Dr. Julie Bates teaches professional writing and editing, rhetoric, and composition coursework in the English department. She has a PhD in Rhetoric, Composition, and Technical Communication from Illinois State University, an M.A. in Liberal & Integrative Studies (with emphases in environmental studies and journalism) from the University of Illinois-Springfield, and a B.A. in Magazine Journalism and English Writing from Drake University.
Dr. Bates is the director of the School of Writing, Languages & Cultures at Millikin, the faculty advisor for , the Book Review Editor for , and the Contributing Editor for . In addition, Dr. Bates is a professional writer, editor, copy editor, and proofreader with nearly 20 years of professional experience.
Dr. Bates's research interests include activist, environmental, feminist, digital, visual, material, and disability rhetorics; technical and professional communication; cultural historical activity theory and genre studies; multimodal composition; and publishing and editing. She teaches class including: Freelance Writing, Professional Editing, Environmental Writing, Web Publishing, Beyond the Page, Applying Writing Theory, Writing in the Disciplines, and a variety of publishing roundtables.
Dr. Bates is the co-editor of , published by Ohio State University Press (2024). Her dissertation, Toward an Interventionary Rhetoric for Technical Communication Studies (2017) was the winner of the
Recent Publications:
- Bates, Julie Collins. Enculturation, 32, November 2020.
- Bates, Julie Collins. Reflections, 19(2), Fall/Winter 2019-2020.
- Bates, Julie C., Francis Macarthy, and Sarah Warren-Riley. Computers & Composition Online, March 2019.
Recent Presentations:
- 19th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. 鈥淕oing Gradeless: Expanding Gradeless Classrooms Across Disciplinary Contexts鈥 with Kaitlin Glause. Panel presentation. Champaign, IL. 20 May 2023.
- Conference on College Composition & Communication. 鈥淒oing Hope in Eco-Composition: Inscribing Local Resilience, One Student at a Time.鈥 Proposal accepted. Chicago, IL. February 2023. Unable to attend.
- Computers & Writing Conference. 鈥淎ll About Activism: Activist Pedagogical and Methodological Practices in the Writing Classroom.鈥 Panel presentation. East Carolina University. May 2022.
- Conference on College Composition & Communication. 鈥淪tudying, Teaching, and Enacting Grassroots Activisms: A Roundtable Discussion.鈥 Discussion leader. Online. April 2022.
- Conference on Community Writing. 鈥淎rchiving as Activism: Collecting Narratives of Border Wall Resistance in the Rio Grande Valley鈥 with Sarah Warren-Riley. Panel presentation. Online. 21 October 2021.
- Conference on College Composition & Communication. 鈥淩eimagining Community Engagement: Shifting the Ways We Engage in Challenging Times鈥 with Sarah Warren-Riley. Engaged Learning Experience workshop delivered. Online. April 2021.