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Leslie S. Rush is the Interim Dean of the UW College of Education and professor in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Wyoming. 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 disciplinary literacy in English Language Arts and instructional methods for reading and writing instruction in English Language Arts classrooms. 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 was the co-editor of the CEE jou rnal, English Education from 2010-2015. She was recently elected to the CEE Executive Committee for 2016-2020. 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.
English teacher education for teaching literacy
Disciplinary literacy in English Language Arts
Young Adult Literature
Research in Reading and Writing Instruction
English Methods I and II
Qualitative Research in Education
Residency Supervision
National Council of Teachers of English
National Reading Conference
International Reading Association
Conference on English Education
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