stanford
Pallavi Shasikant Jayawant (2004), Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.Sc., University of Bombay; Ph.D., Brandeis
Pamela Ann-Elizabeth Johnson (1999), Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture
B.F.A., Kansas; B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute; M.F.A., Bennington
Jakub Kazecki (2012), Associate Professor of German
M.A., Dalhousie; M.A., Adam-Mickiewicz University; Ph.D., British Columbia
Stephanie Kelley-Romano (1999), Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies
B.S., M.A., Emerson; Ph.D., Kansas
Jennifer Lori Koviach-Côté (2001), Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
B.A., Oberlin; Ph.D., Minnesota
Nathan Eric Lundblad (2009), Associate Professor of Physics; Chair, Division of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics
B.A., California (Berkeley); Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Arlene Elowe MacLeod (1986), Associate Professor of Politics
B.A., Bowdoin; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
B. Christine McDowell (2005), Associate Professor of Theater
B.A., Brandeis; M.F.A., Yale
Hiroya Miura (2005), Associate Professor of Music
B.A., McGill; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia
Trian Nguyen (2000), Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture
B.A., San Francisco State; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Eden Koren Osucha (2007), Associate Professor of English
B.A., Wellesley; M.A., California (Davis); Ph.D., Duke
Katharine A. Ott (2014), Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Middlebury; M.S., Ph.D., Virginia
Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz (2009), Associate Professor of Politics
B.A., Pomona; M.A., Harvard; Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
Therí Pickens (2011), Associate Professor of English
B.A., Princeton; M.A., Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Sonja K. Pieck (2007), Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Bucknell; M.A., Ph.D., Clark
Melinda Ann Plastas (2005), Visiting Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York (Buffalo)
Daniel Riera-Crichton, (2008), Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; M.A., Universitat Pompeu Fabra;
M.A., Ph.D., California (Santa Cruz)
Michael A. Rocque (2014), Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Maine; M.A., Maryland; Ph.D., Northeastern
Shepley Littlefield Ross II (1985), Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., New Hampshire; M.A., Ph.D., Rochester
Adriana Julia Salerno (2009), Associate Professor of Mathematics
Licenciatura en Matematicas, Universidad Simon Bolivar; Ph.D. Texas (Austin)
Michael James Sargent (1999), Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Hendrix; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State
Caroline E. Shaw (2010), Associate Professor of History
B.A., Johns Hopkins; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Paul James Shea (2012), Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Cornell; Ph.D., Oregon
Susan Allison Stark (1999), Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Brown; M.A., Ph.D., Georgetown
Heidi Lynn Taylor (2002), Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Gettysburg; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve
Nathan Wynfield Tefft (2014), Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Williams; M.S., Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Mara Casey Tieken (2011), Associate Professor of Education
B.A., Dartmouth; M.Ed., Ed.D., Harvard
Larissa Moriarty Williams (2012), Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., Smith; Ph.D., North Carolina State
Assistant Professors
Abraham Abebe Asfaw (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Gondar; M.S., Addis Ababa University; Ph.D., Northern Illinois
Andrew Baker (2017), Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Yale; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard
Lori Delorme Banks (2019), Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Prairie View A&M; Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Kristen D. Barnett (2016), Assistant Professor of American Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Montana
