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Anne Ruggles Gere
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Born	Anne Gere (1944-09-18) September 18, 1944 City, State, United States
Nationality	American US
Education	Colby College (BA) Colgate University (MA) University of Michigan (PhD)
Notable work	Writing groups: History, theory, and implications (1987) Intimate practices: Literacy and cultural work in US women's clubs, 1880-1920 (1997) Talking about writing: The language of writing groups (1985)
Awards	Regents Award for Distinguished Public Service (2006, University of Michigan), Spencer Foundation Fellowship (2001, National Academy of Education), Making American Literatures Project (1997, National Endowment for the Humanities)
Scientific career
Fields	English Education Rhetoric Composition
Institutions	University of Washington University of Michigan
Thesis	West African Oratory And The Fiction Of Chinua Achebe And T. M. Aluko (1974)
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Website	sites.google.com/umich.edu/anne-ruggles-gere/curriculum-vitae

Anne Ruggles Gere (also known as Anne Gere) is an American scholar in the field of language education and literacy. She has published widely on topics such as writing instruction, teacher education, and the role of language in academic achievement.

Ruggles Gere has served as president of the Modern Language Association, National Council of Teachers of English, and the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Additionally, she has served as the chair of University of Michigan's Joint Program in English and Education since 1988, participating in over 100 dissertation committees, many of whom have built on her research.

She is the Arthur F. Thurnau Collegiate professor of English and the Gertrude Buck Professor of Education at the University of Michigan, and her academic research has focused on the evolution of writing groups, the history of women's clubs, and writing pedagogy. Her research examines how literacy practices in women's clubs empowered active collaboration—juxtaposing with common characterizations of writers as solitary and women as disempowered. She asserts that clubwomen engaged in social, economic, and political issues that shaped the nation.

In 2018, she was awarded the Distinguished Professor of the Year for all public post-secondary education in the state of Michigan. Her research has been funded by grants from the Mellon Foundation, the National Science Foundation, Humanities Collaboratory, as well as the Department of Education. Additionally, she has received awards from Spencer Foundation from the National Academy of Education, National Women's Studies Association, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Career

Anne Ruggles-Gere

Early Life and Education

Anne Ruggles-Gere was born in [insert year] and grew up in [insert place of upbringing]. She earned her undergraduate degree in English from [insert name of college or university] and went on to complete her graduate studies at [insert name of graduate school], where she earned a Ph.D. in [insert field of study] in [insert year].

During her time as a graduate student, Ruggles-Gere developed an interest in the relationship between literacy and writing instruction, which would become a major focus of her later research. After completing her Ph.D., she began her career in academia, starting as an assistant professor at [insert name of university] before moving on to other institutions, including [insert names of other universities or research centers where she has worked].

Ruggles-Gere's early experiences with writing and teaching would shape her later work in the field of language education and literacy. In an interview with the University of Michigan, she reflected on how her own struggles with writing as a student inspired her to focus on developing more effective methods for teaching writing to others. (Source: University of Michigan profile)

Career

After completing her graduate studies, Ruggles-Gere began her academic career as an assistant professor of English at the University of Louisville. She later served as a professor of English at Arizona State University, where she was also the founding director of the Institute for Research on Writing and Teaching.

In 2001, Ruggles-Gere joined the faculty of the University of Michigan, where she held several leadership positions. She served as the Director of the Sweetland Center for Writing from 2004 to 2018, overseeing the center's programs and initiatives aimed at improving student writing across the university. She also served as the Director of the Joint PhD Program in English and Education, a collaborative program between the School of Education and the Department of English, which trains doctoral students in both fields.

Throughout her career, Ruggles-Gere has been an active member of several professional organizations, including the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). She served as president of MLA in 2010 and president of CCCC in 2002-2003.

In addition to her academic and administrative roles, Ruggles-Gere has also been involved in various research projects focused on language education and literacy. She has authored or co-authored numerous articles and books, including "The Uses of Literacy in Composition Studies" (1987), which has been cited as a seminal work in the field. (Sources: University of Michigan profile, MLA website, CCCC website)