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My Favorite (COVID) Writing Assignment
While the pandemic made one of Writing@Bates most popular recurring events, our...
Towards a Writing Tutor Course that Centers Language Justice and Antiracism
These days, when someone starts to suggest that “soon” or “one day”...
Community Listening
“Community listening invites us to create presence from absence and sound from...
Spotlight on the Writing Center: ARC Student Managers Debrief the Fall 2020 Semester
Bates’ first full semester (Fall 2020) with social distancing in place was...
Understanding the Bates Writing-attentive Curriculum
Bates’ current W1-W2-W3 system of teaching writing is familiar to all of...
Teaching Writing in Intensive Courses
The challenge of teaching writing in compressed-term courses is that the shorter...
Writing@Bates Statement of Commitment to Antiracist & Inclusive Writing Instruction
Black lives matter. Black language matters. Black writing matters. As white writing...
Syllabus Design for Remote Learning
As we consider the extraordinary circumstances that we as educators find ourselves...
Navigating the Transition to Online (Writing) Instruction During COVID-19: Challenges, Successes, and Early Lessons Learned
Bates faculty’s transition to remote instruction in March 2020 was an emergency...
Writing Tutors Reflect on their COVID-Motivated Switch to Remote Support
Bates’ shift to remote instruction in March 2020 was a tremendous undertaking...