Leila Ben-Nasr (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Westminster; M.A., Millersville; Ph.D., Ohio State
Henry A. Boateng (2015), Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Mississippi; M.S., Ph.D., Michigan
Gwendolyn G. Calhoon (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., St. Mary's (Maryland); Ph.D., Maryland (Baltimore)
Wesley Byron Chaney (2016), Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Davidson; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford
Sara Louise Chari (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Bates; M.A., Ph.D., Dartmouth
Luke E. Chicoine (2017), Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., Notre Dame
William L. d'Ambruoso (2016), Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
B.A., St. Olaf; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington
Michael W. Dacey (2017), Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Wesleyan; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University
Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic (2016), Assistant Professor of Physics
B.A., Carleton; M.S., Ph.D., Arizona
Katie Dobkowski (2018), Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Washington; M.A., Whitworth; Ph.D., University of Washington
Timothy J. Dugan (2017), Assistant Professor of Theater
B.A., State University of New York (Oswego); M.A.T., Union;
M.F.A., Temple
Francis R. Eanes (2017), Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Messiah; M.S., Ph.D., Wisconsin
(Madison)
Ian Khara Ellasante (2019), Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies
B.A., Memphis; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona
Jeanne M. Essame (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A.,Université François Rabelais; M.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Carla Jean Essenberg (2015), Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., St. Olaf; Ph.D., California (Riverside)
Nathan C. Faries (2014), Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
B.A., Wheaton; M.A., Baylor; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State
Albert Malcom Fereshetian Jr. (1995), Assistant Professor of Physical Education
B.S., New Hampshire; M.A., Liberty
Julie C. Fox (2016), Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance
B.A., Houston; M.F.A.,
Ohio State
Carolina González Valencia (2016), Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture
B.F.A., M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Joshua A. Goodman (2018), Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Whitman; M.A., Ph.D., California (Santa Barbara)
Alyssa Maraj Grahame (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
B.A., Toronto; Ph.D., Massachusetts (Amherst)
Michelle R. Greene (2017), Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
B.S., Southern California; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Leshui He (2015), Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; M.A., Ph.D., Connecticut
Brett Andrew Huggett (2014) Assistant Professor of Biology
B.M., Temple; M.S., Vermont; Ph.D., Harvard
Penelope Jones (2011), Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture
B.A., Maine College of Art; M.F.A., Cornell
Andrew John Kennedy (2016), Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
B.A., Providence; Ph.D., Virginia
Jiyoung Ko (2017), Assistant Professor of Politics
B.A., M.A., Korea University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
Sam J. W. Krerowicz (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
B.S., Northland; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Martin Kruse (2017), Assistant Professor of Biology and Neuroscience
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Hamburg
Jonathan Kurzfeld (2018), Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., California State (Sacramento); M.A., Oregon
Susan Whitney Langdon (2017), Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Brandeis; M.A., Purdue; Ph.D., Boston University
Geneva M. Laurita (2017), Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
B.S., Northern Colorado; Ph.D., Oregon State
Martin Tom Lichtman (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S., Brown; M.S., Stanford; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Chao Ling (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
