Alison Bechdel on Teaching Writing and Graphic Novels at Yale

October 27, 2025

From playwriting to investigative journalism to graphic fiction, Yale offers a wide range courses in creative writing. And many of these courses are taught by professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences who combine writing experience at the highest level with deep commitment to teaching. 

The first video in a series about teaching — and learning — how to write features Alison Bechdel, the acclaimed graphic novelist who is also a professor in the practice at Yale, and undergraduate Kaya Dierks, who explains why every student should take a writing class at Yale no matter their professional ambitions.

Watch the full interview on the Yale Daily News.

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