Student Writing and Language Center Archives

October 19, 2023

Student-Faculty Partnerships: Professor Heidi Taylor (Sociology) and Sophia Rintell (‘19)

Each spring, we carefully partner more than thirty Bates faculty members with course-attached peer educators, or PWSAs (Peer Writing &…

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October 19, 2023

Respect, Reciprocity, and Responsibility in the PWSA-FYS Instructor Partnership

Professors Martin Montgomery, Justine Wiesinger, and William (Bill) Wallace share their experiences and reflect on partnering with their course-attached peer…

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October 18, 2023

Writing@Bates Statement of Commitment to Antiracist & Inclusive Writing Instruction

Black lives matter. Black language matters. Black writing matters. As white writing program administrators, we, the professional staff of Writing@Bates,…

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October 17, 2023

Towards a Writing Tutor Course that Centers Language Justice and Antiracism

These days, when someone starts to suggest that “soon” or “one day” things will “go back to normal,” they inevitably…

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October 17, 2023

Ethical, Effective, Evidence-Based Feedback

Offering feedback to writers is a significant part of the work of college faculty. This presentation reviews recent research about…

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