Exploring Whitman’s Creative Writing Scene
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For Jaiden Thompson ’27, a Theater major from Seattle, creative writing is an outlet, an inspiration and a source of connection with their peers. Plus, the classes are fun!
“I think I’ve had the most fun in all my Creative Writing courses, and I’m actually learning something along with that fun,” Thompson says.
Thompson chose to minor in Creative Writing to stay connected to the English Department, and they appreciate the way it connects them with a community of writers at Whitman.
“You get to read all this literature in all your other classes,” Thompson says, “but I think there’s something really important about reading the literature of those around you that you’re learning with.”
With courses that focus on poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and playwriting—as well as opportunities outside the classroom to be published, work on literary magazines, live in community with other writers and much more, Whittie writers never run out of spaces to grow into.
Read more about Whitman’s creative writing courses, campus literary magazines and the Writing House.
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Politics Professor Publishes Textbook Chapter
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Assistant Professor of Politics and Paul Garrett Fellow Andrea Sempértegui has published a chapter titled “Extractivism, Anti-Extractivism and Post-Extractivism” in the textbook “The Modern World After Colonialism: Remaking the Social Sciences” (Bristol University Press, 2026). The textbook is intended to introduce first-year college students to certain key concepts in the social sciences from a postcolonial and decolonial perspective.
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Transforming Classics Series Lecture Next Week
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The first talk in the Spring 2026 Transforming Classics Series and the Judd D. Kimball Endowed Lecture in Classics will take place on Tuesday, March 31, at 5:30 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. In a talk titled “Strike: Labor, Unions and Resistance in the Roman Empire,” historian and professor Sarah E. Bond will discuss the 3,000-year-old legacy of workers rebelling against unjust wages and working conditions. (Flyer attached.)
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Trans Day of Visibility Keynote Next Week
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In celebration of Trans Day of Visibility, the Division of Inclusive Excellence will host a keynote talk with author Aiden Thomas on Tuesday, March 31, at 6:30 p.m. in Reid Campus Center’s Young Ballroom. The talk will be followed by an opportunity for questions from the audience and a book signing. Thomas’ novel “Cemetery Boys”—which made history as the first book on the New York Times Bestseller List by an openly transgender author featuring a transgender character—will be available for purchase. The event is free and open to the public. (Flyer attached.)
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Last week, recent alums Parsa Keshavarz Alamdari ’25 (center) and Rocío Josephine Lybarger-Yanes ’25 (right), presented their collaborative Politics-Environmental Studies research with Assistant Professor of Politics Denise Fernandes (left) at the American Association of Geographers annual meeting in San Francisco.
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Facilities Services Building
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Room 114
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Room 114
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