higher education – Faculty /faculty Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:09:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 /wp-content/themes/b/bates-framework/styles/images/bates-favicon.png higher education – Faculty /faculty 32 32 Mara C. Tieken /faculty/profile/mara-c-tieken/ Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:25:25 +0000 /faculty/profile/mara-c-tieken/ Mara Casey Tieken’s research centers on racial and educational equity in rural schools and communities. Her recently published book— (University of Chicago Press)—focuses on the college experiences of rural, first-generation students; it argues that place is an overlooked factor that shapes educational opportunity. Her previous book (University of North Carolina Press, 2014), an ethnographic study of two rural Arkansas communities, examines how rural schools create community and shape the racial landscapes of these towns. She is currently working on a project, funded by the Spencer Foundation and the Reed Foundation, that examines the impacts of school closure on rural Black communities, and she has designed a with tools for communities threatened with school closure. She is also involved in the work of the ; she is co-Principal Investigator on a study of rural- serving college access organizations.

Tieken also writes about rural demographics, race and rural politics, and community organizing for education reform. Her work has been published in Review of Educational Research, Rural Sociology, Harvard Educational Review, American Educational Research Journal, Peabody Journal of Education, and Sociological Focus, and she is an associate editor of the Journal of Research in Rural Education. She was a member of the National Academies committee on K-12 STEM Education and Workforce Development in Rural Areas; its 2025 makes recommendations to federal, state, and local stakeholders to advance STEM education and workforce development. She also frequently publishes op-eds about , , and .

Tieken was the 2016 recipient of the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty and the 2024 recipient of ֲý’s Kroepsch Award for excellence in teaching. Before receiving her doctorate in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she taught third grade and adult basic education in rural Tennessee.

]]> Rebecca Herzig /faculty/profile/rebecca-herzig/ Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:24:45 +0000 /faculty/profile/rebecca-m-herzig/ Rebecca Herzig is the author or editor of several books, including , (with Evelynn Hammonds) and the series,  (with Banu Subramaniam). Herzig’s writing has appeared in Science, The Lancet, American Quarterly, Journal of Social History, and Radical History Review among other journals, and Herzig’s work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Macarthur Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Some of Herzig’s most recent peer-reviewed essays may be found in ,, and (Routledge).

Herzig has served as an elected member of the executive councils of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, the Society for the History of Technology, and the International Committee for the History of Technology. Among other ongoing board work, Herzig represents Androscoggin County on Maine Public’s .

A frequent media commentator, a selection of Herzig’s podcast presentations may be found , interview with Alok Vaid-Menon , conversation with the hosts of Pacifica’s “Letters & Politics” series , and appearance on Adam Ruins Everything .

Herzig’s most recent academic monograph, , was named a “Best Book of the Year” by the Economist magazine and the Science Friday national radio program. Excerpts from other reviews:

“[A]n interesting, serious, and meticulously researched contribution to American history.”

— Journal of American History

“[A] fascinating new book…very timely.”

— The Times (London)

“Read on. This book is astonishing.”

— Press Herald (Portland)

“Rebecca Herzig manages to explore issues of race and gender, class and religion, power and commerce, with both intellectual rigor and a healthy sense of humor.”

— Boston Globe

“[E]ye-poppingly informative, thought-provoking and, almost against the author’s will, frothy fun.”

— Maclean’s

At ֲý, Herzig teaches courses and advises theses for Africana, American Studies, Digital and Computational Studies, Environmental Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and History, along with supervising courses of independent study and self-designed, independent majors. Herzig also currently heads the program in Gender and Sexuality Studies.

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