While the pandemic made one of Writing@Bates most popular recurring events, our...

By Dan Sanford on February 3, 2021

These days, when someone starts to suggest that “soon” or “one day”...

By Bridget Fullerton on February 1, 2021

“Community listening invites us to create presence from absence and sound from...

By Stephanie Wade on January 20, 2021

Bates’ first full semester (Fall 2020) with social distancing in place was...

By on December 17, 2020

Bates’ current W1-W2-W3 system of teaching writing is familiar to all of...

By Dan Sanford on December 14, 2020

The challenge of teaching writing in compressed-term courses is that the shorter...

By Dan Sanford on December 10, 2020

Black lives matter. Black language matters. Black writing matters. As white writing...

By Stephanie Wade, Bridget Fullerton, Dan Sanford, & Eric Dyer on June 19, 2020

As we consider the extraordinary circumstances that we as educators find ourselves...

By Dan Sanford on May 20, 2020

Bates faculty’s transition to remote instruction in March 2020 was an emergency...

By Bridget Fullerton; also thank you to Dr. Rand and Dr. Pieck for their collaborative edits! on May 15, 2020

Bates’ shift to remote instruction in March 2020 was a tremendous undertaking...

By on April 15, 2020