{"id":4998,"date":"2022-09-02T13:25:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T17:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/?page_id=4998"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:25:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:25:37","slug":"home-page-2022-09","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<form class=\"profile-search\" method=\"get\" id=\"fac-profile-searchform\" action=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/\">\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_fpsearch-nonce\" name=\"_fpsearch-nonce\" value=\"afb2515165\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4998\" \/>\n\t\t<h1>Faculty Search<\/h1>\n\t\t<label class=\"screen-reader-text\" for=\"fp-search-main-input\">Search for:<\/label>\n\t\t<input type=\"text\" placeholder=\"Enter name, field, or subject area\" name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\" id=\"fp-search-main-input\" \/> \n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"faculty-profile-search\" value=\"1\" \/> \n\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Search\">\n\t<\/form>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Meet Our Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Explore a daily rotation of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ faculty. Three professors are featured at a time, with a new selection every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"featured-faculty faculty-grid\">\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/april-l-horton\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" alt=\"Photo of April L. Horton\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/180803_Portrait2-e1597688620938-400x267.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-3720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/180803_Portrait2-e1597688620938-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/180803_Portrait2-e1597688620938-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/180803_Portrait2-e1597688620938-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/180803_Portrait2-e1597688620938-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/180803_Portrait2-e1597688620938-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2018\/07\/180803_Portrait2-e1597688620938.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">April L. Horton<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Wagener Family Professor of Equity and Inclusion in STEM<\/p>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/kamal-a-kariem\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Kamal A. Kariem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Portrait-377x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-7522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Portrait-377x300.webp 377w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Portrait-900x716.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Portrait-768x611.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Portrait-789x628.jpg 789w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Portrait-1536x1222.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Portrait-200x159.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2025\/07\/Portrait.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Kamal A. Kariem<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Assistant Professor of Anthropology<\/p>\n\t<\/a>\t<a class=\"featured-expert featured-expert-card \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/katharine-a-ott\/\">\n\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Katharine A. Ott\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/KOtt-300x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/KOtt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/KOtt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/KOtt-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/KOtt-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/KOtt.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"profile-name\">Katharine A. Ott<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Thomas Sowell Professor of Mathematics<\/p>\n\t<\/a><\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty in the News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"faculty-spotlights-container\">\n\t<div class=\"faculty-spotlights\" data-autochange=\"4\">\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-0>Mara C. Tieken<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-0' name='spotlight' value='0'  checked='checked'>\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-0-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/07\/250116_Mara_Tieken_Classroom_1557-900x600.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Summer <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Mara Tieken featured in\u00a0Inside Higher Education, Education Week<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For an opinion piece, headlined \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/opinion\/columns\/editors-note\/2026\/05\/28\/rural-students-made-it-campus-now-what\">Rural Students Made It to Campus. Now What?<\/a>,\u201d<em> Inside Higher Education <\/em>Editor-in-Chief Sara Custer drew inspiration from Professor of Education Mara Tieken\u2019s work&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tieken advocates for colleges to rethink how they support rural students once they arrive on campuses far from their homes, not just in terms of miles, but in cultural markers. \u201cWe don\u2019t have that vocabulary for how geography matters,\u201d Tieken told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/podcasts\/key-podcast\/2026\/05\/13\/ep-198-hidden-challenges-rural-students-face-mara-tieken\">&nbsp;IHE in its podcast <em>The Key<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a June 11 <em>Education Week<\/em> story headlined \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/closing-a-school-dont-expect-to-save-money-a-new-study-warns\/2026\/06\">Closing a School? Don\u2019t Expect to Save Money, a New Study Warns<\/a>,\u201d Tieken said, \u201cThe assumption is just so baked into the logic of closure decisions that it\u2019s assumed closures will save money, so it can be really hard for leaders to combat that thinking. This is a really important piece of evidence as districts navigate these conversations and decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-1>Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-1' name='spotlight' value='1' >\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-1-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/01\/Aleks-Diamond-Stanic-900x600.