Catharine Wright taught writing at the University of Michigan and the State University of New York at Cortland before joining the writing program at Middlebury College. She earned her BA in literature at Middlebury and an MFA in writing from the University of Michigan. Publications include a non-fiction book, Vermonters At Their Craft, as well as stories, essays, and articles in literary and special interest magazines such as Negative Capability, Phoebe, Studio Potter, Zen Bow, and The New Mexican. Her courses explore diverse ways of thinking and writing about self and other; a range of genres and the process of writing; and the various roles of a writer. Two of her courses, Writing Across Differences, and Story as Ritual:Ritual as Story feature online student dialogue about current social issues and student writing with multi media. She currently teaches and tutors part time while she works on a novel.