Education
She holds a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Master of Arts in English and a Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies from The College of William and Mary.
She holds a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Master of Arts in English and a Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies from The College of William and Mary.
She received her Bachelor of Arts from Liberty University. She is the author of The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, a chronological walk through the greatest discoveries of science, published by West. West. Norton (2015). The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, a guide to reading the great books published by West. West. Norton (2003).
A four-volume world history series for children, The Story of the World, published by Peace Hill Press.
An elementary writing curriculum (Writing With Ease) and a pre-rhetoric program (Writing With Skill). And the first three volumes of an ongoing world history series for West. West. Norton.
She co-authored, with her mother, Jessie Wise, The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, published by West. West. Norton in 1999 and revised and updated it in 2004 and 2009. This text established Bauer as a central figure in the modern classical education and home education movements.
Susan Wise 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 and Jennifer Harris, and have also appeared in a number of anthologies. She learned Latin at age 10 and also studied Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Korean. Her literary agent is Michael Carlisle of Inkwell Literary Management.
She has been a member of the English faculty at William and Mary since 1993.
