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Office: 357 Pettengill
Phone: 207-786-8314
Email: bpfohl@bates.edu
Department: Psychology
Position title: Assistant in Instruction (A.I.)
Office hours: Monday 9:30-11:30, Thursday 2-4 or by appointment
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FAQ
What in the world is an A.I.?
Many departments at Bates College have AIs, and each employs them for different tasks. In the psychology department, the AI is primarily responsible for
working with the Statistics (Psyc218), Research Methods (Psyc261)
, and with seniors who are conducting research for their theses. I am available to students outside of class to give help when the
professor is not available or when a different perspective might be
useful. I also assist the professors in grading quizzes, preparing
in-class demonstrations, maintaining websites and gradebooks, and anything else
that eats up their valuable time.
What is your background?
I have a Bachelor's Degree in Honors Psychology and German from Vanderbilt
University ('95). I did a two-year research thesis (under the guidance of Dr. Andrew J.
Tomarken) examining the relation
between a certain type of brain wave pattern and subjects' response to failure.
After graduating, I got involved in the software industry. I held several
different jobs with companies that produce business-to-business software.
In my software career I have served as technical support specialist, tester,
software trainer, software consultant, webmaster, LAN administrator, technical
writer, software designer, software developer, project manager, and staff
manager. I lived and worked in Nashville, Colorado Springs and Louisville before
relocating to Maine in the summer of 2002. After years of working in
corporate america, I'm very glad to have a change of pace and change of career
working at Bates.
Will you marry me?
Yes! By which I mean, no. In fact, I got married in the summer
of 2003 to
the lovely and effervescent math professor Meredith
Greer, who also works at
Bates. It's not too late to get us a gift, though!
So when are you two going to have a baby?
Have you been talking to my relatives? Well, the answer is "whenever we're
good and ready". Turns out that we were apparently ready on or about the
morning of July 23rd, 2008. Our daughter is Ellen Elizabeth Pfohl, and you can
gorge yourself on baby pictures over at Ellie CentralTM.
What do you do for fun?
I regularly participate in Bates Theater productions. In Winter of 2008 I
played Escalus in Shakespeare's Measure For Measure. In Fall 2006 I was
Mr. Fitzpatrick in The Skin of Our Teeth. I was the Doctor in
the Winter 2005 production of Chekhov's Three Sisters. I played Polonius in
the Fall 2003 production of Hamlet. In Fall 2002, I played
Lord Augustus in Lady Windermere's
Fan. I also sing in the Androscoggin
Chorale. In summer of 2007, I was in the
Community Little Theater's production
of A Few Good Men.
And if that isn't enough (it is!), I am also a Habitat
Steward thanks to a training class at the University
of Maine Cooperative Extension and the National
Wildlife Federation. It's part of the NWF's
Backyard Habitat Program
.
I'm only reading this because I'm incredibly bored. Can you recommend other fun websites to entertain me until Fate's icy hand removes me from this sterile promontory?
Glad to help! Check out my links page for more mad-capped hijinks.