Todd Ruecker

Exploring Identities and Negotiating Difference

Much has been written and said about the increasing diversity of the United States in recent decades, with minorities expected to become the majority in the country by 2044 (and children expected to be the majority by 2020). These changes have already extended to the school system, with fall 2014 marking the first time that minority schoolchildren are collectively the majority in the K–12 system. Despite these demographic shifts, the literacy curriculum in K–12 schools remains steeped in the Western Anglo canon.

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Todd Ruecker is associate professor of English and director of the University Composition Program at Colorado State University. His work regularly crosses disciplinary boundaries, and he has published articles in respected composition, education, and applied linguistics journals, including TESOL Quarterly, College Composition and Communication, and the Journal of Educational Policy. He has served as an editor of the Journal of Second Language Writing and has published a monograph and several edited collections.

Pathways of Latinas and Latinos Writing in High School and College

Revision, Innovation, and Advocacy