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Winter <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic talks &#8220;Winter light&#8221; with Maine Calling<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associate Professor of Physics and Chair of Physics and Astronomy, Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic was a guest\u00a0 on <em>Maine Calling<\/em> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainepublic.org\/show\/maine-calling\/2025-12-19\/winter-light\">a show on \u201cWinter Light\u201d<\/a> on Dec. 19, 2025 in advance of the winter solstice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diamond-Stanic, whose research focuses on the evolution of galaxies and the growth of supermassive black holes through cosmic time, was joined on panel by Sarah Tuttle, host and producer of Maine Public Classical and Jessica Miller, host of Weekend Edition and radio operations announcer for Maine Public.\u00a0His job? Explaining the science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he also spoke on the way the approaching solstice is celebrated in his native Serbian culture. He described Slava as a way to celebrate something that we are all experiencing but do not have control over. \u201cComing together in moments of otherwise darkness to bring light is really human [tendency],\u201d Diamond-Stanic says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-2>Jonathan J. Cavallero<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-2' name='spotlight' value='2' >\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-2-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/07\/260325_FilmFestivalStudies_Cavallero_0065-1-900x600.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Summer <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Jon Cavallero appears on News Center Maine for the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Film Festival\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>News Center Maine<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscentermaine.com\/article\/news\/local\/207\/the-2026-bates-film-festival-opens-this-week-in-maine\/97-7b48f27c-9678-48c5-802b-578d07f2ec76\">interviewed ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Jon Cavallero<\/a>, along with students Shelter Gimbel-Sherr \u201927 of Seattle and Nate Shore \u201927 of Kennebunkport, Maine, about the 2026 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Film Festival. The festival ran from May 12 to 17 and was organized by ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ students in Cavallero\u2019s Short Term course.\u00a0\u201cThe basic idea is to have students involved in every aspect of the festival\u2019s planning and execution,\u201d Cavallero told <em>News Center Maine<\/em>, \u201cand to create an event that\u2019s free and open to the public.\u201d This year\u2019s festival featured over 45 films as well as panels of filmmakers, professors, and students, and included a focus on the work of Maine-based filmmakers and actors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-3>Myronn E. Hardy<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-3' name='spotlight' value='3' >\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-3-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2026\/07\/221117_Myronn_Hardy_Portrait_3620-900x600.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Summer <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Myronn E. Hardy Guggenheim highlighted in Portland Press Herald<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Myronn Hardy, associate professor of English, was one of three Mainers to win the Guggenheim Fellowship for 2026 recently reported in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/04\/15\/3-mainers-win-guggenheim-fellowships\/?copylink=true\"> Portland Press Herald<\/a>.  Fellowships were awarded to 223 people working across 55 fields, according to a release from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Nearly 5,000 people had applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hardy\u2019s Guggenheim is a career prize, celebrating his body of work while supporting future endeavors. Hardy has published six volumes of poetry, most recently,\u00a0<em>Aurora Americana<\/em>.\u00a0His books have received numerous accolades including the PEN\/Oakland Josephine Miles Award, the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award, and the Griot-Stadler Prize for Poetry.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read more about ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½&#8217; two faculty winners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/30\/two-english-faculty-awarded-guggenheim-fellowship\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<label href=# for=spotlight-4>Jessica L. Anthony<\/label>\n\t\t<input type='radio' id='spotlight-4' name='spotlight' value='4' >\n\t\t<div class='_story'>\n\t\t\t<div class='_text-section' id='spotlight-4-content'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/51029311.webp\" alt=\"attached photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-date\">Summer <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_story-title\">Jessica Anthony &#8217;96 Guggenheim Fellowship featured in Portland Press Herald<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_story-text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/04\/15\/3-mainers-win-guggenheim-fellowships\/?copylink=true\">\u00a0Portland Press Herald<\/a> reported that Jessica Anthony &#8217;96, senior lecturer in English, was one of three Mainers to win the Guggenheim Fellowship for 2026. Fellowships were awarded to 223 people working across 55 fields, according to a release from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Nearly 5,000 people had applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jess Anthony is the author of four novels, including\u00a0<em>The Most,<\/em>\u00a0which was longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction in 2024.\u00a0\u00a0Her 2020 novel \u201cEnter the Aardvark\u201d was a finalist for the New England Book Award in fiction. Anthony teaches introductory and advanced fiction and nonfiction workshops and advises students writing creative theses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read more about ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\u2019 two faculty winners\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/30\/two-english-faculty-awarded-guggenheim-fellowship\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-89b4c9e9 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/category\/faculty-in-the-news\/\">More Headlines<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inside the Classroom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explore six randomly selected courses from this academic year \u2014 refreshed with every page reload.