B.A., Peking University; M.A., Columbia;
M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
Yinxing Liu (2014), Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
B.A., Xiangtan University; M.A., Pennsylvania State; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
Jacob R. Longaker (2016), Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Kansas
Jacqueline Lyon (2017), Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A., DePaul; Ph.D., Florida International
Calvin A. Mako (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology
B.S., Maine; M.S., Massachusetts (Amherst); Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Marcelle Mandisa Medford (2018), Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
Alison Joyce Melnick Dyer (2015), Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Virginia
Allison E. Moloney (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Bridgewater State Park; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Martin Montgomery (2014), Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Humboldt; M.S., Ph.D., Oregon
Andrew M. Mountcastle (2016), Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., Bowdoin; Ph.D., University of Washington
Colleen T. O'Loughlin (2018), Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
B.S., Ithaca; Ph.D., Princeton
Jeffrey Satoshi Oishi (2016), Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S., Columbia; Ph.D., Virginia
Michael J. Osei (2018), Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Cape Coast; M.S., South Dakota State; Ph.D., Oklahoma State
Patrick W. Otim (2016), Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Makerere University; M.A., Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Stephanie M. Pridgeon (2016), Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., College of Charleston; M.A., Virginia; Ph.D., Emory
Geneviève Robert (2014), Assistant Professor of Geology
B.S., McGill; M.S., British Columbia; Ph.D., Missouri (Columbia)
Bruno F. Salazar-Perea (2018), Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
M.D., Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Tiffany M. Salter (2016), Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State
Paul E. Schofield (2013), Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Notre Dame; M.A., Wisconsin (Milwaukee); Ph.D.,
Harvard
Cassandra M. Shepard (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana
B.S., Xavier; M.A., Chicago; Ph.D., Northwestern
Anelise Hanson Shrout (2018), Assistant Professor of Digital and Computational Studies
B.A., Chicago; Ph.D., New York University
Asha Tamirisa (2019), Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Oberlin; M.A., M.A., Ph.D., Brown
Catherine A. Whiting (2018), Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Iowa
Justine Kirby Wiesinger (2018), Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
B.A., Johns Hopkins; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
Elizabeth J. Woodward (2019), Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture
B.A., North Carolina (Chapel Hill); M.A., Florida State; Ph.D., Chicago
Myra Wright (2016), Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.A., British Columbia; M.A., Dalhousie; Ph.D., McGill
Julieta Yung (2017), Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Delaware; M.A., Ph.D., Notre Dame
Instructors
Rebecca L. Fraser-Thill (2010), Visiting Instructor in Psychology
B.A., Drew; M.A., Cornell
Elena C. Gambino (2019), Visiting Instructor in Politics
B.A., Oberlin; M.A., Lehigh
Senior Lecturers
Anita Susan Charles (2004), Senior Lecturer in Education and Director of Secondary Teacher Education
B.A., Dartmouth; M.Ed., Harvard; Ph.D., New Hampshire
David Russell George Jr. (2000), Senior Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., M.A., Purdue; Ph.D., Minnesota
Elke Morris (1993), Senior Lecturer in Art and Visual Culture
B.A., Nevada; M.A., M.F.A., New Mexico
Michael Ellison Reidy (2002), Senior Lecturer in Theater and Managing Director of Theater and Dance
B.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Katalin Vecsey (1995), Senior Lecturer in Theater
B.A., M.A., Bárczi Gusztáv College for Teachers of the Disabled; Ph.D., Eötvös Lóránd University
