Meet Our W-CATs
Writing Course Attached Tutors, or W-CATs (formerly known as PWSAs and TWAs) are writing tutors assigned to a specific course. There are W-CATs attached to every First-Year Seminar, which serves as your W1 (GenEd requirement), and sometimes there are W-CATs in W2 courses, which are part of Bates’ Writing-Attentive Curriculum. W-CATs provide class-specific support, including but not limited to written and oral assignments and assessments.
W-CATs have typically demonstrated perseverance in writing in the subject, have nurtured a relationship with the course professor, and/or have previously taken the course or a course in the major or minor. Most W-CATs have also taken at least the first course in our tutor education sequence, EXDS 201: Writing Process, Tutoring Practice (.5 credits, offered every Winter semester) before they being working. W-CATs will introduce themselves to the class they support at the beginning of the semester, but you can also ask your course instructor or come into the Student Writing & Language Center to find out your W-CATs contact information and when they are in the SWLC to support you.
If you are enrolled in a course with a W-CAT attached to it, you may schedule a meeting with the W-CAT through Penji by searching the name of your W-CAT, your course, or your professor. These tutors possess the tools and training to help you reach your goals as a writer in the course. Think of W-CATs as a subset of general writing tutors–their sole responsibility is supporting you in becoming an independent and confident writer and communicator in your course–and beyond!
If you are interested in becoming a Writing Course Attached Tutor and working for SWLC, please visit this page for information about hiring, training, and employment.
Aahana D. ’29
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 589: Killer Thrillers w/ Professor Laura Balladur
Major: Politics
GEC: N/A
Aggie S. ’27
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 587: Dance on Film w/ Professor Natalie Gotter-Fulton
Major: Sociology
Minor: Asian Studies
Aiden H. ’29
he/him
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W-CAt for FYS 521: Physiology of Climate Change w/ Professor Ryan Bavis
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Math
Aimee M. ’29
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 419: Tobacco in Culture and History w/ Professor Melinda Plastas
Major: Undeclared
Minor: Undeclared
Alex K. ’29
he/him
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W-CAT for Athletics
Major: Politics
Major: Economics
Alina H. ’29
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 473: How Do You Know That? w/ Professor Ben Moodie
Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry
Anna L. ’28
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 544: The Study and Practice of Human Cooperation w/ Professor Sandra Goff
Major: Psychology
Minor: Hispanic Studies
Asha A. ’27
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 300: Exploring Education Through Narratives w/ Professor Anita Charles
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Educational Studies
Athalia B. M. ’28
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 429: Thinking and Feeling w/ Professor Lauren Ashwell
Major: Philosophy
Minor: Chemistry
Beckett H. ’29
he/him
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W-CAT for FYS 598: The Double: Thought Experiments in Literature and Philosopy w/ Professor Sanford Freeman
Major: English
Minor: Philosophy
Charlotte B. ’28
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 544: Public Narratives of Addiction and Recovery w/ Professor Stephanie Kelley Romano
Major: Rhetoric, Film & Screen Studies
Major: Politics
Cora Z. ’27
they/them
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W-CAT for FYS 594: Science Fiction from China w/ Professor Nathan Faries
Major: Neuroscience
Major: Chinese
Dylan R. ’29
they/them
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W-CAT for FYS 582: Skating Away from the Binaries w/ Professor Erica Rand
Major: History
Major: Politics
Elsa C. ’28
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 596: Situations Matter w/ Professor Amy Douglass
Major: Psychology
GEC: N/A
Emmanuel Njenga W. ’29
he/him
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W-CAT for FYS 533: Paperfolding: A Blend of Art, Math & Engineering w/ Professor Andee Alford
Major: Undeclared
Minor: Undeclared
Feray Thea K. ’28
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 511: Information is Physical: From Classical to Quantum Computers w/ Professor Nathan Lundblad
Major: Neuroscience
Major: Physics
Hanna Martis R. ’27
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 592: Criminalizing Latinidad: Bad Bunny and “Bad Hombres” in Historical Perspective w/ Professor Erik Bernadino
Major: History
Major: Politics
Hannah H. ’28
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 550: Tell Us Your Story: personal exploration via narrative nonfiction w/ Professor Shonna Humphrey
Major: English
Minor: Religious Studies
Helena J. ’28
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 593: Haunted Houses w/ Professor Anelise Shrout
Major: Biochemistry
Major: Digital & Computational Studies
Henry H. ’28
he/him
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W-CAT for FYS 475: Theorizing the Klan w/ Professor Christopher Petrella
Major: Physics
Major: English
Iffat I. ’27
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 588: Medieval Disasters w/ Professor Sarah Lynch
Major: Classical & Medieval Studies
Minor: Religious Studies
Jalika B. ’28
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 590: Choreographing Coalition w/ Professor Tristan Koepke
Major: Psychology
Minor: Africana
Kyle V. ’28
he/him
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W-CAT for FYS 468: Beyond Nelson Mandela: Themes and Personalities in South African History w/ Professor Patrick Otim
Major: Philosophy
Minor: History
Leah B. ’27
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 249: Global Economy and the Nation State w/ Professor Francesco Duina
Major: Politics
Minor: European Studies
Lucy T. ’27
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 452: Football, Fútbol, Soccer: The Local Politics of a Global Game w/ Professor John Baughman
Major: Politics
GEC: N/A
Maxwell M. ’29
he/him
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W-CAT for FYS w/ Professor Temitope Noah
Major: Undeclared
Minor: Undeclared
Mekkawy M. ’29
he/him
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W-CAT for FYS 505: STEM Scholars w/ Professor Brett Huggett
Major: Digital & Computational Studies
Minor: Economics
Michelle H. ’27
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 505: STEM Scholars w/ Professor Mollie Woodworth
Major: Neuroscience
Minor: Rhetoric, Film & Screen Studies
Mikaila W.B. ’28
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 595: Game/System: Exploring Systems Thinking through Board Games w/ Professor Eddie Szeman
Major: Psychology
Minor: French & Francophone Studies
Natalie F. ’28
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS: Food Justice w/ Professor Christine Martinez
Major: Environmental Studies
GEC: N/A
Razvan N. ’29
he/him
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W-CAT for FYS 560: Economics of the Digital World and Human Society w/ Professor Leshui He
Major: Digital & Computational Studies
Minor: Economics
Sofia R. ’29
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 573: Sex in the Brain: The Neuroscience of Sex, Gender, and Hormones w/ Professor Lindsey Hamilton
Major: Neuroscience
Minor: Hispanic Studies
Solomon K. ’29
he/him
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W-CAT for FYS w/ Professor Marianne Cowan
Major: Economics
Minor: Politics
Valerie M.M. ’29
she/her
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W-CAT for FYS 505: STEM Scholars w/ Professor Shreya Arora
Major: Neuroscience
Major: History
Wyatt T. ’27
he/him
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W-CAT for FYS 597: East European Youth Culture w/ Professor Cheryl Stephenson
Major: Politics
GEC: N/A