Susan Wise Bauer

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Susan Wise Bauer (born 1968) is an American author, English instructor of writing and American literature at The College of William and Mary, and founder of Well-Trained Mind Press (formerly Peace Hill Press).

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Early life and education

Susan Wise Bauer was born on August 8, 1968, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. She grew up on a farm in Virginia, the daughter of Jessie and James Wise. Her father was a pediatrician, and her mother was an educator. She and her two siblings received a homeschool education starting in the 1970s. [1] [2]

Bauer holds a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Master of Arts in English and a Ph.D. in American Studies from The College of William and Mary. She received her B.A. from Liberty University. She has been a member of the English faculty at William and Mary since 1993. She married Peter John Bauer, a pastor, in 1990. [1] [2]

Career

Although she had written and published two novels in the 1990s, Bauer drew much wider attention in 1999 with the publication of The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, published by W. W. Norton, which was well reviewed and quickly became one of the primary sources for homeschooling families who wished to focus on classical education, sometimes also referred to as the Trivium or the Great Books movement. Bauer followed up The Well-Trained Mind in 2003 with The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, also published by Norton. Along with several volumes in the History of the World series, Bauer has also written children's books and The Art of the Public Grovel: Sexual Sin and Public Confession in America, published by Princeton University Press in 2008. [2]

Along with her best-selling books on education and history, Bauer is also a contributing editor for the journal Books & Culture . Her essays on literature and American religion have been cited by such diverse authors as Randall Balmer [3] and Jennifer Harris, [4] and have also appeared in a number of anthologies. [5]

Her works have been translated and published in Korea by Theory & Praxis and Goldenbough/Minums; in the Netherlands by Uitgeverij Mozaiek (Zoetermeer); in Spain by Paidos; in China by Peking University Press; in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo; in Russia by AST Publishing Group; in Serbian by Laguna and in Bulgaria by Prozorets.

Bauer has homeschooled her four children, and lives with her husband on a family farm in Charles City, Virginia. [6] She offers positive perspectives towards religion and homeschooling in some of her work, [7] and is considered to be a leader in the homeschooling movement. [1] [8]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Duin, Julia (November 14, 2012). "Home-schooling rift centers on religion: Movement leader takes hiatus from conferences over growing polarization, ideological demands". Chicago Tribune.
  2. 1 2 3 Ruby, Mary, ed. (2017). Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. Vol. 307. Detroit: Gale. pp. 24–27. ISBN   9781410319487.
  3. "Protestantism in America," by Randall Balmer (Columbia University Press, 2002), p. 163
  4. "The Oprah Phenomenon," ed. Jennifer Harris (University of Kentucky Press, 2007), p. 195.
  5. "Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History and Theology," ed. Richard J. Mouw and Mark A. Noll (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2004), pp. 205-233; "The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing," by Leland Ryken (Shaw, rev. and exp. ed., 2002), p. 229-312; "Racism: Current Controversies," ed. Mary E. Williams (Greenhaven Press/The Gale Group, 2004), pp. 146-155); "The Best Christian Writing 2000," ed. John Wilson (HarperSanFrancisco, 2000), pp. 46-59.
  6. Administration - Well-Trained Mind Academy Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  7. Olasky, Marvin. "Writers on Writing. Part two: Writing with children". WORLD Magazine. July 3, 2010: 57, 59.
  8. Duin, Julia (November 1, 2012). "Home-schooling pioneer Susan Wise Bauer is well-versed in controversy". Washington Post. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  9. Bauer, Susan Wise (2006). The story of the world. Volume I. Ancient times, from the earliest Nomads to the last Roman emperor : history for the classical child. Jeff West (2nd revised ed.). Charles City, Va.: Peace Hill Press. ISBN   1-933339-01-2. OCLC   70054910.
  10. Bauer, S. Wise (2007). The story of the world, history for the classical child. Volume 2, The Middle ages : from the fall of Rome to the rise of the Renaissance. Jeff West (2nd revised ed.). Charles City, VA. ISBN   978-1-942968-01-6. OCLC   918337173.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. Bauer, Susan Wise (2019). The story of the world. Volume 3,. Early modern times : From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-niners : history for the classical child. Jeff West, Sarah Park (Revised edition 2019 ; with new illustrations and timelines. reprinted 2020 ed.). Charles City, VA. ISBN   978-1-945841-44-6. OCLC   1125295853.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. Bauer, Susan Wise (2020). The story of the world Volume 4. The modern age, from Victoria's empire to the end of the USSR,: history for the classical child. Jeff West, Sarah Park (revised ed.). Charles City, VA. ISBN   978-1-945841-90-3. OCLC   1227042988.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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