Henry John Walker (1993), Senior Lecturer in Classical and Medieval Studies
B.A., Trinity College Dublin; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell
Lecturers
Andrea M. Alford (2019), Lecturer in the Humanities
B.A., Princeton; M.A., State University of New York (Stony Brook)
Brett S. Allen (2012), Lecturer in Physical Education
B.S., St. Lawrence; M.S., James Madison
Carissa F. Aoki (2018), Lecturer in Environmental Studies
B.A., Yale; M.S., Colorado State; Ph.D., Dartmouth
Jessica Lawrence Anthony (2011), Lecturer in English
B.A., Bates; M.F.A., George Mason
Scott Hull Balcomb (2014), Lecturer in Mathematics
B.A., Bates; M.S., Oregon State
Laura Cecilia Balladur (2003), Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies
B.A., M.A., California (Santa Barbara); Ph.D., Duke
Madeline Reid Bedecarré (2019), Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies
B.A., Bowdoin; M.A., Columbia; Ph.D., École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Carl Christian Bettendorf (2019), Lecturer in Music
Diploma, Hochschule für Musik; M.A., D.M.A., Columbia
Adam Sam Boss (2019), Lecturer in the Humanities
B.A., Colby; M.A., Ph.D., Brown
Louise J. Brogan (2016), Lecturer in Biology
B.A., Colby; Ph.D., Notre Dame
Peter H. Casares (2013), Lecturer in Physical Education
B.A., Gettysburg; M.S., Miami University
Grace Leslie Coulombe (2000), Lecturer in Quantitative Studies and Director of the Mathematics and Statistics Workshop
B.A., Bates, M.A., Boston College
Brian Edward Cwiek (2019), Lecturer in Classical and Medieval Studies
B.S.F.S., Georgetown; M.A., Columbia; M.A., Indiana (Bloomington)
Susan Ann Dewsnap (2012), Lecturer in Art and Visual Culture
B.F.A., New Hampshire; M.F.A., Nebraska (Lincoln)
Alice M. Doughty (2017), Lecturer in Geology
B.S., M.S., Maine; Ph.D., University of Wellington (Victoria)
Jason Scott Fein (2017), Lecturer in Physical Education and Director of Athletics
B.S., M.S., City University of New York (Brooklyn)
Bridget K. J. Fullerton (2018), Lecturer in the Humanities
B.A., Albright; M.A., North Carolina; Ph.D., Rhode Island
Jonathan R. Furbush (2016), Lecturer in Physical Education
B.A., Bates; M.A., Springfield
Grace Gillies (2019), Lecturer in Classical and Medieval Studies
B.A., Wellesley; M.A., Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Myronn Ezra Hardy (2018), Lecturer in English
B.A., Michigan; M.F.A., Columbia
Jennifer L. Hartshorn (2012), Lecturer in Physical Education
B.A., Colby; M.S., Smith
Jan Marie Hovden (2008), Lecturer in Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies and Director of Debate
B.A., Central Oklahoma; M.A., Southwest Missouri State; Ph.D., Kansas
Regina Kazyulina (2019), Lecturer in History
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Northeastern
Keiko Konoeda (2015), Lecturer in Japanese
B.A., University of Tokyo; M.A., Hawai'i (Mānoa); Ed.D., Massachusetts (Amherst)
Gwen L. Lexow (2008), Lecturer in the Social Sciences; Title IX Officer
B.A., Knox; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard
Marina Pavlovna Loginova (2009), Lecturer in Russian
M.A., Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages
Katherine M. Mathis (2018), Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Siena; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York (Albany)
Li-ping Miao (1989), Lecturer in Chinese
Beijing Foreign Language Institute; Beijing Normal University
Ethan L. Miller (2015), Lecturer in Environmental Studies
B.A., Bates; M.S., Massachusetts; Ph.D., University of Western Sydney
Daniel T. Mills (2010), Lecturer in the Humanities and Director of the Bates College Museum of Art
B.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology; M.F.A., Northern Illinois
Benjamin Moodie (2016), Lecturer in Politics
B.A., Yale; M.A., California (Berkeley)
Joëlle Morris (2019), Lecturer in Music
B.A., Colorado (Boulder); M.A., Lamont School of Music
Clifford L. Odle (2016), Lecturer in Theater
B.A., Catawba; M.F.A., Boston University
Karen Anklan Palin (1995), Lecturer in Biology
B.A., Ph.D., Minnesota
Camille Susan Parrish (2001), Lecturer in Environmental Studies and Learning Associate in Environmental Studies
B.A., Carleton; M.S., Rutgers
Joshua Dalton Rubin (2013), Lecturer in Anthropology
B.A., Michigan; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
