Director of University Composition Program
About
Role:
FacultyPosition:
- Director of University Composition Program
Department:
- English and University Composition Program
Biography
Professor Ruecker is the Director of the University Composition Program. He has taught a variety of courses including first-year composition, professional/technical writing, cross-cultural communication, and the politics of writing instruction. In addition to working with linguistically and culturally diverse students at the postsecondary level in the U.S. and Colombia, he has taught EFL in workplaces and K-12 schools in the Czech Republic and Chile, learning Czech and Spanish along the way.
His research is primarily focused on investigating issues surrounding the increasing linguistic and cultural diversity of education worldwide and working to transform educational institutions and writing classrooms into more inclusive spaces for all students. Much of this work is theoretically grounded but pedagogically oriented, focusing on linguistically diverse peer review, the development of new teaching practices, and literacy experiences across the curriculum and at different institutions.