Anita S. Charles

Expert in "public-education-reform"

Anita S. Charles

Senior Lecturer in Education and Director of Secondary Teacher Education

Education Co-Chair

acharles@bates.edu | 207-786-8349

adolescent literacy, comparative education, public education reform, special education, teacher education

News & Updates

March 26, 2026

Everyone is a star in ‘Everybody’

Bates Theater’s production of 'Everybody' sold out every performance at Gannett Theater last week — waitlists at the door, eager audience members finding out they’d gotten seats five minutes before curtain — and the room earned that anticipatory urgency.

March 26, 2026

Yun Garrison wins Lee Young Leadership Award from YWCA

Yun Garrison, associate professor of psychology, was honored on March 8 with the Lee Young Leadership Award from the YWCA of Central Maine in recognition for her community-engaged work.

March 26, 2026

‘Equally at home everywhere’: Brett Karpf ’26 wins Watson Fel…

Brett Karpf walks to make sense of the world and because he has to, for reasons he’s still trying to understand. Beginning in August, fully funded by a fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation, Karpf will spend a full year walking — and thinking about walking.