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Professional Background

Enid & Lester Morse Chair and Program Coordinator, English Education/The Teaching of English

Educational Background

B.S. in Secondary Education: Majors in English and Social Sciences, Montana State University; M.A. in Secondary Education: History Emphasis, Boise State University; Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning: English Education, New York University.

Scholarly Interests

Teacher Preparation and the Professional Education of Teachers. Culturally Responsive Teaching. The Teaching and Learning of Secondary School Literacies.    

Selected Publications

Composing A Teaching Life (Heinemann, Boynton/Cook).


On Writing Qualitative Research: Living by Words (Falmer).


"Horrorscapes: (In)Forming adolescent identity and desire" (Journal of Curriculum Theorizing).


"Opening moves: Conversations on the first year of teaching" (English Education). 


"The things we carry: Working ‘In Relation' to the past" (English Education). 


"Cautions against canonizing (an) other literature" (Becoming (Other)Wise: Critical perspectives on reading literature, Calendar Island). 


Ruth Vinz

Ruth Vinz

Enid & Lester Morse Chair

Program Coordinator, English Education/The Teaching of English

Phone: 212-678-3191
Email:
Web site: http://www.publishspi.org/

Office Hours: M: 3:00-4:30 T: 3:00-4:30

Office Location: 416-A Main Hall