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"course-teaser-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"course-teasers _columns-3\" style=\"--displayColumns:3;\">\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Melinda A. Plastas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/120312_Melinda_Plastas_8626-200x300.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/120312_Melinda_Plastas_8626-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/120312_Melinda_Plastas_8626-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/120312_Melinda_Plastas_8626.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"FYS419\">Tobacco in History and Culture<\/h5>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-term\">Fall Semester 2026<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-faculty\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"_label\">Taught by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/melinda-a-plastas\/\">Melinda A. Plastas<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This interdisciplinary seminar examines the role tobacco has played in shaping global political economies, cultures, and health. Students pay particular attention to how gender, race, class, and nationalism influence and have been influenced by tobacco. From the use of slave labor in seventeenth-century Chesapeake Bay colony to wooden Indians flanking the entrance of tobacco shops, to feminist slogans invoked to sell cigarettes, tobacco has functioned as a signifier and shaper of social norms and divides. Topics include labor and tobacco production, ethics of corporate power, the visual culture of tobacco, health and human rights, smoking and stigma, the global epidemiology of tobacco related illness, and tobacco regulation.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Sepehr Pirasteh\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/bates-faculty-profiles\/public-assets\/noimage.png\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-0\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"MUS331\">Western Music Theory III<\/h5>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-term\">Fall Semester 2026<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-faculty\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"_label\">Taught by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/sepehr-pirasteh\/\">Sepehr Pirasteh<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">A continuation of Music Theory II, emphasizing four-voice textures, modulation, chromatic harmony, and sonata forms. Students compose music in several forms and styles, and continue practical ear-training and keyboard work. This course includes regularly scheduled laboratory sessions. Prerequisite(s): MUS 232.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Sonja K. Pieck\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/240926_Sonja_Pieck_Portrait_0032-308x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-6592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/240926_Sonja_Pieck_Portrait_0032-308x300.webp 308w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/240926_Sonja_Pieck_Portrait_0032-900x876.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/240926_Sonja_Pieck_Portrait_0032-768x747.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/240926_Sonja_Pieck_Portrait_0032-645x628.jpg 645w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/240926_Sonja_Pieck_Portrait_0032-1536x1494.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/240926_Sonja_Pieck_Portrait_0032-200x195.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/240926_Sonja_Pieck_Portrait_0032.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"ENVR204\">Environment and Society<\/h5>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-term\">Fall Semester 2026<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-faculty\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"_label\">Taught by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/sonja-k-pieck\/\">Sonja K. Pieck<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">The environmental crisis is profoundly political. This course familiarizes students with some of the major social scientific contributions to understanding how and why environmental problems arise, how they are defined, and how different groups are affected by and respond to them. The course first outlines the contemporary world system in which environmental debates take place and then identifies drivers of environmental change. Students then apply these ideas to a variety of ongoing environmental controversies, including climate change, agriculture, urbanization, biodiversity conservation, pollution, and environmental justice.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"course-teaser-course\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Photo of Nick Balascio\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Nick-Balascio-02-dark-1-376x300.webp\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-6466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Nick-Balascio-02-dark-1-376x300.webp 376w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Nick-Balascio-02-dark-1-900x718.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Nick-Balascio-02-dark-1-768x613.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Nick-Balascio-02-dark-1-787x628.jpg 787w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Nick-Balascio-02-dark-1-1536x1226.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Nick-Balascio-02-dark-1-200x160.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2024\/08\/Nick-Balascio-02-dark-1.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"course-title\" title=\"EACS210\">Sedimentary Processes and Environments\/Lab<\/h5>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-term\">Fall Semester 2026<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-meta course-faculty\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"_label\">Taught by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/nick-balascio\/\">Nick Balascio<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">The study of modern sedimentary processes and environments provides geologists with a basis for comparison with ancient deposits preserved in the rock record. 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