Charge of the Board: This committee composed of faculty members and a psychiatrist from the local community, oversees research projects involving human participants. All faculty and student research projects supported by research grants involving human participants, all projects where individuals are not allowed to withdraw from participation, all projects where the research procedure poses any mental or physical risk to the participant, all projects where the anonymity/confidentiality of the participants cannot be guaranteed, all projects where deception is a part of the research design and all projects involving children under the age of 18 must be reviewed by the Institutional Review Board. The committee maintains guidelines on research protocol, fair and respectful treatment of subjects, issues of confidentiality, and informed consent. See bates.edu/institutional-review-board/ for more information.

Composition: At least five members with varying backgrounds, one being a faculty member whose primary concerns are in scientific areas, one being a faculty member whose primary concerns are in nonscientific areas, and one person who is not affiliated with the College or in the immediate family of anyone affiliated with the College.

Board Members:

• Amy Douglass (2023-2027) (Co-Chair)
• Todd Kahan (2023-2027) (Co-Chair)
• Emily Kane (2022-2026) (Co-Chair)
• Gwen Lexow (ex officio)
• Roger Phillipon (non-affiliated community member)
• Bruno Salazar-Perea (2021-2025)
• Mara Tieken (2022-2026)

For research related to prisoners, Michael Rocque, Professor of Sociology, and Jennifer Stasio, Community Member, will be available to provide consultation to the IRB.