Leslie Rush

Associate Professor and Department Head

Leslie S. Rush is an associate professor in the Department of Secondary Education at the University of Wyoming, where she teaches courses in adolescent literacy, young adult literature, and English/language arts pedagogy. Dr. Rush has received the University of Wyoming's John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award and the Promoting Intellectual Engagement in the First Year Award. Her research interests include literacy coaching in secondary schools, multiliteracies, critical literacy, and content area literacy. Dr. Rush's research on the work of Instructional Facilitators in Wyoming secondary schools was funded by the International Reading Association's Elva Knight Research Grant. Dr. Rush taught high school English for twelve years in California, Texas, and East Africa. An active member of NCTE and its affiliate organization, the Conference on English Education, Dr. Rush is the co-editor of the CEE journal, English Education. Dr. Rush has published in Reading Research and Instruction, Reading Online, The Rural Educator, and the Journal of  Literacy Research. In addition, she serves on the editorial review boards for Reading Research Quarterly, Journal of Literacy Research, and The Qualitative Report. 

Research Interests:

• Adolescent literacy
• Multigenre writing
• English teacher education
• Literacy coaching in secondary schools
• Professional development in reading and writing across the curriculum

Teaching:

• English Methods I and II
• Young Adult Literature
• Research in Reading and Writing Instruction

• Qualitative Research in Education

Affiliations, Associations, Consultation:

• National Council of Teachers of English
• National Reading Conference
• International Reading Association
• Conference on English Education

Curriculum Vitae