Rajarshi Saha (2015), Lecturer in Geology and Physics
B.A., Bates; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina
Bronwyn Mary Sale (2009), Lecturer in Education
B.A., Virginia; M.S.Ed., Southern Maine
Daniel Robert Sanford (2015), Lecturer in the Humanities; Director of Writing at Bates and of the Academic Resource Commons
B.A., Wisconsin; M.A., Ph.D., New Mexico
Thomas Sapsford (2019), Lecturer in Classical and Medieval Studies
B.A., University of Bristol; M.A., Ph.D., Southern California
Jason Scheideman (2010), Lecturer in Politics; Assistant Dean of the Faculty for Budgets and Administration
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington
Stacy Lee Smith (2014), Lecturer in the Humanities
B.A., William Smith; M.P.S., M.S., Ph.D., Cornell
Michael S. Sommer (2019), Lecturer in Chemistry and Biochemistry
B.A., M.A., City University of New York; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard
Peter J. Steenstra (2015), Lecturer in Physical Education
B.A., Hobart; M.S., Ithaca
Robert Brian Strong (2009), Lecturer in English; Director of National Fellowships
B.A., Boston College; M.F.A., Naropa Institute; Ph.D., Denver
Nicholas Trautz (2018), Lecturer in the Humanities
B.A., Williams; M.T.S., Harvard
Stephanie Wade (2018), Lecturer in the Humanities
B.A., Wesleyan; M.A., City College of New York; Ph.D., Stony Brook
William J. Wallace, Jr. (2014), Lecturer in the Humanities
B.S., Maine; M.A., Delaware
Applied Music and Dance Faculty
Michael Beling (2016), Instructor of Jazz Piano
B.M., Southern Maine
Alan Carr (2015), Instructor of Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, and Tuba
B.M. Peabody Conservatory; M.M., Juilliard; Artist Dipoma, Yale; D.M.A., Wisconsin (Madison)
Christina Chute (2007), Instructor of Violoncello
B.M., Oberlin; M.M., San Francisco Conservatory
Bridget Convey (2012), Instructor of Piano
B.F.A., State University of New York (Purchase); M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
John Harry Corrie (2003), Instructor of Harpsichord, Organ, Piano, and Voice
B.Mus., Oberlin Conservatory; M.M., Northwestern School of Music; M.M.A., Yale
Robert M. Dan (2010), Instructor of Viola
B.S., M.M., Juilliard
Jazmin DeRice (2015), Instructor of Voice
B.M., M.M., Southern Maine
Timothy J. Ebersold (2007), Instructor of Bassoon
B.M., Miami University
Carol Furman (1980), Instructor of Clarinet
B.S., Kent State
John Furman (1983), Instructor of Trumpet
B.S., Kent State
Eli Gilbert (2017), Instructor of Banjo
B.M., East Tennessee State
Stuart Gurley (2016), Instructor of Bass
B.M., Maine (Augusta); M.M., Southern Maine
Alexandra James (2018), Instructor of Dance
B.F.A., Columbia College
Chris Klaxton (2018), Instructor of Jazz Piano
B.A., New Hampshire; M.M. Miami
Kenneth Labrecque (1987), Instructor of Guitar and Electric Bass
B.M., Maine
Margery F. Landis (2010), Instructor of French Horn
B.A., New Hampshire; M.M., Idaho
Eric J. LaPerna (2008), Instructor of Middle Eastern Percussion
Mark Macksoud (2016), Instructor of Drum Set
B.M., New England Conservatory
Kate Marchessault (2018), Instructor of Dance (Jazz)
B.A., Massachusetts (Amherst)
Kathleen McNerney (2009), Instructor of Oboe
B.M., Hartt; M.M., Southern California
Chiharu Naruse (2008), Instructor of Piano
M.M., Hanns Eisler Conservatory
David Pontbriand (2004), Instructor of Sitar
Sean Potter (2012), Instructor of Saxophone
B.M., Southern Maine
Rachel Ganteaume Richards (2005), Instructor of Dance (Ballet)
Luette Saul (2012), Instructor of Voice
B.M., San Francisco Conservatory; M.M., Southern Maine
Erica Shipman (2017), Instructor of Fiddle
Anthony J. Shostak (1997), Instructor of Banjo
B.F.A., Philadelphia College of Art of the University of the Arts
Greg Simonds (2018), Instructor of Orchestral Percussion
B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., San Francisco Conservatory; Boston Conservatory
Dean Stein (2008), Instructor of Violin and Viola
B.M., M.M., Juilliard
Krysia Tripp (2005), Instructor of Flute
B.M., M.M., Cincinnati College Conservatory
Robin Vermilion (2018), Instructor of Dance (Pilates)
B.S.W., Cincinnati
Maria Wagner (2018), Instructor of Arabic Nay
B.M., M.M., Southern Maine
Seth Warner (2005), Instructor of Guitar, Lute, Mandolin, and Ukulele
B.M., Southern Maine