Catherine J. Dorian has been teaching high school English for ten years, first in rural Montana and now at a private preparatory school in central Massachusetts. The classroom is a space that fosters her compulsion to ask questions, a practice she considers essential to her writing. She is the co-author of Dear First Year, a newsletter for new teachers.
We don’t pedal platitudes; we don’t push any products; we don’t proclaim to have all the answers. We tell stories that explore the nuances of one of America’s most tumultuous professions.
Academic Publications
“Linking Local Communities to Critical Rural English Pedagogies” with Robert Petrone, Allison Wynhoff Olsen, and Elizabeth Reierson - Teaching English in Rural Communities: Toward a Critical Rural English Pedagogy, Rowman & Littlefield (2021)
“Reputation and Rurality: Using a Montana-Authored Text to Talk About Agency and Language in the Secondary English Classroom” - Montana English Journal, Vol.41 (2019)
“Combining Postcolonial, Feminist Lenses to Teach Agency” - MATELA Update (2017)
Guest Blogs
“Audience Awareness: Shaping Student Writing Beyond the Classroom” with Erin Lebacqz - Teach Better (October 2023)
“Feeling bitter? Write it. Then, rewrite it.” - Teach Better (August 2023).
“Repeat Offender” with Brian Miller (January 2023)